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It pays to read the fine print before hitting the "send" button for that online purchase.  "By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls
A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
The retailer, British firm GameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.
"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."
GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."
The terms of service were updated on April Fool's Day as a gag, but the retailer did so to make a very real point: No one reads the online terms and conditions of shopping, and companies are free to insert whatever language they want into the documents.
While all shoppers during the test were given a simple tick box option to opt out, very few did this, which would have also rewarded them with a �5 voucher, according to news:lite. Due to the number of people who ticked the box, GameStation claims believes as many as 88 percent of people do not read the terms and conditions of a Web site before they make a purchase.
The company noted that it would not be enforcing the ownership rights, and planned to e-mail customers nullifying any claim on their soul.
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Stupid is as stupid does..
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They can't have my B-soul, but can kiss my A-soul.
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Stupid is as stupid does.. oh I don't know.... many liberals souls can be worth more than a penny or two... they get a buck for it.. then they are 5000 to 10,000 % ahead on the value of it... heck most liberals have no problem financially selling out the futures of their grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren and so on... just to get Obama care for themselves now...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Can't. Gooberment ripped mine out a few weeks ago.
Camp is where you make it.
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They can't have my B-soul, but can kiss my A-soul.
Camp is where you make it.
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many liberals souls can be worth more than a penny or two...
They look like a shriveled up walnut. Back in the good ole days, before they closed the season on them, we used to rip them out by the dozens, but we couldn't sell them. Good for naught but fish bait for carp and other schit eaters...
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Nothing like telling one's own customers, the ones that give the company their money, that they are a bunch of idiots.
Wonderful idea all around.<*sarcasm*>
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I "sold" my soul to Jesus years ago, so the Brits can't have it, sorry... 
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I might have considered it, but the Devil has been busy buying up Congress. He's short of funds right now and not shopping for us little guys.
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Closed on a mortgage last week... I thought that counted as selling your soul.
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Nothing like telling one's own customers, the ones that give the company their money, that they are a bunch of idiots.
Wonderful idea all around.<*sarcasm*>
Chuck do you have any idea how much traffic that stunt and the subsequent story drove to their website? that old saying of there's no bad press comes to mind.
They say everything happens for a reason.
For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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That actually made me lol. I never lol.
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