[SunRescue] Death of (yet another) ISP

[Ken Hansen]

Maybe - you agreed to pay the bill, they never made payment contingent on
sending it out in a timely fashion.

Think of it this way - pretend you walked into a sandwich shop and asked for
a quote on a tuna sandwich. The retailr replies that the sandwich is $4, and
ask you to sign a paper obliging you to pay $4 for each tuna sandwich you
receive from him on demand. So you ask for a tuna sandwich,and he gives it
to you. Then you leave.

Then the same the next day - he doesn't ask, you don't pay.

After two weeks of this, the owner says - hey, I'd like to get paid for the
last 10 sandwiches - that'll be $40, and you say you don't have it on you.

Deep down, you know you were wrong - you kept ordering sandwiches without
paying. You should have either a) offered to pay when served, b) asked the
store owner when you would be asked to pay, or c) carried sufficient money
to pay up your sandwich account on demand.

Your piece of paper doesn't say that he has to ask for the money each time,
it simply says that you will pay $4 on demand for each sandwich he serves
you.

Now if you simply walked in and asked for a sandwich, did not sign a piece
of paper, and played out the same scenario, you could argue that you thought
the food was free (would a "reasonable man" think so?) - but that is not the
case here.

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 11:48 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Death of (yet another) ISP


> Is that legal?
>
> --
> Joshua Boyd
>
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Aaron R. Seelye wrote:
>
> > I don't know too much about how things happen over there, but on the
> > other side of the state, some ISPs are well known for not billing even
> > 18 months out, and then expecting immediate 100% payment, it's almost
> > unbelievable.
> >
> > Aaron
>
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