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Thread ID: 78240	2007-04-09 01:57:00	Signing up to a service through a website	rogerp (6864)	PC World Chat

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539113	2007-04-09 01:57:00	Just wondering how enforcable a contract is, if you sign up for a service over the internet. For example, if you sign up to an ISP on their website using their signup form on their website, and you tick the box that you agree to their terms and conditions, accepting the contract, however you don't actually sign anything. Is this just as enforcable as if you actually personally signed a physical signup form? Are there any laws that refer to contracts that are formed online?	rogerp (6864)
539114	2007-04-09 01:58:00	I really don't see how it can be, as anyone can fill out such a form.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
539115	2007-04-09 08:42:00	www.chapmantripp.co.nz Look at the chapter "Terms of Supply for products or services advertised on your site" There you will note that they may have made an offer, which you may have accepted. They can opt to decline acceptance, however it is you that has made the offer and the contract may exist from the moment you use the service. As an example, power companies seldom require signed contracts. Using the service constitutes acceptance of the terms on which the product is offerred in that case.	godfather (25)
539116	2007-04-09 11:08:00	www.chapmantripp.co.nz Look at the chapter "Terms of Supply for products or services advertised on your site" There you will note that they may have made an offer, which you may have accepted. They can opt to decline acceptance, however it is you that has made the offer and the contract may exist from the moment you use the service. As an example, power companies seldom require signed contracts. Using the service constitutes acceptance of the terms on which the product is offerred in that case. Thanks for that. That is exactly the information I was searching for.;)	rogerp (6864)
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