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izquierdista

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7. Because it is not a contract

Reply to Lance_Boyle (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 04:27 PM

Jan 2012

It is an ultimatum. A contract is the result of a negotiation between two parties. When a corporation presents a piece of paper approved by their legal department for a customer's signature, it should be called what it is, an ultimatum, not a contract.

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