Moron Alert - Small Print, Fast Talk

Deception.

Slipping something past you.

Bait and switch.

A curve ball.

What do all these things have to do with the title?

Have you looked at the fine print on ads lately or heard some person at the end of a television or radio ad blast through a disclaimer that is nearly impossible to follow?

They fill the legal letter of the law to let companies do the double-shuffle to say they told you what you are getting into without doing it in a way that lets you know in an obvious way.

For example, I was looking at a way to get digital tv the other day and the advertised price was $9.99 per month.
That's when the small print started.

Turns out it was just for three months, then the price tripled.
It also turns out you had to sign up for two years.

Where do you see that?
In the fine print.

Oh yes, that fine print is mighty fine. Fine indeed.

The great price turns into a two year commitment.

It's like some predator seeing the prey and saying to himself, just come a little closer to the trap, just a little closer, come on just a few more steps, one more step into the trap.

Than WHAM! The trap slams shut and they have you - for two years.

What a joke. Meant to protect us and everyone is happy that everything is disclosed in print an eagle would find difficult to read without a magnifying glass.

Thank you politicians for protecting us.

I feel protected. I feel at peace. Mostly because I, for once read the impossible to read fine print and didn't step into that mighty legal trap.

Legal yes. Unethical yes.
But as long as the company gets their money, that's all that matters.