UK game retailer claims 7,500 souls with a legal agreement prank
by Mike Schramm 
on Apr 16th 2010 12:15AM
Don't think about it, just answer: Do you
really read all of those agreements and legal texts that you need to scroll through when installing a game, signing up for a service or buying something online? Really? 7,500 people either don't, or they don't care about their
eternal salvation, because UK video game retailer
Gamestation could now legally own 7,500 souls if it wanted to. On April 1, it
added a clause to its legal purchase agreement that granted the company "a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul," and 7,500 game buyers
happily clicked to agree.
The company was just April Fooling -- the claims have been legally renounced, and worried patrons can click through to the website to
get their soul back (and a special discount code for their trouble). But next time, you should probably read the fine print a little more closely.
