Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[UK game retailer claims 7,500 souls with a legal agreement prank]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/16/uk-game-retailer-claims-7-500-souls-with-a-legal-agreement-prank/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/16/uk-game-retailer-claims-7-500-souls-with-a-legal-agreement-prank/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/16/uk-game-retailer-claims-7-500-souls-with-a-legal-agreement-prank/#comments 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.

JoystiqUK game retailer claims 7,500 souls with a legal agreement prank originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionagreementsbobby-kotickeulagamestationlegallegal-agreementspurchaseretailretailersukFri, 16 Apr 2010 00:15:00 EST