It's not often that we think about it but most of the things we do every day are governed by contracts. Our work is regulated by a contract (work contract), the things we purchase are regulated by contracts (sales contracts), electricity, water, telephone and countless other services we use are regulated by contracts (supply contracts), etc. It is hard to be fully conscious of the conditions regulating all the contracts we sign.
The most important advice is to thoroughly read any contract before putting your signature on it. This might appear obvious but it's not. By studying a contract before we sign it, we get to know in advance our rights and duties once we sign it.
Companies providing services such as telephone, water, electricity, etc. usually use regular form contracts.
These contracts consist of all the relevant conditions and the client can't change any of them.
The law demands the service providers who use standard form contracts, to make sure that they include all conditions safeguarding the client's rights.
In fact normally after putting your signature on a contract with a company providing services like electricity, they do post to the client a copy of the contract detailing all the relevant conditions.
Typically, the same conditions can be consulted on online by going to the website of the service provider.
The client has a right to read the applicable conditions before signing the contract. At times it may take just a few minutes to browse through a contract while in other instances much more time may be necessary.In any case it is very vital to find time to carefully read any contract prior to signing it so that you're aware of your rights and responsibilities once you sign it.
Internet has now made it possible for contracts to be authorized from a distance.
A contract signed at a distance is that in which the client and the supplier aren't physically present at the same location at the time of signing the contract. This method is progressively becoming the most common system used to sign contracts.
Before signing such contracts or even sending replicates of your documents by fax or email, it is necessary for you to receive full details of the contracts.
Some of the crucial information you must have includes: the identity of the supplier (including their Headquarters should you need to forward complaints), detailed information of the service or product, price (including taxes and stamp duty, delivery charges; how to make payments, how the good or service will be shipped, whether you have the right or not to change your mind and withdraw from the sales contract and the method for doing so, for how long the deal is legitimate, the smallest period for which you can utilize the service or product, fees of corresponding with the supplier, etc.
Should there be anything you do not understand in a contract, figure out what it means before saying yes. You can accomplish this by contacting a lawyer, an association of consumers, or a trade union. It's quite important for you to comprehend what it is you're agreeing to.
The most important advice is to thoroughly read any contract before putting your signature on it. This might appear obvious but it's not. By studying a contract before we sign it, we get to know in advance our rights and duties once we sign it.
Companies providing services such as telephone, water, electricity, etc. usually use regular form contracts.
These contracts consist of all the relevant conditions and the client can't change any of them.
The law demands the service providers who use standard form contracts, to make sure that they include all conditions safeguarding the client's rights.
In fact normally after putting your signature on a contract with a company providing services like electricity, they do post to the client a copy of the contract detailing all the relevant conditions.
Typically, the same conditions can be consulted on online by going to the website of the service provider.
The client has a right to read the applicable conditions before signing the contract. At times it may take just a few minutes to browse through a contract while in other instances much more time may be necessary.In any case it is very vital to find time to carefully read any contract prior to signing it so that you're aware of your rights and responsibilities once you sign it.
Internet has now made it possible for contracts to be authorized from a distance.
A contract signed at a distance is that in which the client and the supplier aren't physically present at the same location at the time of signing the contract. This method is progressively becoming the most common system used to sign contracts.
Before signing such contracts or even sending replicates of your documents by fax or email, it is necessary for you to receive full details of the contracts.
Some of the crucial information you must have includes: the identity of the supplier (including their Headquarters should you need to forward complaints), detailed information of the service or product, price (including taxes and stamp duty, delivery charges; how to make payments, how the good or service will be shipped, whether you have the right or not to change your mind and withdraw from the sales contract and the method for doing so, for how long the deal is legitimate, the smallest period for which you can utilize the service or product, fees of corresponding with the supplier, etc.
Should there be anything you do not understand in a contract, figure out what it means before saying yes. You can accomplish this by contacting a lawyer, an association of consumers, or a trade union. It's quite important for you to comprehend what it is you're agreeing to.
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