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nm posted:What paperwork did you sign and was it as-is? It was indeed as-is, but the dealership did claim to have inspected the vehicle, along with a few other claims like an oil change that turned out they didn't do. I definitely should have done the PPI, I was lazy, there were no dealerships that could have done one anywhere in the area and as this was a major impulse buy (well, impulse trading of my other car) I just wanted to drive home in it. As someone who has bought 28 cars in my life I am very embarrassed by this whole thing. I am going to contact the dealership and see what they have to say, and depending on how that goes I may very well be contacting an attorney, although I believe I did sign in the contract to agree to arbitration if there are any disputes, not sure how that affects me really. Wow, don't sign poo poo you don't understand, don't buy cars you haven't had inspected, I am just learning life lessons all over the place here.
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If they actually claimed to have inspected the vehicle you may have a leg to stand on. Talk to a lawyer. There's quite a few who specialize in lemon law type law, which while this wouldn't fall under it perfectly is about as close as you will get. The arbitration clause will not be the end of the world. Go talk to a lawyer, even in arbitration you want a lawyer. I would not contact the dealer first. Saying the wrong thing or agreeing to something could hurt you long term. There is no way in hell this dealer is giving you $30k for this car just because you asked. nm fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Jun 1, 2013 |
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Thanks for the advice. I will speak to a lawyer right away and will stay away from the dealership for now. I do have another quick question: The car I traded in had some aftermarket parts on it, I offered to swap them back to the stock parts but they said they would do that for me and then give me the aftermarket parts back. It's been 2 and a half months and I still have not been able to find out if they have been removed and are ready for pickup and I think they may be trying to keep them. Its about $800 worth of parts and I would really like them back! I signed something saying I would give them the stock parts but I don't remember if it explicitly stated that I would be getting the aftermarket ones back, although that was absolutely the agreement and they claimed multiple times afterwards that I would get them back as soon as they're ready. Since nothing was signed in paper can they just tell me to gently caress off and keep them? This obviously is not a huge concern to me right now in light of everything else going on, and if I don't get them back it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, I'm just wondering if there's anything I can do if they just say no, I can't have them back.
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beejay posted:Wait, you want someone's dog to die because it bit your thumb, I just want to be clear. Has the dog bit a bunch of people? Seeing a dog attempt to attack a child gives you a pretty solid moral duty to bring it to the attention of your local animal control authorities.
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Added Space posted:Neighbors told me this was the third attack. I did mention it also bit a kid I was with, and this was after he ran across the street to get away from it. Get a lawyer if you haven't already. Write down exactly what your neighbors told you and when so you don't forget.
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beejay posted:Wait, you want someone's dog to die because it bit your thumb, I just want to be clear. Has the dog bit a bunch of people? Dogs that bite not out of defense, ie you came in its area, that come off their own territory to attack are almost always going to have permanent aggression issues and should be put down. If anyone owns an unleashed / unchained dog that can get off its owners property and bite two people, that should probably be taken care of asap for public safety.
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euphronius posted:Get a lawyer if you haven't already. Write down exactly what your neighbors told you and when so you don't forget. I wrote up a report already. I'm going to take it to animal control on Monday along with photos of my thumb.
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omgitstheinternet posted:Thanks for the advice. I will speak to a lawyer right away and will stay away from the dealership for now. You signed away a car, and didn't get the fact that they owed you a bunch of parts in writing? Sounds like you got double-screwed.
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Thanks for the help, assholes. I guess that the stereotype of lawyers being douches is true. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) Phorphetob fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jun 3, 2013 |
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Jun 3, 2013 02:41
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Looks like you made improvements to the property for your own use and enjoyment, including some landscaping and a vegetable garden. Now Dad is asking that you at least pay the utilities in a house he lets you live in rent-free? And he has the gall to expect his handy-capable son to reach under the kitchen sink and tighten the faucet that isn't leaking? You don't have to be a lawyer to see that your options are to clarify whether the utilities were included in the offer for free housing, and if not, pay them or don't and move. And decide whether he wants to work for the family business.
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Phorphetob posted:Location: Indiana This is not a legal question, you are not going to sue this man. Grow up, pay for utilities or move out. If you want to do business with family and without a written contract then you are asking for it. Watch some episodes of Judge Judy and consider yourself lucky that your only problem is that you got to live somewhere rent free for some period of time. Consider income based repayment of your loans because you can't afford to put your entire paycheck towards loans if you are doing so on the back of others.
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I'm not sure that 'check your privilege' has been a more appropriate answer in this thread. e: oops, that answer was in response to Phorphetob. e2: ^^ you need to tell us where you live, because at the moment the answer to your question is 'all kinds'. Alchenar fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jun 3, 2013 |
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Software development question: after you install apps on Android, these apps frequently set up databases with sensitive information in them. Like say, for Tumblr, after installing the app and signing in it'll set up a database with your blogs, your friends, your likes, whatever. Normally on Android these databases are inaccessible to the user, but after rooting your phone you can access them. Is there legality issues with creating an app/script that can access a database like this and then export your information from them (strictly for personal use, not commercial)?
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Alchenar posted:I'm not sure that 'check your privilege' has been a more appropriate answer in this thread. To be charitable, he could be talking about the type of summer jobs that prey on vulnerable/uninformed students. Selling CutCo knives, door-to-door vacuum salespeople, magazine subscription salespeople, etc. Those folks are entirely commission-based, and employees can easily make less than minimum wage, but if the company asks them to do non-commission-paying work, they might not have a choice.
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Phorphetob posted:Any advice on our options would be great. Thanks. Buy the father an account so he can post in E/N about his lazy son who he lets live in a house for free and can't be bothered to mow the lawn or fix anything, and his whiny girlfriend.
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Lyz posted:Buy the father an account so he can post in E/N about his lazy son who he lets live in a house for free and can't be bothered to mow the lawn or fix anything, and his whiny girlfriend. Yeah, gently caress you guys. Thanks!
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Phorphetob posted:Yeah, gently caress you guys. Thanks! Were you really planning on suing the dad/landlord?
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Phorphetob posted:Yeah, gently caress you guys. Thanks! You options are to get your own place or co-operate with his dad. Legally you are in what is called "a bad situation" or in malum res.
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Phorphetob posted:Thanks for the help, assholes. I guess that the stereotype of lawyers being douches is true. I was going to take your case all the way to the supreme court 
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Phorphetob posted:Yeah, gently caress you guys. Thanks! You want to live in a house for free and not do any work on it and are complaining that it will end up being not so free and you're expected to help with the upkeep. Boo hoo. (And before you go all YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, my husband and I moved into a house his parents bought, paid all the utilities, and contributed a few grand of our own money improving it without complaining. All while he worked full time and I did part time school/part time work because that is what decent, responsible adults do.)
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Phorphetob posted:Yeah, gently caress you guys. Thanks! Go look at the other post. I love this thread.
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Phorphetob posted:Yeah, gently caress you guys. Thanks! I too got pissy about being obligated, without compensation, to help maintain the house my parents owned that I lived in for free. Lawn mowing, fixing the occasional thing, even paying for an improvement I wanted out of my limited supply of cash. Man, I got really upset about it. I don't think I ever considered lawyers, but I felt it was just completely unfair. Of course, I was 12 at the time.
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Kalman posted:I too got pissy about being obligated, without compensation, to help maintain the house my parents owned that I lived in for free. Lawn mowing, fixing the occasional thing, even paying for an improvement I wanted out of my limited supply of cash. Man, I got really upset about it. I don't think I ever considered lawyers, but I felt it was just completely unfair. I know exactly what you could have used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNHPGJBjR2c
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Phorphetob posted:Thanks for the help, assholes. I guess that the stereotype of lawyers being douches is true. Your original post I can write off as you being young and naive. But this just shows you are an idiot. You can either accept the free advice that your case is a dog, or you can go pay an attorney a 5 grand retainer for him\her to tell you your case is a dog. A good attorney will treat your case like a loser and club you over the head with the truth because that is exactly what the opposing party's counsel is going to do. Be thankful we saved you that embarassment.
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Petition to Modify House Rules to Reduce Chores
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euphronius posted:Petition to Modify House Rules to Reduce Chores I humbly ask the court to issue a Writ of Neverending Childhood and all other relief to which I may be entitled
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To be fair to Phorphetob and to offer some legal analysis, their situation is a tenancy at will and all of the costs etc that the Dad is asking them pay is fairgame. Also when you improve land that is not yours you are basically doing that for the benefit of the landlord if the improvements are affixed to the land. It goes without saying that tenancy at will has the possibility of not being a very favorable situation for the tenant! The situation whereby you claim you are living rent-free in return for reduced compensation is a bad situation (with all types of potential employment and tax issues that I can't get into)that you should probably remedy. You could enter into a proper landlord-tenant situation with, you know. . . . A LEASE which may be helpful. euphronius fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jun 3, 2013 |
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I have a question regarding trademark infringement. I don't know much about this sort of thing, and am hoping someone can help me understand my situation a bit better. I am in the process of creating a website that offers a paid service to our customers (I am one of four people involved in this project). Before we settled on a name for our website, we did some research to ensure that there were no competitors that were too similarly named. Apparently, we did a real lovely job, because yesterday I discovered a very similarly named website offering the same services we were planning on offering as well as some additional ones we not planning on offering (at least at launch). I don't think I should be posting the name of either one of these websites, but so you get the idea of what I'm talking about here, suppose my website's name is toiletcity.com and the competitor's website is toliettown.com and we both are selling plumbing fixtures. The competitor has held their domain name since 2001 has a number of trademarks registered with the USPTO which have been held since 2009. They are all standard character trademarks, and include their domain name, as well as variations on the spelling of their name ("toliettown", "toliet town", "terliet town", etc). Our logos are in no way similar, if this matters at all. After discovering this and reading up on trademark infringement a bit, I am concerned that since our names are similar and we offer very similar products/services, we might be on the hook where the "likelihood of confusion" comes into play. I keep reading things that say stuff like "infringement will usually be found if the two marks at issue are sufficiently similar that consumer confusion can be expected." Well can customers be expected to confuse "Toliet City" and "Toliet Town" when the websites themselves are very different, and the only things they really share in common are their similar names and the services/products they provide? If we need to change the name to avoid future potential problems, then so be it. We only have a very minimal amount of money into stuff that would need to be changed like a domain name and logo and such, so it's really not a huge deal, and we're in the early stages of development anyways. If I'm not overreacting and this is something we would actually need to talk to a lawyer about, I guess it would be most cost effective anyways to just ditch the name and pick something new. I just wanted to get a better understanding how trademark infringement works. On a somewhat related note, what sort of lawyer should we be looking for to help us draft up a "Terms of Use" for our website? e: I'm in Ohio. Prancing Shoes fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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They'd first have to show that Toilet City is a use of the Toilet Town mark. They'd then have to show likelihood of confusion, which depends on whether your services/products are centered around toilets or not. e: hth WhiskeyJuvenile fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:They'd first have to show that Toilet City is a use of the Toilet Town mark. They'd then have to show likelihood of confusion, which depends on whether your services/products are centered around toilets or not. If you are nervous then the cheapest option is to pick another name. If you want to get legal crafty, read the prosecution history of toilet town's mark at tsdr.uspto.gov because they might have disclaimed the use of "toilet" except when used in "toilet town". Another thing to consider is filing for your own trademark. Use toilet town's registration to pick your filing basis. It'll cost around $350 if you do it yourself. Actually, you should do this if you choose a new name too. After all, it is there trademark rego that's giving them the most leverage against you. As for a trademark legal spat, it'll cost a few thousand just to have someone evaluate your case.
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I'd probably just pick another name, it's not worth dealing with the possible trouble, especially if they seem to be concerned with stopping other people from using similar marks (which they do because they've registered a substantial number of marks).
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Location: Oklahoma Issue: My mom, her assets and stuff. My mom has had a few trips to the hospital in recent years. In July 2012 she almost died. She slowly got better but it doesn't look like it will go on to the good side of health for some time if she ever actually recovers. She is currently in the hospital after an ER trip last Thursday due to Pneumonia. Anyway she want to start setting stuff up in my name and transfer her assets to me in an effort to avoid probate. ( I had to go through that 9 years ago after my dad was killed) Where do I need to start? Should I mess with Power of Attorney as she has been having issues in being coherent when she gets sick? Specifically, how would we handle her house? She is a Veteran Widow and she has made mention that the property taxes are frozen due to the veteran status. Is that worth pursuing in anyway to treat specially to try to keep the taxes frozen or would it not work at all? Other assets are a few cars, bank accounts, some investments and oil/gas royalties. (she says the royalties are set to go over into my name after she dies but I have no proof of this yet) Just really don't know where to start.
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az jan jananam posted:Software development question: after you install apps on Android, these apps frequently set up databases with sensitive information in them. Like say, for Tumblr, after installing the app and signing in it'll set up a database with your blogs, your friends, your likes, whatever. Normally on Android these databases are inaccessible to the user, but after rooting your phone you can access them. Is there legality issues with creating an app/script that can access a database like this and then export your information from them (strictly for personal use, not commercial)? There's 2 ways i could see a problem here. #1 - There could be terms in the EULA against this. If you do it, you're in breach of contract. Most likely, that just means you need to stop using the software but it all depends on how it's written. #2 - The app developer could claim copyright on the data format, and if you copy it, you may be in copyright violation. But that one is a lot tricker since facts aren't copyrightable. So if you're just extracting facts, it should be ok. But most likely, you won't have any problems.
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MrBigglesworth posted:Location: Oklahoma You should really consider starting by getting an estate planning attorney in OK to help you out with this stuff. There are a lot of issues here that are state specific (probate process generally, property tax issue) that is best answered by someone who handles this sort of thing.
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MrBigglesworth posted:
You start by driving your mom to a local attorney. Those are all complex issues.
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MrBigglesworth posted:Location: Oklahoma You have a very complicated situation and the best place to start is with a good probate attorney. Probate attorney doesn't just mean they do wills, it means they know how to help you structure assets to avoid probate if that is what you agree is the best course of action.
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This happened in Arizona. I was waiting at a red light today and was witness to a somewhat-accident; a yellow car behind me was heading up to the left turn lane, and there was a gap in the cars ahead of me and the yellow car, presumably to let a truck out of a gas station and onto the road. The truck sped out into the gap, and would have hit the yellow car probably in a T-bone. The driver of the yellow car saw the truck coming, and swerved left hard. Thankfully there wasn't another vehicle there, but there was a huge construction site, and the yellow car was damaged and the construction crew had to help push the car out. The driver of the truck paused near the scene, and then took off. My thought is that that was a hit-and-run. But technically the driver of the truck didn't hit the car, so how does that work? I have no idea if they caught the driver of the truck, but there were tons of other witnesses who hopefully caught his license.
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