Petsmart Contract

[Bderick67]

I agree. It's all speculation . . . But if Petsmart is officially making an agreement/contract a part of their fish sales protocol, then it's been approved by their legal department.

OK but wouldn't the same be true for their adoption contracts for dogs and cats? Just not sure what your trying to get at?

 

[phillydog1958]

OK but wouldn't the same be true for their adoption contracts for dogs and cats? Just not sure what your trying to get at?

Of course. All contracts are reviewed by legal. I'm not sure what YOU'RE trying to get at. Perhaps, YOU'RE reading my post out of context and I feel AWFUL about that. Sorry.

 

[snarferer]

this page has some useful info about legally binding contracts (this is for Canada though):

http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~bovaird/c19/10b-contracts.htm

it is interesting to note that contracts do NOT have to be in writing, so our store informing customers was just as good

and also, some contracts by their nature are not legally binding, such as advertisements.

I would think this would fall under this catagory and would easily be thrown out of court.

eg. "you advertised this fish to get this big"

it might, it might not etc.

it looks like such a contract in Ontario would not stand up in court.

I'm not so sure about Canada, but in the United States, the only thing really hurting the contract would be the fact that it isn't notarized. Which doesn't really matter because the person signing the contract is also buying the fish. (By the way all purchases in a store are a contract too, but more in the sense that the store has an obligation not the purchaser). A contract is legally binding if and only if it does not run into conflict with the law. ie. if you signed a contract to kill someone, the courts could not make you comply.



also to editorialize: Why the hell are people upset that Petsmart is covering themselves? They should. For all the evil people talk about Petsmart, they bring the hobby to many beginners, they're cheap, and they're easily accessible. I'm sick of all this anti-corporate crap on here. You want to be anti-corporate? Move to Cuba.

 

[phillydog1958]

I'll always shop petsmart. There is a niche that they are filling and I think that they should cover their liability. It's a smart business practice.

 

[Bderick67]

Of course. All contracts are reviewed by legal. I'm not sure what YOU'RE trying to get at. Perhaps, YOU'RE reading my post out of context and I feel AWFUL about that. Sorry.

Sorry bout the spellin I realize some are really anal about this.

 

[Darth Scohin]

Well I haven't heard anything about this, it might be just a "test market" like Petsmart never use to sell snakes but they slowly looked to see if they would sell "DUH, of course snakes sold" so now they sell snakes....This contract thing is probably just like the Reptile, Bird or small animal one "Vet certified, if it gets sick in 14 days blah, blah blah...Sign here under 18 get a parent....

 

[dogofwar]

Of course, not having seen said contract I'm only speculating...but it actually sounds like a good strategy to let prospective purchasers that they're buying a potentially big animal... and that Petsmart won't take it back when it gets big and a customer doesn't want it any more.

The controversy is???