Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

One does not simply change the conditions of a contract.


Of course not. That's why you put in the contract that you can raise prices with 30 days' notice.


So you believe a company can charge $99 for a yearly service and then say "by the way, we may increase prices in 30 days if we decide to do so." So what happens to the $99 I paid?

They breached the contract by charging the additional fees. A company can't change the terms and say "whoops, that plan didn't work better start charging for small orders."


> So you believe a company can charge $99 for a yearly service and then say "by the way, we may increase prices in 30 days if we decide to do so." So what happens to the $99 I paid?

Uh, it would still be paid? Price increases only apply to new billing cycles, not retroactively, so I don't understand what you're getting at here.

The point is that it's incredibly easy — and relatively standard — to incorporate the possibility of changes into a contract.


Which is not what happened.


I think chc meant "you can raise prices with 30 seconds' notice."




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: