She was like “they told me we had a contract and that it renewed and I have to pay the full amount for an entire year.”

I told her that this little dojo place is engaging in dishonest trade practices and that if they sue us we can countersue. Then I wrote them a note telling them that we were cancelled and revoking authorization to charge my credit card.

Now she won’t talk to me because she’s all worked up about how she represents the community and this worthless business somehow has sway at her job? I’m not sure. I’m just fucking pissed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48966587)

Lady, who was petite and young, just kind of looked at me, a little bewildered, maybe scared, possibly because she's never seen an angry person before, and said "Okay, sir, have a nice day."

Then I left.

It's that fucking easy folks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968579)

*proceeds to charge credit card knowing he is just an empty meat suit*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48969121)

You run a tired german capitalisation schtick.

I suggest redirecting your jealously into being moar like DF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968796)

Go regale the board with more threads about cliques & nintendos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968881)

I would like to start a law firm that does nothing but represent local businesses in their disputes with Disco Fries. Imagine how humbled he would get after he huffed around at these service workers with tough "lawyer talk" only to get a judgment or ten assessed against him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968836)

He'll learn that when someone waves around a piece of paper and says it's a contract, or a policy, that is just a piece of paper, and there's a big difference between having a contract and having the balls to try and do something about it, especially when it's a service-based business trying to enforce an unreasonable and unconventional revenue generating scheme after no services are desired and after notice of termination is given. That's not the kind of thing that'd be easy to enforce. Also, underlying all of this is the fundamental principle of contract law, which is that freedom of contract requires a mutual agreement, and that can be changed at any time, unilaterally or bilaterally, and whether there are consequences for such a change is a different issue.

Someone lying to my wife and trying to bully her into agreeing that she entered some agreement she couldn't break is offensive to me and every value I hold.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968864)

I always wish I did some martial arts as a kid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968894)

Also, it's insanely expensive relative to swim team or gymnastics. The gymnastics place has to have higher insurance and equipment and they charge about 1/3 or maybe even just 1/4 per month of what this dojo place is charging.

It's stupid.

If he decides later on that he wants to take physical conditioning seriously, I'll find a not-so-kid-oriented martial arts place and buy him a block of 10 lessons or whatever. No more of this year long contract bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48968906)

What boy doesn't like swords?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48971951)

What are they going to do?

Send me a bill? Send me a demand letter? File suit in JP court or district court? I will laugh, respond, counter sue for violations of the consumer protection statutes in my state, notice their depositions, and mercilessly fuck with them out of spite.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48969402)

Oh. Right. Because you're a fucking idiot loser whose priorities and motivations are deeply feminine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48969720)

So I had to go deal with it.

What would you have done? Been so chill and cool and just gone out next month and made $500 because fuck the dojo while still paying them? Is that the power play here?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48969898)

You've fucked this up by mismanaging your relationship for decades. Step it up and bear the temporary friction, or accept that you voted for this and stop letting it eat at you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48970032)

That may just be other poasters projecting, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48971944)

keep this kid in whatever activity he is willing to do without bawling about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48973274)

You'd be fucking crazy to take your kid out of class with results like that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730539&forum_id=2).#48981936)