2007-12-20 14:40:41 · 5 answers · asked by salty salt 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The fine print is usually the legal weasel-words that let someone off the hook if their product or service goes bad. It is the "not my fault" escape clause. OR it is the "my lawyers need to make money too" clause.
Fine print is usually very technical (in a legalese way) saying where exceptions occur. Like, "this offer not available in LA, MS, AL, FL, or GA" - or "this offer is void if you read the fine print and know that we were about to screw you with legal language that nobody but a Supreme Court justice could decipher."
2007-12-20 14:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by The_Doc_Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To save paper. Try getting some reading glasses.
2007-12-20 22:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by Sordenhiemer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that nobody will read them...
Seriously, the only people who read fine print are somebodies.
2007-12-20 22:44:42 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
so the lawyers that were paid to draft them cover their clients as@ in addition to creating the possible need for an attorney to interpret/litigate any disagreement wth the docs.
2007-12-20 22:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the language doesn't look as scary as it really is.
2007-12-20 22:48:20 · answer #5 · answered by Rusty Shackelford 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋