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by Anonymous User on Thu Jan 26, 2006 at 12:35:34 PM PDT

I Agree. For people who are new to buying a computer, it's not reasonable to expect there would be such a long and ridiculous legal agreement attached to the purchase, AND that you can't even read said agreement until after you complete the purchase and set up the computer the first time. At least in the case of a computer system, you can usually return it for a refund if you don't agree with the EULA. (There are exceptions, like re-stock fees for some computers from some stores. Those stores deserve to have the re-stock fee charged back to them by the consumers credit card issuer.)

In the case of a computer system purchase, there should be enough room on the outside of the box to print a fairly large warning that this purchase requires accepting a "legal" agreeement, and to ask the store employee for a copy of said agreement if they wish to review it before purchase.  

Of course, they don't really want consumers being made aware of the agreements, then there could be some real backlash from consumers.

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