Do you still read the TERMS and CONDITIONS before you join to a site??

@ghieptc (2522)
Philippines
April 21, 2010 10:23pm CST
Personally, I don't have much time to read TERMS and CONDITIONS before I join any sites. Although it's important but sometimes I just checked it. Whenever I sit on the computer I'm making most of my time to finished every earning task that I need to, daily, and because I have a lot to do. So apparently there are sites that get "paid to sign-up" so when you are filling-up the registration form of the site, you can all see there the TERMS and CONDITIONS if you agree with it or not., well I just checked and usually "accept". Like I said I don't have much time to read it, it will take me so long and it would be a waste of time for me if I'm gonna finished reading on it, I rather spend my time on making money but if I have extra time then I would give a time to read this TERMS and CONDITIONS...so how about you? any reactions about this? what do you think?
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25 responses
• India
22 Apr 10
i had never read it.but it is an unsafe practice.
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@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
Well goodluck at you, but you must take time to read it. Anyway thanks for your comment!
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
Actually, i dont read it anymore. haha i mean i read the FAQs and i think that's just about the longest stuff i will read prior to singing up in a site...
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@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
it is, but do you still give time to read it?, maybe some other time that you really take time to read this? Or definitely not enough time? hehe!
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
22 Apr 10
Sweetie, i always read every single word of it. I always got into trouble, so i have learned to take the time to read it. You just have to. TATA.
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
23 Apr 10
No sweetie, i only belong to three sites. Not that much reading. It doesn't take that long, you know. TATA.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Really? I might wonder how long you take reading on it, aside from that there's a lot of site that I think you are involve too, so you mean every site you joined too you always read their TERMS and CONDITIONS? Wooow!!
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
25 Apr 10
Oh that's good coz a lot of sites are SCAM and it's just a waste of time...
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
22 Apr 10
I admit that i never read terms and conditions of a website xD. Except for some forums. But before joining a website, i read some reviews about it so i don't have bad surprises.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Yah, but some that posted on forums are deceiving so that people who wants to joined to will be attracted even though they have few members and they are absolutely SCAMMER! Some Admin of the sites just created fake payment proofs or just edited, to show everyone that they are payable and legit sites!
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
25 Apr 10
I guess it's a good idea but somehow still we don't know how long they gonna be a legit...
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
Hello!!! I don't really check and read it all...
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
well actually most of people who joined in any website didn't read it all, different reason but the common thing it is because it's too long., and that make us really bother!
@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
It is very long...
@beesm17 (107)
• United States
22 Apr 10
I normally only read them if they are wanting me to pay or if I have time I will look over them. I dont think I have ever read all of them. I dont think that anyone reads all of them. If they do they must have a lot of time on their hands and I would love to have some of it. lol
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Yah, time is important and sometimes we're making the most of our time to things important for us, for own reason. And I understand how we value our time but on some areas of our lives we have to be patience so we might not complain about what bring us...
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
25 Apr 10
it is but be careful you might even know what happens next...
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
17 May 10
Admittedly, I also don't read the terms and conditions and rather just hit the check box that says I have. If there's a text area with the terms and conditions I scroll to the bottom of it, then I go back and hit the check box as I've found sometimes there's an auto alert that picks up if the terms and conditions aren't scrolled to the bottom.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
18 May 10
I also usually checked the box whenever I join on any site, even without reading on it.
@airakumar (1553)
• India
23 Apr 10
Do you think anyone has so much time to read the terms and conditions. No, I don't think so. I don't have time to read so but if needed I read it when it is absolutely required. Yes, I have read the terms and conditions of certain sites but not all. Joining doesn't require though. I think most of people does the same. As you said, you too doesn't have so much time. Yes, there are many sites infact most of the sites has terms and condition which we really don't know.Once we breach any rules, we read it and come to know what went wrong..
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Well actually I've learned from it so I'm taking to read just those important rather than not at all. Even if it's too long, maker of the site didn't put Terms and Conditions because it isn't required, it is. However the problem is in people who joined on it, they just ignore it until they discover that they've encountering some problems on the site and keep complaining about this and that...Don't wait on that situation if you can do it at first.
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
23 Apr 10
I try to read the terms and conditions of the site before I join them. Sometimes they are not compatible with me and then I would just waste time with them. But I do think that most of the Terms and Conditions that I read are pretty much repetitive. So I just have to skim through them most of the time.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Well I actually understand you, still considering that you read it coz most people not at all, they just ignore it, pretty bad!
@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Same here, I really don't read those. Except when I really need to know something, I go check it out hehe. The makers don't really expect the members to read all of those right, if they did, they should have made them shorter and condensed.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
They really need to make it short so, everyone will consider reading it even just for a while, things that make sense or important...
@siliguri (4241)
• India
23 Apr 10
Nope! I didn't read whole terms and conditions just i read the important point rather then wasting time in reading non-essential things...Usually
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
But still you are reading on it. I'm glad for you, thanks for your comment, hope you won't forget or and consider reading before you started to join anything...
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
IF i have the time and when i'm in the mood, yes. but mostly i don't read it because they're just too long to read LOL. I'm not a fan of reading anything long because i have short attention span lol. I do read the faqs though. :D
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I'm glad you're still reading on it, on the other hand you must still not forget it, unless you're not using your computer, lol!
@mokkka (881)
• Bulgaria
23 Apr 10
almost nobody I believe reads these instructions as they are too long and written with really small letters as to make you not read them.Probably there is something we should find out from there but we usually really don't have enough time and will to read them.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
it's not to easy to be a maker of a site and put TERMS and CONDITIONS to those who just want to read it. I've never seen a site that we a force to read it coz they understand that we have free will or choices that we can make, but they are liable to any members who joined on their site, they're responsible for what may happen. But we used blame the maker of the site when somethings go wrong in our account, even the if the problem is us...And we should understand how everything really works, specially over the net. Everyone must be careful so no one won't blame anyone or anything.,unless if it's really a full of LIES or SCAM!
• Australia
23 Apr 10
I'm afraid I hardly ever read the terms and conditions before I join a site. I know I should, but they always look so long and boring, and I mostly want to just join the site and start using it. Also I just don't have the time to sit there reading long screeds of writing like that. As I am a fairly conservative person I know that I am not going to go against their terms and conditions even if I don't know what they are! Does that make sense?
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
25 Apr 10
well I guess you must understand everything how every works so we won't be deceived and complain about what's gonna happen...
@anne25penn (3305)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Before, I used to not to read the terms and conditions of a site before joining. But nowadays, I take extra care reading the terms and conditions because I've been getting a lot of spam mail. The terms and conditions of sites do explicitly cite that they will forward your email address to third party marketing companies that will try to sell you something. So, if I see that on the terms and conditions, I stay away from that site. I also check out the terms and conditions to see if the site has any limitations on international members.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I agree with you, because I'm experiencing spam mails until now because I guess that sites that I joined to before. I haven't read it all but the time that I'm getting some trouble receiving mails that I didn't asked to and I'm being careful that it might get hacked our computer system here., so I sometimes I take time to read Terms and Conditions before I join to any sites...Thanks for you comment! Happy Mylotting!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
Shhhhh I NEVER read them when I join. Bad Dawn. Sometimes I do go and read them later, like on myLot after one of my first discussions got deleted.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
hehehe!, Well but still you're giving time to read it rather to other people who really doesn't care about it...
• United States
22 Apr 10
I used to not read them at all, but then I worried about what kind of legal trouble I could get into posting something that was against the rule. Rules I hadn't read. Now I still don't read everything in every Terms and Conditions. They're very long and repetitive. I read the headings on each paragraph and skim through the paragraph until I understand the important bits.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
I pretty understand that Terms and Conditions are very long as you said but it actually make us understand how does their site works...so that if ever we got into trouble it is because we didn't read first the Terms and Conditions, right!
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
22 Apr 10
I read them, fully all the way through, and I look for gotcha's. Like, oh, we can terminate your account at any time for any reason, and other things, specific to network marketing such as, you must provide ongoing recruitment, or we will terminate. I am very fussy about this, I understand that the TOS is a LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT between you the user, and the company that hosts the site. I like mine, with my network marketing company, not even a page long. Takes 5 minutes to read. The really long ones though, those people are trying to pull one over on ya, that is why they make them long and almost indecipherable, so they can put little things in there, in the 25th or so page that say, they don't have to pay you, if they don't want to, nah nah nah boo boo, so there HA. I may be slightly passionate about this topic. I strongly encourage you to make the time to read, and understand, and agree with them. Of course it is up to you, and when they don't pay you With appreciation.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
Honestly sometimes I really don't understand some stuff there even I'm trying to understand to, so what I did is ignore it and forget about some stuff and continue on the site. But recently one of my account has been suspended I don't know why but I'm just shocked and wondering what's wrong, or, what did I do. Anyway, I really appreciated your comment and I will consider that whenever I would like to join on any sites, Thanks!
@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
22 Apr 10
Hi, The Terms & Conditions is always in a very 'fine print'. The sentences is so long-winded and making my eyes 'blur' I do not read it unless I feel something amiss. I too prefer to read the FAQ. However, if I join any contest online, I will read the 'Terms & Conditions' to make sure I adhere to the rules or else I risk being penalized. I come across real life situation where contestants were penalized due to breaking the terms & conditions.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Oh I pretty understand you, because on some point we have own reason why we ignore it...But I'm glad to you're still consider the importance of this!!
@Andyvil (793)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
I have to admit that I don't read those terms and conditions. I usually check the I agree button whenever I see this.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
As far as I'm concerned I guess you should be able to read it even just once or a couple of minutes so you should understand how the sites are working to, because some says here that you might gonna regret at the end because you didn't ready the Terms and Conditions...