[Lrrr]

While I understand that it is a herculean task to try and police a market full of tons of different deals and different deal stipulations, I still believe that some minor modifications should be made to the contracts system to both help Vendors, as well as the HF consumer population.

For the most part, the vast majority of deals on HF go very smooth but there has been an increased uptick in what I consider "lazy contracts" where-in sellers (as-well as buyers) tend to try and speed thru a contract. I get it, some vendors on this forum have THOUSANDS of deals and automatic contracts are great.

In an attempt to help protect users from their own bad habits (being lazy with contracts) I suggest the following addition to both the vendor contract template system.

T.O.S Contract Template would help vendors who have the same T.O.S for a majority of their products. It might look something like this:


And the created contract might look something like this note the new Stipulations section


I also think the same edit box could exist for anyone creating a contract.


I realize this might seem silly considering we already have "CONTRACT TERMS" but I believe that box is mostly used to re-define what is being sold and not used that often to refer to things like stipulations/terms of service.

Furthermore, including the terms (editable) in each contract before it's accepted by both parties and then cannot be edited afterward would be a good idea in my opinion. I don't think it's appropriate to put things in contracts like "TOS IN THREAD" and then allow the user to edit the TOS at will. In general I think that every deal should be self contained and both parties should agree and more importantly hopefully both parties are satisfied.

Opinions welcome.

[NoSuchAgency]

I think a terms of service option or stipulations is an excellent idea. That way the terms of service is limited to that deal. Lots of shady people changing the tos after they get sales.

[Artisan]

TOS can already be added to contracts and buyers can cancel/avoid people who include shady shit in them like: TOS in thread

Sorry but I fail to see the utility behind this suggestion.

[Dorrance]

I like this, I do think terms should be edited. Just as we are allowed to try to accept/cancel contract on both parties. But they would need to both approve of new terms. And would happen if the terms are not accepted? Invalid/Incomplete?

[Lrrr]

I like this, I do think terms should be edited. Just as we are allowed to try to accept/cancel contract on both parties. But they would need to both approve of new terms. And would happen if the terms are not accepted? Invalid/Incomplete?

No new terms. Once you agree to the deal thats the deal. In my opinion you don't need to edit the contract after its been accepted...this includes "tos"/stipulations

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TOS can already be added to contracts and buyers can cancel/avoid people who include shady shit in them like: TOS in thread

Sorry but I fail to see the utility behind this suggestion.

As I stated this is more-so for vendor templates and to help clarify to both parties the clear intent of the deal.

Contracts shouldn't be avoided and neither should explicitly defining contracts.

The suggestion is to try and help clarify and package everything up in a single contract which is why I agreed at the end of my post that it might seem silly but I think its more of a user experience change than a feature change.