I didn't realise that this was a new thing for Australia. The same rules apply here in New Zealand. This has to do with contract law (I studied this for a while).
Technically, this also means (in NZ at least) that a seller must sell you an item if you won the auction, and cannot pull out of the sale. This is hard to follow up however. One time I won a laptop for a rediculously cheap price, but the seller refused to complete the sale. One can complain to the trading site, but because they cannot give personal details out without a court order (and I didn't want to go through the hassle), there is not a whole lot that can be done.
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How about this one: Ok Microsoft, you are making automatic changes to software written by other companies without permission or request of the user.
Except they didn't. Because when you installed Windows, you agreed with the EULA that said they could update your software at any time!
"You have been fined one credit for the violation of Digital Manners Act."
I didn't realise that this was a new thing for Australia. The same rules apply here in New Zealand. This has to do with contract law (I studied this for a while).
Technically, this also means (in NZ at least) that a seller must sell you an item if you won the auction, and cannot pull out of the sale. This is hard to follow up however. One time I won a laptop for a rediculously cheap price, but the seller refused to complete the sale. One can complain to the trading site, but because they cannot give personal details out without a court order (and I didn't want to go through the hassle), there is not a whole lot that can be done.