Banned from paid for subscription website

shaun_from_Africa

A contract term that allows someone to cease supplying the service without any form of refund would almost certainly be considered unfair and therefore unenforceable

£20 a year isn't a great deal of money, and I wouldn't be surprised to find that if the OP was to push for a partial refund the company concerned would claim that the cost of setting up the account and allowing it to operate for the past 6 months would have used all of the £20.

xxx manager is a dirty cheating xxxx etc was the norm.

It might have been the "norm", but openly calling a football manager a cheat on a public forum could lead to the website operators getting action taken against them.

vikingaero

Darksun wrote: »

A contract term that allows someone to cease supplying the service without any form of refund would almost certainly be considered unfair and therefore unenforceable

I don't see anyone winning refunds in Court from nightclubs when they have paid to enter, cause an incident and get ejected.

paddyrg

The_Ejaculator wrote: »

xxx manager is a dirty cheating xxxx

I suspect this is the bit they're jumpy about - xxx manager might be all those things...however if you say so, and he threatens to take the site to court for defamation/libel, it'll cost more to defend than the £20 membership fee. They probably want a quiet life, it's easier to boot you than fight or even deal with his lawyers.

arcon5

I think they would find it hard to persuade a judge the term regarding suspension is not unfair.

The other term regarding the ability to post articles doesn't allow then to suspend the account.

I cannot see what grounds they have to deny the service and refuse a refund. Like you op I'd be demanding a pro-rata refund.

arcon5

vikingaero wrote: »

I don't see anyone winning refunds in Court from nightclubs when they have paid to enter, cause an incident and get ejected.

I don't see anybody testing this in court either.

If you was ejected from a night club without reason or with poor excuse I fail to see why you wouldn't be awarded a refund.

System

Is it a poor excuse? The website is trying to run a game and I can see why they don't want subscribers calling other subscribers swear words.

I am assuming by the phrasing he dropped the c bomb. I think he's rightly been banned and I don't see why he should get a refund. I would be surprised if any court thought this was unfair

alistair.long

I do have some sympathy, but abusive language and you lose membership is the norm.
Should the person be entitled to a refund? No because they subscribed and therefore in a contract.

I suppose the real thing to do is to ask for rights to view only, and loose the right to publish.

John_Jizzle

football is all about the c word. Ask John the C Terry.