No paper work signed = no contract?

chrisshayess

Hi there, I was just wondering if I accept a contract over the telephone and never receive a paper contract to sign if it is legally binding?

So for example, I call my current phone provider to renew my plan and get a new phone. The agree to the upgrade and send out the phone. Few months down the line I wish to cancel the upgrade. Since I have never received a contract to sign and only verbally accepted the agreement there is no contract.

This hasn't happened to me. I am just wondering.

comeandgo

Contracts can be agreed verbally - no need to have all contracts in writing.

kingfisherblue

chrisshayess wrote: »

Hi there, I was just wondering if I accept a contract over the telephone and never receive a paper contract to sign if it is legally binding?

So for example, I call my current phone provider to renew my plan and get a new phone. The agree to the upgrade and send out the phone. Few months down the line I wish to cancel the upgrade. Since I have never received a contract to sign and only verbally accepted the agreement there is no contract.

This hasn't happened to me. I am just wondering.

By accepting and using the phone, I think you could reasonably be deemed to have accepted the contract. It's a similar thing in the workplace - some people say that they have no contract, but what they actually mean is that they have never signed a contract. By turning up to work, doing the job, and accepting payment for the work that you have done, you have entered a contract.

halibut2209

When you buy something in a shop, you are forming a contract. Nothing written there either

mattyprice4004

Excellent, I'll be cancelling the contract for my phone and getting it for free then.

Oh wait, no I won't as this isn't true.

paddyrg

There is a contract, there just isn't paperwork to prove there's a contract. If you have used the replacement phone, there is a very demonstrable acceptance of the contract.