Comments on: San Francisco lawsuit: Odds stacked against consumers in arbitration cases http://www.citizenvox.org/2008/04/07/san-francisco-lawsuit-odds-stacked-against-consumers-in-arbitration-cases/ Standing Up to Corporate Power Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Nothing fair about mandatory arbitration « citizenvox.org http://www.citizenvox.org/2008/04/07/san-francisco-lawsuit-odds-stacked-against-consumers-in-arbitration-cases/#comment-1387 Nothing fair about mandatory arbitration « citizenvox.org Thu, 29 May 2008 19:42:44 +0000 http://citizenvox.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-1387 [...] arbitration system forced on consumers by credit card companies and other businesses. I’ve posted about mandatory binding arbitration but this report has an unbelievable example of how stacked the system is against consumers. These [...] [...] arbitration system forced on consumers by credit card companies and other businesses. I’ve posted about mandatory binding arbitration but this report has an unbelievable example of how stacked the system is against consumers. These [...]

]]> By: Kia Franklin http://www.citizenvox.org/2008/04/07/san-francisco-lawsuit-odds-stacked-against-consumers-in-arbitration-cases/#comment-1386 Kia Franklin Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:06:32 +0000 http://citizenvox.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-1386 Apparently Corporate America also pays big bucks to get editorials published in WaPo and other national papers to promote their bogus studies and pro-business (anti-people) policies. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103710.html" rel="nofollow">Yuck.</a> Thanks for drawing attention to this! Apparently Corporate America also pays big bucks to get editorials published in WaPo and other national papers to promote their bogus studies and pro-business (anti-people) policies. Yuck.

Thanks for drawing attention to this!

]]> By: Cindy http://www.citizenvox.org/2008/04/07/san-francisco-lawsuit-odds-stacked-against-consumers-in-arbitration-cases/#comment-1385 Cindy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:37:38 +0000 http://citizenvox.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-1385 RE: "Do you think they people who say they’d prefer arbitration would feel that way if they had all the facts about arbitration before answering the question?" No, I don't think people would favor giving up a constitutional right of a jury trial in favor of a private, and often rigged, process that their opponent had set up before a dispute even arose. They also wouldn't prefer it if they knew it could have undisclosed high costs. I seriously doubt any of the polled people knew much about arbitration at all. I also seriously doubt the poll was even conducted in a non slanted manner. Polls, surveys, and stastisics can skew the thruth. It's something Corporate America pays real money for. They may call it a "study" or "public relations" but it's just spin. What else can you expect from a business organization but business-protection? RE: “Do you think they people who say they’d prefer arbitration would feel that way if they had all the facts about arbitration before answering the question?”

No, I don’t think people would favor giving up a constitutional right of a jury trial in favor of a private, and often rigged, process that their opponent had set up before a dispute even arose. They also wouldn’t prefer it if they knew it could have undisclosed high costs. I seriously doubt any of the polled people knew much about arbitration at all. I also seriously doubt the poll was even conducted in a non slanted manner. Polls, surveys, and stastisics can skew the thruth. It’s something Corporate America pays real money for. They may call it a “study” or “public relations” but it’s just spin. What else can you expect from a business organization but business-protection?

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