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Understand contracts before you sign them

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Re: Understand contracts before you sign them

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I clicked on Register Now and got a 404 page.

Hi I am sorry that you experienced a 404 page error message. Our tech team is investigating the problem. Thanks for reporting the problem

It's caused by (some) ad blockers because you call ga() (google analytics) in your javascript which loads through google tag manager which is blocked from loading by default with uBlock for example. This all causing the modal window to not show, leading to a catch error forwarding to your 404 page.

Re: Understand contracts before you sign them

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I really hope this (or something like it) will succeed. There are so many situations, where a lawyer would be helpful, but is too much of a hassle to get involved (often because they are expensive).

AI lawyers giving plain language information and indicating areas where you want to get a real lawyer involved sound pretty neat.

@lawgeex: Your Headline with the Register-Button is weirdly aligned to the left in my browser (Win+FF), not sure if this is intentional. It looks wrong, as all the following sections are well centered.

Re: Understand contracts before you sign them

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi I am sorry that you experienced a 404 page error message. Our tech team is investigating the problem. Thanks for reporting the problem

It's caused by (some) ad blockers because you call ga() (google analytics) in your javascript which loads through google tag manager which is blocked from loading by default with uBlock for example. This all causing the modal window to not show, leading to a catch error forwarding to your 404 page.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. You are 100% correct and we fixed the problem

Re: Understand contracts before you sign them

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Tried a PDF and a .docx and got an > error.

Hi thank you for uploading a doc. Currently we only support residential leases. If you were uploading a residential lease and got this message, i would appreciate if you could email me the doc contactlg@lawgeex.com so our tech team can investigate.

Re: Understand contracts before you sign them

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I'm always shocked by the number of people who don't read the contracts they sign.

It's one thing if you have hundreds of pages of legalese in front of you - I can see the value of a service such as this, or hiring your own lawyer for such cases - but for a few pages, five minutes of your time max, I just don't understand why so many people don't take the time to do so.

One habit I've noticed in highly successful people is that they don't skim over bits of contracts (something I'm certainly guilty of); everything is read in detail.

Does anyone have any anecdotal stories about successful people not taking 10 minutes to read a contract?

Re: Understand contracts before you sign them

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I'm always shocked by the number of people who don't read the contracts they sign. It's one thing if you have hundreds of pages of legalese in front of you - I can see the value of a service such as this, or hiring your own lawyer for such cases - but for a few pages, five minutes of your time max, I just don't understand why so many people don't take the time to do so. One habit I've noticed in highly successful peo…

I think there are two things at play here.

1. People perceive they don't have a choice. For example when you visit the doctor and you have to sign 12 different form/contracts. Most people believe they either sign them or don't get treated.

2. Fear of not understanding. They think they wouldn't understand they legalese even if they tried, so why even bother? Personally I don't blame them. I've read contracts that were so wordy and had so much legalese in them you'd be convinced the lawyers wrote them that way just so everyone involved would need to hire as many lawyers as possible simply to understand the darn thing.

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