YSK: How to protect yourself against Etsy’s plan to prevent class action lawsuits - eviltoast
Etsy’s Plan to Prevent Class Action Lawsuits
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Did you know that when you agree to Etsy's Terms of Use, you agree never to join in a class action lawsuit against them, no matter what they do? At least, that's how it used to be.  Until very recently, Etsy had a mandatory arbitration clause.  It stated that by using their service (or continuing...

Why YSK: You should know that you can protect yourself as a buyer or a seller as anyone who uses Etsy. It’s a very popular sales platform and they’re making some changes to prevent class action lawsuits against any shenanigans they might pull against buyers and sellers on the platform. You have the ability to opt out of this to protect yourself; the linked article explains how to do this.

  • mountainpeacock@kbin.socialOP
    4·
    1 year ago

    I haven’t either, but I also realize for me that’s survivorship bias. It must have enough issues that they’re trying to weasel this into their TOS.

    • loopy@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      I agree, it’s sketchy and unfair practice to include those lines. I’m thinking they either had an issue in the past like you said, or whatever legal team works for them decided that was something they could get away with to aggressively protect the business.