I dont want to enter a contract when consuming your product..

Lol too bad they only wrote it in English

hilarious. I think they're doing you a favor so you don't have to buy this product ever again

This is a real thing?

Vital Proteins got bought out by Nestle and almost immediately turned to shit iirc

Isn't that an illegally forced agreement? I mean, the consumer already bought the product and is forced to enter an agreement after the fact? At least it feels like it would be illegal.

It's the same with software, sure, but somehow I've been brainwashed into thinking it's ok because it's a digital product/I only agree to a license of said product.

By reading this comment, you agree to be bound eternally in thrall to me, and wear a maid dress for my amusement.

They’re bringing back Prima Nocta.

There should be an "protest buy" action to any the products that do this bullshit. A large group of people buy the products and then return them to the store for a refund. Especially for perishable goods, this would make them worthless. Which would make stocking such products a loss and force the vendors and manufacturers to cut the shit out.

Time to use the box cutter and open it from the bottom.

Mandatory arbitration agreement for a protein shake or whatever it is. First it may not be enforceable. Second it makes me think that this product is not fit for consumption.

No way this is legally binding. It amounts to a bait and switch. A product was purchased and provided without agreement to any further terms. Then they sneak in supposed terms after the fact based upon the action of opening the product. That is a change in agreement made without any consideration for the purchaser. That's not generally allowed in contact law.

Furthermore, I really doubt that they can get away with the argument that the act of opening a product can constitute any amount of conscious agreement to some writing on a package. If for no other reason than that this is (afaik) a novel way to attempt to coerce agreement such that nobody would expect such an agreement to be part of the opening process and likely won't notice it.

And it's not accessible for every person who may be using this product even if they do notice the words. Are you a non-English speaker? Farsighted? Blind? Illiterate? Would you have any way to even be aware that those words are terms that somehow binding you to an agreement by virtue of your opening the thing you just bought? Would you have any reason to even suspect that that is the case?

Also, they'll undoubtedly claim that the fact that you have the opened product means that you agreed to the terms, but that is also not the case. Your mom opened it for you and wrapped it as a gift? You bought it secondhand? The packaging was torn open when it shipped to you and you never had any reason to see this text in the first place? It was misprinted? Any of those things and more would mean you never agreed to anything. And they have no way to prove any of those things weren't the case.

Just stupid. I have zero doubt that any number of lawyers would love take this to court and get that payday.

Ah! That's one of the worst parts of the internet, and they've figured out a way to make it real.

At least they mention the arbitration upfront, I guess.

It says you're bound by "opening and using" the product, rather than "opening or using". Have someone else open it for you. Then neither of you have done both.

This is Vital Proteins brilliant response to being taken to court over heavy metal and "foreign materials" contamination in their products.

Is there a bigger red flag than a message on it saying 'if you break this seal you can't sue us!'

There's an easy solution: keep buying it, break the seal to get to the message, then return it. Have your friends do the same, at the same store. Pretty soon that product will be gone and you can move on to the next store.

If the store starts to bitch about it, you can claim that you wanted to see if the statement had been removed.

Add to this the fact they try to enforce mandatory arbitration - a thing that shouldn't ever exist to begin with, in any jurisdiction, and is actually unenforceable in many.

a kidney or other superfluous organs. mmm fruity

Write on the money you used to purchase this by accepting this money you agree to the terms of service...

Eat shit turdblossoms.

I hope you returned that shit. That’s not mildly infuriating, that’s capitalism has officially run amok and needs to be taken out back and shot in the head

This isn't mildly annoying, this is corporate hellscape.

Open it from the bottom.

Would love to see them try and enforce whatever EULA they wrote up.

Holy shit. How does this not just reduce their sales to 0?

That's concerning.

A good attorney could argue that drilling a hole in the side of the carton does not constitute opening the package.

Interesting how we've all become accustomed to the notion that "agreeing to arbitration" has just become "waving your consumer rights" and no lawmaker is pushing to have that fixed.

At the board meeting, I want to hear when they decided to broadcast that they're expecting to get sued, but in a really cute way

Now that it's opened slightly, return it "immediately"

Obvious solution is to not only return that one, but then go to a different brand of store, buy a bunch, then return them the next day. Repeat for each kind of store you can reach that sells them.

Shit like this is rarely enforceable but in order to find out, you need to have money.

What I like to do is clap back and send them my own terms and conditions, with the stipulation that if they don't write back, then they are accepting them.

That's how you KNOW they're putting sawdust and filler in their products.

Relevant lockpicking lawyer video

all that jazz for a protein supplement?

Telling us the product so we could avoid it would be useful.

Make your own opening elsewhere on the package.

"I went to the url but it was just a 404, honest. No terms, no conditions"

return it after opening and consuming. the text does not say if you do not agree do not open. nor does it say you can’t agree, open, then disagree.

Lmfao protein additives (or whatever that is) now come with a EULA…? What a time to be alive 🫠

Vital proteins take themselves a bit serious. I’d send it back. Terms and conditions my @$$.

Idiot behavior from self important companies should not be rewarded.

I can't imagine that's enforcible. It is a reasonable expectation that when you purchase the product, you are free to use the product without further limitations being put upon you. They'd have to have you agree to arbitration before purchase, wouldn't they?

Is that even legal?

I have completely agreed to the terms of 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.

Next there will be cookie banners

This is what I imagine buying kratom is like

You can disagree to the terms by pulling it open the other way around.

Has this been revealed after opening product? What a shit company. Are customers expected to read the T&C's every time someone opens the packaging? FYI, the page mentioned links to 4 additional pages and one of them is a 404.

What is this ridiculous product?

Alright then, dear trusted canopener: We have a mission to perform at the other end.

Did... Did someone MAKE you buy that?

Open it from the bottom.