Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 20:26:50 GMT From: Rick Anderson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: MCI $20 Promotion Message-ID: Organization: gte Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 414, Message 8 of 11 Lines: 32 I believe MCI is currently undergoing a nationwide promotion whereby they will give you $20 if you switch over to them as your primary carrier. I recently received a check in the mail from MCI for $20. The check was a normal check on the front, but on the back, it said if I endorsed and cashed the check, I would be switched over to MCI. My question to the net: is it legally feasible to cross out this endorsement message, sign the check, collect the $20, and then legally expect to not be switched over to MCI?? I realize they will probably switch you over regardless of what you do, but by crossing out the endorsement message, haven't you taken away the "ok" for them to switch you over? Rick Anderson AG Communication Systems ...!ncar!noao!asuvax!gtephx!andersonr ...!att!gtephx!andersonr ...!uunet!zardoz!hrc!gtephx!andersonr [Moderator's Note: As soon as you cross out the special endorsement you no longer have the right to cash the check which was issued as payment for your having given permission to change your phones. When you withheld your permission, you had no right to the money. And please, no one needs to reply saying 'you have the right to keep things of value which arrive in the mail unsolicited'. This was not 'something of value'. It was a contract they were requesting you to sign in exchange for immediate payment for doing so. Big difference. PAT]