Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 02 Jun 91 10:43:15 EST From: Doctor Math Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: MCI $20 Promotion Message-ID: Organization: Department of Redundancy Department 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 425, Message 8 of 15 Lines: 24 asuvax!gtephx!andersonr@ncar.ucar.edu (Rick Anderson) writes: > 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?? > [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. . . .] What if your BOC requires carrier changes in writing from YOU, the customer? [Moderator's Note: If your teleco requires written notices of changes, then MCI would comply by sending them the endorsement you signed on the chedk. That would serve as the written notice. PAT]