# 7,500 Sell Their Soul Online **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437 "2010-04-17T05:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/21 "2010-04-17T23:57:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I don’t think that proves his point at all. If it was me and I had read the T&C I would’ve signed it anyway, because it’s clearly a joke that has no real consequence. > > Especially since there’s no such thing as a soul, or immortality. BBBut, if you don’t believe, you were supposed to decline. And you got money for that. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/22 "2010-04-18T01:12:25Z")
Ah. I missed that. Fair enough, maybe it does prove his point. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/23 "2010-04-18T02:00:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Ah. I missed that. Fair enough, maybe it does prove his point. Naw. I was trying to be silly. If you don’t believe in a soul, and you really want the software, why would you decline? It’s not like they actually get anything. Heck, I’m a Christian, but I know that an EULA cannot enforce a religious contract. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/24 "2010-04-18T15:16:19Z")
Are you SURE? That seems like one of those things that you don’t want to find out the hard way. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/25 "2010-04-18T17:26:49Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I hope this doesn’t turn into a religious/ metaphysics train wreck. I guess I shouldn’t link \*\*kanicbird \*\*to this thread then? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/26 "2010-04-19T02:56:52Z")
Don’t have anything to add on the topic, but I wanna say I _really_ like the illustration that accompanied this article. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/27 "2010-04-19T13:53:32Z")
This does rather highlight the point that no-one actually reads the T+Cs of their digital products (I used to do so pretty thoroughly but now I just don’t bother as they’re all the same). I do make a point of reading the fine print of products that I’m not familiar with though, and I’m glad I do as in doing so I realised that one product I was going to sign up for was effectively a scam. But for computer games? Nah - read to many of them to know they’re all pretty much the same. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/28 "2010-04-19T13:58:43Z")
Given any random group of 7500 people, I bet there will be at least one nutjob who goes completely over the top full-retard crazy, saying that their soul was damaged or stolen and not returned or some such bullshit. Of course, unlikely that we’ll hear about it unless they do something wildly and publicly crazy about it. But it would be amusing to be the person who reads the company mail for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437/29 "2010-04-19T14:00:06Z")
> [@Cat Whisperer](#): > > Oh Oh… > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > That’s OK, they’re issuing refunds. Just make sure you get your own back, and not someone else’s by accident! Maybe Cat was just singing the refrain… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-500-sell-their-soul-online/536437.md?page=1)