My 15 year old daughter is in a contract with Bally's and she cannot pay. I know the legal age is 18. Why did they let her sign up?
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tj
They signed her up because they knew they could extort the payments out of you, her mom.
At 15 years old, they could not have failed to know that she was a minor. Thus, in signing her up, they could only have done so with the intent to extort you.
Non-married, non-emancipated minors cannot agree to such contracts in all states, nor do they have the legal power to bind you to a contract you never signed.
Contact your local District Attorney. File your complaints in writing, with your District Attorney, state AG, FTC, and BBB. Build a paper trail, including putting all communications to Ballys IN WRITING, sent certified return receipt requested, since the ONLY reason they would have presented a minor with a contract to sign is because they thought they could ring out the 1 to 3 years of payments, several thousand dollars, from you.
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Joan L.
My 18 year old son is in a contract with Bally's and cannot pay. They signed him up when he was 17 and now at 18 years of age, It is now on his credit report. What can I do and how can I take care of this issue?
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tj
Contact your District Attorney for assistance. Your son should never have been allowed to sign a contract as a minor.
It may also be worth contacting an attorney on how to terminate a contract improperly agreed to by a minor, since your son may be able to do this for a limited time after turning 18, depending on state law.
Do not trust ANY verbal statements by anyone connected with Bally's, since their usual tactic is to say everything has been dealt with, wait for the contract to run out, then pass it off to some debt collector who then says it is now too late to cancel and they want full payment on the whole contract, which they had actually set up as a "loan".
They are basically running a racket, routinely using deceptive sales pitches to get people to sign up. There are a number of other complaints against them for signing up minors.
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jC
I agree with contacting the Attorney General for your state I had to contact the state Consumer Protection Agency also
If the child is/was a minor, i wonder if the local Child Protection Services can help, cos it's a crime against a child?
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At 15 years old, they could not have failed to know that she was a minor. Thus, in signing her up, they could only have done so with the intent to extort you.
Non-married, non-emancipated minors cannot agree to such contracts in all states, nor do they have the legal power to bind you to a contract you never signed.
Contact your local District Attorney. File your complaints in writing, with your District Attorney, state AG, FTC, and BBB. Build a paper trail, including putting all communications to Ballys IN WRITING, sent certified return receipt requested, since the ONLY reason they would have presented a minor with a contract to sign is because they thought they could ring out the 1 to 3 years of payments, several thousand dollars, from you.
It may also be worth contacting an attorney on how to terminate a contract improperly agreed to by a minor, since your son may be able to do this for a limited time after turning 18, depending on state law.
Do not trust ANY verbal statements by anyone connected with Bally's, since their usual tactic is to say everything has been dealt with, wait for the contract to run out, then pass it off to some debt collector who then says it is now too late to cancel and they want full payment on the whole contract, which they had actually set up as a "loan".
They are basically running a racket, routinely using deceptive sales pitches to get people to sign up. There are a number of other complaints against them for signing up minors.
I had to contact the state Consumer Protection Agency also
If the child is/was a minor, i wonder if the local Child Protection Services can help, cos it's a crime against a child?