| Kantor said: Jay: What you did, although not technically against the rules, was a pretty stupid and malicious thing to do. In a more formal setting, that could get you into serious legal trouble and I strongly advise that you never do it again. Kowen: This never really constituted a proper deal to begin with and probably wouldn't have been legally enforceable (though I am not a lawyer, so I could be wrong there). I don't believe for a moment that Jay ever actually intended to go to a court with it. All the same, I do agree with you that his actions were immoral and stupid. I don't pretend to come close to understanding the underlying law here, but I strongly advise that you both just drop this and move on. General advice: Don't make bets with actual money on an internet forum. Especially not this internet forum. |
LOL, anyone who thinks this would be taken seriously in any setting needs to use some common sense.
Imagine my post was real, and I really did make the bet one year ago. It still wouldn't be taken seriously because:
(1) It was essetially a completely different wager since it did not meet the 2-day deadline as the initial wager,
(2) Kowen could have easily declined the offer because of number (1), and
(3) There's an entire of chain of requirements and elements for a contract to legally binding. Needless to say, a bet on an anonymous internet forum does not meet these circumstances.
The most impact this thread does is it offers a new wager (which he could decline) and gives the false claim that I made the wager a year ago. That still wouldn't be fraud even if it was legally binding (which it's not).
