There Oughtta Be a Law

requiring, for every periodic subscription or service that automatically charges your credit card for renewal, that the merchant provide a 30 day advance notice by mail or email reminding you of the renewal and providing a simple way of canceling if you wish.

There Oughtta Be a Law

There oughtta be a law prohibiting sellers of consumer goods from sticking labels on the surface of the product itself (e.g. and in particular: frying pans, mirrors, picture frames, glassware) unless that label can be cleanly removed by the purchaser within 30 seconds without tools or chemicals.

There Oughtta Be a Law

There oughtta be a law requiring magazine publishers who include teasers on the cover for specific articles inside to print with the teaser the page number where the article can be found.

There Oughtta Be A Law

 
prohibiting online merchants and other websites from forcing us to needlessly  type or “click-scroll-click” our city and state when the ZIP code should be enough. We know a few online merchants that provide this convenience,  so it can be done.  It should be universal.

There Oughtta Be a Law

There oughtta be a law requiring street food vendors to stay in the same location so we can find our favorites when we’re hungry.

There Oughtta be a Law

There oughtta be a law requiring retailers to round up or down to the nearest ten cents in the total bill for all cash tranasactions so we can eliminate pennies and nickels from our pockets and purses. $5.95 becomes a $6 dollar charge; $5.94 becomes a $5.90 charge. If the Mint wants to stamp pennies and nickels for collectors, that’s fine, but they will no longer be legal tender.

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There Oughtta be a Law

There oughtta be a law requiring highway patrol officers to issue at least one ticket to a driver that blocks the passing lane for every four speeding tickets they write.  Of course, many states have NO LAW requiring vehicles to keep right except to pass.

There Oughtta be a Law

Requiring anyone publishing an address on a New York City avenue to include the name of the nearest cross street.

There Oughtta be a Law

There oughtta be a law against loose subscription cards that fall out of magazines when you are flipping through them at a newsstand.

There Oughtta be a Law

Requiring that the detachable charger or adaptor supplied with all electronic devices be permanently imprinted with the name, model and manufacturer of the primary device.