{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/22741.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":22741,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"verble  contract agreed over the phone should not be binding by default","background":null,"additional_details":"I would like to see any verble contract entered into over the phone, no matter which party makes the initial contact, not come into effect untill a signed paper copy of said contract is retuned to the originator.\r\nThe present situation that a verble contract is legitimised by the failer of a person to respond to an email within 14 day is leaving people open to preditoy and imoral companies.\r\nI have fallen foul of this situation and I am sure others have too. ","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-11-15T15:16:08.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:34.706Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:36:34.994Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-11-15T15:16:08.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}