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Missing the thirty-day written notice deadline eliminates the user's ability to opt out of binding arbitration, making the deadline consequential and time-sensitive.
The reader must act affirmatively, in writing, within a strict thirty-day window to preserve the right to opt out of arbitration.
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If any part of these arbitration terms is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the remainder will remain in effect, except that if a finding...would allow class arbitration...this entire dispute resolution section will be unenforceable.
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"YOU MAY OPT OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. IF YOU DO SO, NEITHER YOU NOR GOAT CAN REQUIRE THE OTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING. TO OPT OUT, YOU MUST NOTIFY US IN WRITING WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST BECAME SUBJECT TO THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION BY EMAILING termsofuse@goat.com.Excerpt from GOAT's Terms of Use
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Missing the thirty-day written notice deadline eliminates the user's ability to opt out of binding arbitration, making the deadline consequential and time-sensitive.
The reader must act affirmatively, in writing, within a strict thirty-day window to preserve the right to opt out of arbitration.
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