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Missing the 30-day postmark deadline eliminates the user's ability to opt out of arbitration, making the arbitration obligation permanent.
The reader must postmark an opt-out notice within 30 days of first accepting the agreement or lose the option to opt out.
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If 25 or more claimants seek to file arbitrations raising similar claims and are represented by the same counsel...all cases must be resolved in arbitration using bellwether and, if necessary, batched proceedings...
if Company makes any future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, you may reject that change within thirty (30) days of such change becoming effective by writing Company...
If 25 or more claimants submit Informal Notices or Demands ... the AAA's Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules ... shall apply, and all of the cases must be resolved in arbitration under the process described in this Section 17(h).
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"The opt-out notice must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the date you accept this user agreement for the first time.Excerpt from PayPal's User Agreement
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Missing the 30-day postmark deadline eliminates the user's ability to opt out of arbitration, making the arbitration obligation permanent.
The reader must postmark an opt-out notice within 30 days of first accepting the agreement or lose the option to opt out.
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