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This reminds me of the Russian gentleman who received an offer for a new credit card but didn’t like the fine print. So he changed it. And mailed the contract back to the bank who... didn’t read the fine print and accepted the terms.

When he sued the bank to enforce his contract for a no-fee account with an unlimited line of credit at 0% interest he won. Fortunately for the bank he was prudent in his spending despite his access to unlimited funds so he hadn’t racked up much of a bill.

Story here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/read-the-sma...



Except he didn't win. I believe he lost in appeal as it was deemed he acted in "bad faith".


It seems the case was eventually settled[1] for an undisclosed sum.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkoff_Bank




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