Rejected petition verble contract agreed over the phone should not be binding by default

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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.
The 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.
I have fallen foul of this situation and I am sure others have too.

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Date submitted 15 November 2011
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