Discrimination is illegal & to me that would seem to fall under unlawful discrimination. They would be discriminating according to social status.
It would fall under realistic competition discrimination:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminat...
Someone could go for a free consultation w/a lawyer.
You could advise the company that you plan to write BBB & consult a lawyer for realistic competition discrimination & see what they say. That's almost twice the amount more that they would be discriminating against you. 30/month more is not something to sneeze at for some people.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2078684_sue-busi...
~Did it say on the advertisement page that that offer was only open to tenants? All details would have to be available to be read by the public (who was included or excluded). I've never heard of such a thing.
they can legally accept or reject anyone they like for any reason and don't have to explain
They can "discriminate" all they want.
Today I called an Internet service provider (the also supply cable TV abd phone service), I have been having issues with my current provider, not to mention they are going to double my monthly bill, so I decided to switch to a new provider. On their website I saw a great deal for 50mb/s for $40 a month for the first year, I'm only gonna be in the house for about Another year so it's a damn good deal. Now mind you, on the website they have you enter in your exact address including unit number (I live in a townhome) so they can tell you what speeds are offered in your area and what price per month. When I called the company to order the service the told me that because I am a tennant (which I'm not, I own the house) that the price would actually be $70 a month and the price listed online was a non tennant special only. To me this is discrimination, especially considering the speed is available in my area. If I were to live right across the street from my house in a normal home (not townhome) I would get the service for $40 a month. I am a licensed insurance agent and know the insurance industry is allowed to discriminate based on your location, but to my best knowledge no others can do this and it's against the law. So my question to you. Is this legal? Or is it discrimination? Or is there a logistical reason why the service would be more expensive living in a townhome? Sorry it was such a long post. Details Details Details. Thanks
