Vent: I spent 90 minutes re-reading a vendor contract before noticing the clause that killed us

So our firm got hit with a surprise $12,000 penalty from a software vendor last month. I was furious, went back through the original agreement we signed 18 months ago. Sat there for an hour and a half squinting at the fine print. Turns out there was a hidden auto renewal clause buried on page 14, right below a bunch of boilerplate about data security. I always skimmed those sections before but never actually read every word. Now I'm going through every active contract line by line. Anybody else got burned by a clause they missed in the tiny text?

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bailey.sam1mo ago

Did your lawyer miss it or did you sign without one?

noah_barnes1mo ago

Gotta read what you sign, man.

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mason_ward1mo ago

Yeah "gotta read what you sign" is solid advice. I read somewhere that most people just scroll to the bottom and click agree without looking at half the stuff they're signing up for.