Contracts: Read' em!

SmallBizResource.com has something I wished I written in Small Print, Big Consequences:

"When you take the time to read a contract before you sign it, you can try to get clauses like that changed. If a company wants your business badly enough, and the change is minor, (i.e., no early cancellation fee), they may agree to the change. But once you sign on that proverbial dotted line and start using the product or service, you'll have little luck getting things like early cancellation fees or other clauses you think are unfair changed."