Class Action Suit on Dell 8350 Scam

[wdb3]

Anyone that got caught in the Dell 8250 rebate scam (late 2002) should be aware that a PA attorney has filed a class action suit against Dell. If you wish to keep updated on this suits progress and/or provide information, you may contact:

Natalie Finkelman Bennett, Esq.
nfinkelman@classactioncounsel.com

35 East State Street
Media, PA 19063
610/891-9880

http://www.classactioncounsel.com/contact.htm

 

[Xenon14]

what was the "scam"?

 

[superflysocal]

what scam is this?

 

[Wag]

Let the lawyer jokes commence!

 

[imported_Mike]

iirc, dell had multiple rebates out on one of their towers, 8350, on accident. Of course with all the rebates, the tower was uber hot and thousands of people got in on it. Then i think they denied the mistake rebates, now everyone is pissed. Kind of like that retarded amazon price mistake thing....

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Wag
Let the lawyer jokes commence!

Two lawyers walk into a bar. Soon after they see a hot blonde walk by. One lawyer exclaims to the other "Boy, I'd like to screw her!" To which the other lawyer asks... "Out of what?"

:beer:

 

[chefmws]

Originally posted by: Wag
Let the lawyer jokes commence!

what do you call a bus load of lawyers that goes over a cliff?



a good start.




what do you call an empty seat on that bus?



a crying shame!

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Wag
Let the lawyer jokes commence!

Two lawyers walk into a bar. Soon after they see a hot blonde walk by. One lawyer exclaims to the other "Boy, I'd like to screw her!" To which the other lawyer asks... "Out of what?"

:beer:

rofl!

 

[gsethi]

lol greedy lawyers at it again.

AFAIK, everyone who was legit has gotten their rebates back. Only people who were not legit (not members of qualified instituions), their rebates got rejected. so the lawyers have no point in here.

also, if you have any problems, just put up a post in the DELL forums and it will be taken care of.

 

[all168]

I think it should be dimension 8250, not 8350.

 

[larsrulz]

Gsethi...I wouldn't be so sure. You have no facts to state that....lawyers generally arn't stupid....there are obviously legit claims that they are representing, or they wouldn't do it....we covered this...they care about money, something which requires a successful suit.

 

[SgtZulu]

Where's the Hot Deal?

 

[AdamsJabbar]

Class-action lawsuits are (usually) the worst kind of lawsuit.

1. The consumers who are a part of this generally get a tiny fraction of the penalty given to the defendant.

2. The lawyers reap the most profit out of it. That is why they are always gladly willing to take up a class-action suit against any company.

3. The company that was sued simply issues a check and goes on about its business.

Class-action suits are beneficial to lawyers, not the consumers. There needs to be some kind of restructuring in the ways these particular complaints are handled. Take the CD rebate thing a while back. People received checks for something like 5-10 bucks?? Big deal! The lawyers received checks in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions for this lawsuit. Thanks for nothing, buddy!

/stepping off the soap box

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: larsrulz
Gsethi...I wouldn't be so sure. You have no facts to state that....lawyers generally arn't stupid....there are obviously legit claims that they are representing, or they wouldn't do it....we covered this...they care about money, something which requires a successful suit.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Tell me another one!

Disclaimer: The 99% of all lawyers that are bad give the rest a bad name or something like that.

What do you call a bad lawyer? "Your honor."
What do you call a bad lawyer gone worse? "Senator"

 

[bradolson]

Like many of these lawsuits, they will probably end up getting a 10% off coupon from Dell, and we all know how rare those are

Brad

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: chefmws

Originally posted by: Wag
Let the lawyer jokes commence!

what do you call a bus load of lawyers that goes over a cliff?

a good start.

what do you call an empty seat on that bus?

a crying shame!

Ah, ya beat me to it!

 

[zzzz]

whats wrong with lawyer jokes?
Lawyers dont find them funny and other dont think they are jokes...

 

[nater]

did people actually get checks from the CD thing?

 

[dexvx]

It was because a lot of greedy fvcks thought they could get a top of the line system for $60 AR. It was really about $300 - which is still damn hot, but only if you were part of an educational institution. FYI, I got mine for slightly under $300, and I was damn happy.

 

[conjur]

You all forgot one:

Q: What's the difference between a dead lawyer in the middle of the road and a dead snake in the middle of the road?





A: There are skidmarks in front of the snake!

 

[geecee]

A lawyer falls out of a boat into shark infested waters. Why don't the sharks attack him/her?

Professional courtesy.



Seriously though, in "A Civil Action", you see the flip side of these lawsuits where the law firm is bankrupted while pursuing justice (or at least the financial equivalent of it) for families whose children developed leukemia because a company was dumping toxins into the town water supply. The book was a true story, I believe. I'm not sure that was a class-action though.

 

[zephyrprime]

there are obviously legit claims that they are representing, or they wouldn't do it.

Lawyers are acting smart but the situation is more complicated than you believe. 70% of medical malpractice suits are lost but lawyers are still willing to prosecute low quality cases. Seems illogical? Nope. The winning cases make so much money that they more than pay off all the losing cases.

 

[GhettoFob]

It took about 7 months but I got all of my rebates.

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

Those jokes were funny. Seriously, is this the deal where you had to be a student or teacher? I saw that when I click on the deal, since I'm neither, I chose not to try and get on this "deal". But I read here, and over at the no-ethics site FW, that people were going to go for it because "Dell won't have the time to check to see if you are a student or teacher". If you didn't qualify, I hope you don't get your rebate. Those people are ruining the deals for the rest of us. And when they don't get their way, what do they do? Sue or complain. How mature.

I see it's the posters 2nd post, he must be one of those losers that didn't get his way, therefore sue.

 

[JWangSDC]

I thought it was

"A priest and a rabbi see a young boy walking by. The priest says "Oh I'd like to screw him" and the rabbi says "Out of what?""

hehe, I'm catholic so this relgious discrimination and ignorant joke does not represent my views...still funny though.

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Wag
Let the lawyer jokes commence!

Two lawyers walk into a bar. Soon after they see a hot blonde walk by. One lawyer exclaims to the other "Boy, I'd like to screw her!" To which the other lawyer asks... "Out of what?"

:beer: