I won a class action lawsuit, got my check yesterday!!!!

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PlatinumGold

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Citrix
wow what a suprize in the mail, got a settlement check in the mail for some class action lawsuit that i didnt know i was part of. I guess American Express got sued and lost.

amount of the check??

.26 cents :disgust:

guess ill go buy my Infinity X45 now.

wait, you are telling me they wrote you a check for 1/4 of a penny? ;)
 

tk149

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Apr 3, 2002
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Class-action lawsuits are good in that they:
1. Help deter businesses from screwing their customers.
2. Give customers some recourse when they're screwed out of a small amount of money that isn't worth suing for individually.

Class-action lawsuits are bad in that they:
1. Encourage a$$-hat lawyers to file frivolous lawsuits

I especially hate the ones where the class "wins" and the settlement is "X dollars off your next purchase of a new crappy product from the same manufacturer you swore you'd never buy from again because they screwed you the first time". I'm positive that the judges in these cases are getting kickbacks. The lawyers should be shot.

I just got my PayPal settlement ($8 I think). I think I got like 2 cents from that AmEx settlement.
 

Injury

Lifer
Jul 19, 2004
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I had a quarter stolen by a pay phone when I was little. I called the phone company toll free from the very same phone to complain.

They sent me a check for 25 cents. Postage was about 27 cents at that time.

They could have just worked their phone company magic and connected me for free.
 

CTrain

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Sep 26, 2001
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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Citrix
wow what a suprize in the mail, got a settlement check in the mail for some class action lawsuit that i didnt know i was part of. I guess American Express got sued and lost.

amount of the check??

.26 cents :disgust:

guess ill go buy my Infinity X45 now.

wait, you are telling me they wrote you a check for 1/4 of a penny? ;)

NO, its .26 cents.
Thats .01 more than 1/4 of a penny.
 

LordMorpheus

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Aug 14, 2002
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claiment: 26 cents
lawyers: 26 million
American Express: -200 million
Satan: 26 souls (used to belong to the lawyers)
 

KK

Lifer
Jan 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
claiment: 26 cents
lawyers: 26 million
American Express: -200 million
Satan: 26 souls (used to belong to the lawyers)

lawyers never had souls.
 

hevnsnt

Lifer
Mar 18, 2000
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Whats really strange, is my wife was part of the SAME CLASS ACTION, but she got $.28

w00t!@