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[/i]SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - America Online Inc. was accused of charging thousands of its customers for merchandise they did not buy, according to a federal lawsuit made available Monday.
The suit alleges that the AOL Time Warner Inc. subsidiary "unlawfully charged and collected money for this unordered merchandise and shipping and handling charges from subscriber's credit card, debit card and checking accounts."
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court here late Friday, accuses the nation's largest online subscriber company of shipping products - including books, stereos and bedsheets - advertised on its service even when subscribers clicked the "no thanks" button on their computer screens.
...Subscriber Dawn Brisky of Fresno said she was charged $74 in December for bed sheets she did not purchase.
"It just came to my house," Brisky said.
The suit also alleges that an Oakland woman was charged $10 for a desk planner and $171 for a stereo she never bought. A Rialto man was charged $60 for some books and charged $90 for a "Cyber Sonic Tooth Care System" he did not purchase, according to the suit.
The suit seeks unspecified damages, the return of unauthorized payments, and to let consumers keep the unauthorized merchandise at America Online's expense.[/i]
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[/i]SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - America Online Inc. was accused of charging thousands of its customers for merchandise they did not buy, according to a federal lawsuit made available Monday.
The suit alleges that the AOL Time Warner Inc. subsidiary "unlawfully charged and collected money for this unordered merchandise and shipping and handling charges from subscriber's credit card, debit card and checking accounts."
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court here late Friday, accuses the nation's largest online subscriber company of shipping products - including books, stereos and bedsheets - advertised on its service even when subscribers clicked the "no thanks" button on their computer screens.
...Subscriber Dawn Brisky of Fresno said she was charged $74 in December for bed sheets she did not purchase.
"It just came to my house," Brisky said.
The suit also alleges that an Oakland woman was charged $10 for a desk planner and $171 for a stereo she never bought. A Rialto man was charged $60 for some books and charged $90 for a "Cyber Sonic Tooth Care System" he did not purchase, according to the suit.
The suit seeks unspecified damages, the return of unauthorized payments, and to let consumers keep the unauthorized merchandise at America Online's expense.[/i]
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