Wednesday, April 9th, 2008...8:20 am
More Class Action Nonsense
Every quarter or so for the past few years I seem to get a notice to participate in some class action lawsuit. Apparently some company I did business with in the past has done me wrong and some white knight lawyer is going to help me liberate damages. Since I can never remember being personally damaged by any of these companies, I refuse to participate.
I read Atlas Shrugged, I know the end game of a society ran by looters.
However the most recent class action notice (Snow v. LensCrafter) I received had an interesting clause. I’m either to receive a $70 voucher or a $30 payment. However, if I less than 50% of the customers sign on to the lawsuit then those leeches that do sign on will receive an additional compensation of a $25 voucher.
So now I’m put in the middle of a dilemma. Either I take compensation from a company that did me no harm or I stand by while some other looter gets bonus compensation because I didn’t stick my hand out. The lawyers appear to win in either case and LensCrafter loses in either case. What to do?
By the way, not all class action lawsuits are frivolous. If someone ever went after BlockBuster Video for fradulent late fees or Chipotle for intestinal distress, I’d sign on in a second.
Tags: legal
2 Comments
April 9th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I am ready to initiate a class action suit against Starbucks for being the catalyst for the any chain maximizing profit by charging the market ceiling for a price of coffee. Which coffee of all the major national chains has the best coffee? I recently thought Caribou Coffee had the best expresso however I think it had more to do with the barista girl being cute. Once she quit, I stopped going.
I drink only expresso/latte and black coffee so what do you suggest?
t.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:47 am
T - Good question. I’ll devote the next post to my ranking of the national chains.
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