Hey! I got a $0.41 (41 Cents) AMEX Credit for a Class Action Settlement!

[Up2Late]

WooHoo!:woohoo:

Well at least they did just credited it to my May "Sky Miles Card" Statement, and didn't waste a stamp to send me a check.

[chicagojoe]

1. Whatcha gonna do with all that ? n/t

[expatriate]

2. Don't spend that all in the same place! n/t

[expatriot]

4. Hey, you look familiar!

Hi ya there!

[punpirate]

3. Yep...

... when I got the class action notice, it seemed as if AMEX were supposed to refund the difference for the excessive fees charged for currency conversion. For me, in that time period, it would have been about $30. I got 41 cents, too.

[expatriot]

5. Hey punpirate, do you like talkin' all pirate-like and stuff?

because I got a thread a-goin here where I started talkin' all like a pirate and stuff....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3417038

I need to hit the sack soon but maybe some other day we can have a whole thread of just pirate-y stuff... just you and me, what d'ya say, what d'ya say?

(I am a little manic tonight, sorry).

[punpirate]

6. Nope...

... I just travel the high seas of the internet, boarding unsuspecting sites and robbing them of all their puns... arr...

:P

[Up2Late]

8. Oh, so that's what it was, these things always take so long...

...I can never remember what it was for.

I got a notice for one from AT&T over charging Fees, I wonder what year that will show up?

[gumby]

7. I got about 65cents for one of those

class action suits that I didn't even know about.

Thank goodness that BushCo will put an end to this nonsense

:sarcasm:

[DistressedAmerican]

9. $1000 Is A Far Classier Action!

[TorchTheWitch]

10. Then I made out like a bandit!

One once got a check for $1.86 as my portion of a class action suit... can't even remember what it was about or who was involved. I can't even believe they actually cut and sent me a check in that amount. Unreal. But hey, I was finally able to buy that pack of gum I'd been saving up for!
:woohoo:

I dislike class actions. The only people that ever get anything out of them are they lawyers.

[ObaMania]

11. I get that crap all the time.

.. why do they even f#cking bother?

[B Calm]

12. I would seriously think about investing your windfall. $49 cents more

and get a lotto ticket..

[Vinca]

13. Wow - maybe you can get a spot on O'Reilly's cruise.

Oops, I forgot. No one's willing to cough up 41 cents to be stranded at sea with the jerk and it was called off.

[Divernan]

14. Now I don't feel bad about not returning my claim to them.

Speaking as a lawyer, these class actions are too often gross exploitation by the attorneys bringing them. Class actions can do some good - but in more limited, well-defined classes of people who have truly suffered some significant personal injury.

And the legal fees should be limited to hourly fees for documented, reasonable hours, plus expenses such as mailing, document reproduction, expert witnesses, etc.

Ideally, each state would utilize its Attorney General's office to bring these actions, co-ordinating them with other states' AG offices when appropriate. The states would thereby pay the legal costs and the the awards from the suits would go directly to the individuals who had suffered injury/damage. The awards could include compensation for reasonable legal costs to the states AGs by the defendants.

[mopaul]

15. oh crap, you should've called me, i could've gotten you 87 cents!

next time, call me

[Up2Late]

18. Hey!, now you're talking REAL money.

That IS enough for a pack of Gum!:evilgrin:

[katinmn]

16. What did AMEX do?

Wrongully inflate interest rates or finance charges?

Even if they lost the class action, they still made out like bandits.

[Sgent]

17. Neither

They overcharged on foriegn conversion rates for those who spednt money outside the US.

Personally, the biggest class action settlemetn I've ever seen was for about $1500. But that was a much different situation and there were no legal fees other than an hourly rate (doctor I worked for recieved this for a class action settlement for them downgrading their billing, suit was brought by the AMA).

[Brewman_Jax]

19. I got one, too!

I'm in the money now! That will almost buy me a candy bar. :thumbsup: