Did anyone else get this Radio Shack settlement?
Oldbitcollector (Jeff)
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Got an interesting post card in the mail..
Apparently, Radio Shack misprinted the date? on some of their electronic receipts (2010-2011) and someone started a class-action suit against them. It's worth $10.00 in Radio Shack purchases.
I've got really mixed feelings about this.. A misprinted date doesn't seem suit-worthy to me.
Anyone get one of these?
Jeff
Apparently, Radio Shack misprinted the date? on some of their electronic receipts (2010-2011) and someone started a class-action suit against them. It's worth $10.00 in Radio Shack purchases.
I've got really mixed feelings about this.. A misprinted date doesn't seem suit-worthy to me.
Anyone get one of these?
Jeff
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While a sales receipt seems insignificant, it is the legal document that warranties would be based on and proof of purchase..both legal based...so I can see how it could warrant a legal suit.
Yes, a misprinted date seems minor to me too.
I figure some lawyer did this to make a pile of money.
I'm not a fan of lawyers in general...
Jeff
What's the definition of a tragedy? A busload of lawyers going over a cliff. With two empty seats.
What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start...
I got more.
And no, I haven't received a postcard like that.
Sure, the CueCat! I remember it from their catalogs, but I never got one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
When I opened a storefront for my computer business back in 2002 I needed a barcode scanner but they were expensive. So, I hacked a CueCat and used it. Got some interesting looks when I used to scan things with it. The downside is it wasn't very reliable scanning irregular surfaces.
Over here there isn't a commecial break that goes by without some advert for lawyers 4u or claim this and claim that... It's ruined our society over here in the UK so much that our children cannot enjoy the things we used to as kids through fear of an injury claim.
We all end up paying for it in the end through higher insurance premiums.
Anyone remember this guy? He seems to represent the modern TV commercial lawyer in the sense that the focus of the commercial is how much money you can get from whatever it is you want to sue about.
Oh yeah, here it is:
"Specifically, Plaintiffs claim that Defendant printed the expiration date of credit or debit cards on receipts provided to Class Members and that such actions were in violation of FACTA. Plaintiffs have not alleged any actual monetary damage."
From http://www.shacksettlement.com/
But yeah, the lawyers are the ones that really profit from this.
But even then most receipts will sometimes only print the last 4 digits of the card, combined with the card expiration date you "might" be able to gain some of the other numbers, but not the complete sequence.
BTW) I have a Cue-Cat sitting on my desk ... works good with the Propeller Keyboard object with one slight code modification.
Yup Got three of them. I thought they were going to be the cat's meow.
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Yep. Here's another one of those example reasons of why our species is still chasing its tail in the mud:
http://legalnewsline.com/issues/class-action/238785-southwest-settlement-up-to-7-million-for-attorneys-5-drink-vouchers-for-class-2
I got one of those lawyer/voucher things concerning Radio Shack. I immediately tore it up. I figure each voucher request turned in is a vote of appreciation for a bunch of useless parasites to get more money they never earned and don't deserve.
Jim
That was most likely from their "spend $30 get $10" promotion that they have been running for a few months now.
The FACTA law, which was intended to help consumers, is trying to protect your card information from identity thieves. However, like most laws, it completely misses the point, which is that credit card numbers are about the worst possible thing to try to keep secret. And, like most laws created by Congress, it has a very expensive flaw: the word "or". Your expiration date with no card number is useless to an identity thief. The expiration date shouldn't even be a part of this law, yet here's Radio Shack falling victim to a sleazy class action lawyer, paying millions of dollars for causing no harm to anyone.
Here's the text of the law from http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ159/pdf/PLAW-108publ159.pdf
SEC. 113. TRUNCATION OF CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD ACCOUNT NUMBERS.
Section 605 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681c) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(g) TRUNCATION OF CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD NUMBERS
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no person that accepts credit cards or debit cards for the transaction of business shall print more than the last 5 digits of the card number or the expiration date upon any receipt provided to the cardholder at the point of the sale or transaction.
(2) LIMITATION
.—This subsection shall apply only to receipts that are electronically printed, and shall not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording a credit card or debit card account number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the card.
Jim