Saturday, July 10, 2010

Classmates.com Scam Mark II

A while ago I wrote about the classmates.com member upgrade scam. Today I was notified that the court agrees with me. The proposed settlement:


In addition to injunctive relief, as a Settlement Class member, if you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement and if you timely submit a Valid Claim Form, you are entitled to receive a credit of $2.00 off of the purchase or renewal of a w ww.classmates.com Gold Membership. Under the Settlement Agreement, Settlement Subclass members are entitled to receive either a cash payment of $3.00 or a credit of $2.00 off of the purchase or renewal of a w ww.classmates.com Gold Membership.
In addition to its cash and credit components, the Settlement also provides, on a non-opt out basis, for Defendants to provide injunctive relief to all Settlement Class and Settlement Subclass members. A description of the injunctive relief that Defendants are providing is set forth at the following website: www.cmemailsettlement.com.


$2.00 off the exact product they were trying to scam me with to begin with? That takes it to between $13 and $57? W00t! But wait, there's more:



Class Counsel will ask the Court for attorneys’ fees and costs to be paid in conjunction with this Settlement. Defendants have agreed not to oppose Class Counsel’s request to the Court for attorneys’ fees up to $1.3 million, plus costs. Costs may include participation awards of up to $2,500 for each of the two Lead Plaintiffs. Fees and costs that are awarded by the Court will be paid by Defendants separately and will not affect your entitlement to benefits under this Settlement. You will not be obligated to pay any attorneys’ fees or costs as a Settlement Class member, nor will any award of attorneys’ fees, costs, or participation awards by the Court reduce the amount of Settlement benefit available to Settlement Class or Settlement Subclass members.


$1.3 million plus costs! That's more like it. Who gets this money?

KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P
Mark A. Griffin
Amy Williams-Derry
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, Washington 98101

KABATECK BROWN KELLNER L.L.P.
Richard L. Kellner
644 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90017

This entire settlement is a scam.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're right on the money. This settlement is a joke on consumers. Check out this post on bostonjustice.blogspot.com

frank.ruff said...

This is a typical class action result. I have been involved in several. The lawyers get millions and the "class" always gets a coupon for use in buying another of the defective product that brought the suit. Who wants another, even if it is discounted. The Seller still wins because they still make a profit at the discounted price. It is all a BIG SCAM.

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