Microsoft Facing Class-Action Suit Over Xbox Live Points

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @08:45PM from the demo-suit-is-free dept.

An anonymous reader tips news that a lawyer in Pennsylvania has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that the company's handling of Xbox Live transactions is, in some cases, fraudulent. "Samuel Lassoff, of Horsham, PA, said an invoice he received earlier this month from Microsoft included charges for purchases he couldn't complete due to a balky download system — and he claimed it wasn't an accident. Microsoft 'engaged in a scheme to unjustly enrich itself through their fraudulent handling' of his account, Lassoff charged in papers filed earlier this week in US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania. ... 'Microsoft breached that contract by collecting revenues for digital goods and services which were not provided,' Lassoff said in his lawsuit."

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Deja'vu by starbugs · 2010-01-26 20:52 · Score: 0, Troll

Microsoft doing something illegal, and then getting sued for it???
What is this world coming to.
I view Microsoft just like the protagonist in 'Fight Club' views the "major car manufacturer".
If cost of litigation is less than profit then Do It.
1. Re:Deja'vu by paragon1 · 2010-01-27 00:31 · Score: 0, Troll
  
  Really, has it come to this? Slashdot is so desperate for anti-MS stories now that it really has resorted to just scraping the bottom of the barrel?
  It's spelled M$.