As alcmaeon (684971) said in the comment at "Re:They stick by their promise," from a legal perspective EVERYONE who bought one of these boxes under the promise that it included three years of free service is entitled to that and NO LESS. The law of every state says that you get the "benefit of your bargain." The seller canNOT just decide to give you your money back because, as an afterthought, they decided they gave you too good of a deal.
From the standpoint of society as a whole, the very best thing is for EVERYONE who bought one of these boxes to demand their promised three years free and settle for no less. If we, the People, protect ourselves, we will be less in need of protection from the lawyers.
And, by the way, I agree that what the courts usually do in Class Action lawsuits is allow the class's lawyers to settle for peanuts for the Class and huge fees for themselves. We, the People, need to stand up and write to every judge when the Settlement Hearing Notice comes out and write to the newspapers and our elected officials and COMPLAIN.
If we don't like the way we are treated, then only we can discourage it. Not by one or two of us acting, but by the majority of us having the balls to do so.
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As alcmaeon (684971) said in the comment at "Re:They stick by their promise," from a legal perspective EVERYONE who bought one of these boxes under the promise that it included three years of free service is entitled to that and NO LESS. The law of every state says that you get the "benefit of your bargain." The seller canNOT just decide to give you your money back because, as an afterthought, they decided they gave you too good of a deal. From the standpoint of society as a whole, the very best thing is for EVERYONE who bought one of these boxes to demand their promised three years free and settle for no less. If we, the People, protect ourselves, we will be less in need of protection from the lawyers. And, by the way, I agree that what the courts usually do in Class Action lawsuits is allow the class's lawyers to settle for peanuts for the Class and huge fees for themselves. We, the People, need to stand up and write to every judge when the Settlement Hearing Notice comes out and write to the newspapers and our elected officials and COMPLAIN. If we don't like the way we are treated, then only we can discourage it. Not by one or two of us acting, but by the majority of us having the balls to do so.