I just got my $75 million settlement check!!!! (it is legit) (corrected links)

[Omaha Steve]

Out of 75 million, I got $25.80.


Settlement info: http://www.listclassaction.com/content/Final_Distribution_Order.pdf


THIS is what the lawyers got: http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020110314952

[redwitch]

1. Jeez Steve don't go crazy and spend it all in one place.

[big_dog]

6. my advise--14 hrs of 2 unlimited boneless BBQ wings apps and endless refill drinks at TGI Fridays

tip your waitress well!! My 14-Hour Search for the End of TGI Friday's Endless Appetizers http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-for-the-end-of-tgi-fridays-endless-ap-1606122925

[Earth_First]

26. I'll buy if you can hang!

Suddenly the fragrance of mozzarella sticks hangs in the air...

[randome]

2. Can I have some?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

[ret5hd]

3. He'll send you 10% if you send a self addressed stamped envelope and $3.50 to him.

[Brigid]

4. You could have a meal in a nice restaurant.

[Omaha Steve]

7. Marta won a $100 gift card to a real nice restaurant a couple months ago

No alcohol and 20% tip. We ended up spending $70 out of pocket for the two of us. Great food and atmosphere. We might have been the only D's in the place.

I hope she doesn't win another one.

[joeglow3]

8. Which restaurant?

[Omaha Steve]

13. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

http://www.flemingssteakhouse.com/locations/ne/omaha

[joeglow3]

15. Been there a couple times.

I like it, but prefer Sullivan's downtown.

[malaise]

5. A win is a win

Celebrate

[big_dog]

10. 25 whole smackers!

[gratuitous]

24. Yes, it is

Class action suits are fairly useless for everyone except the lawyers involved. The alternative, however, is that big multinational with millions of customers gets to rip off those customers for piddling amounts with impunity. If there is a better system that guarantees the due process rights of these bandits, I'm sure the plaintiffs' bar would love to hear it.

[malaise]

25. Agreed

[Kaleva]

9. My friend! My buddy! My bestest pal!

With that, one could buy 50 cans of Family Dollar tomato soup or a Michigan All species fishing license!

[Omaha Steve]

14. Family Dollar is no more!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014857621

[Ron Obvious]

11. I get that sort of thing all the time...

I've never bothered registering or cashing in on my "$5 off an HP printer cartridge" coupon or whatever it is. I usually have a vague recollection of having bought something like the product in question, but it's never been worth my time pursuing. And yes, as usual, the lawyers make out rather better.

I usually find a few of those notice of court filings lying around the house, unclaimed, during spring cleaning.

[Sherman A1]

12. Plastics!

if you remember that movie!

[big_dog]

17. Just One Word

[Nye Bevan]

16. What a ripoff. Nigerian princes typically will pay you 20%.

Assuming that you cover a few, small incidental expenses upfront.

[pa28]

18. Lucky you got a check.

It seems I'm forever receiving class action notices and only once in a while does a check show up. Always pocket change.

[Omaha Steve]

19. There is a bar in LA

Actors hang out there. IF you get a residual check for less than $1 it is good for a free drink. They put it up on the wall. The checks are several layers deep after 50 years in business.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. That is a flat out amazing bit of info....

Wow.


My ship came in last year.
After Decades of ripping off customers, Allstate settled for doing something that I still can't understand, and I got a letter explaining, in the most tortuous language, how my 3.00 settlement check was determined.
The lawyers $14 million checks of course was not explained.

The check is still in a drawer..I figure it will cost them a hell of lot more in balancing their books if I don't cash it.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

20. lawyers make a killing

people injured by the actions of the defendant get a pittance...

thus go all class action suits...

sP

[Takket]

21. hey, can i be your best friend?

oops, never mind.

[Scuba]

22. PARTAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!

[riqster]

27. Money's money.

I'd say spend part of it on booze, and the rest of it foolishly.