XPost: alt.cellular.cdma, alt.cellular.verizon   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   "Wade Garrett"  wrote in message   
   news:n5umme$bvm$1@news.albasani.net...   
   > On 12/28/15 5:59 PM, The New Other Guy wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 08:01:26 -0600, "NotMe"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Cramming refunds: Verizon and Sprint cellphone customers who were   
   >>> improperly   
   >>> billed for premium text messages have until the end of the day Thursday   
   >>> to   
   >>> apply for money from a settlement fund. The two telecom giants agreed in   
   >>> May   
   >>> to pay out at least $120 million in refunds after being caught   
   >>> "cramming" -   
   >>> billing customers for third-party text-messaging services that they   
   >>> hadn't   
   >>> asked for. Verizon customers can submit claims at   
   >>> www.CFPBSettlementVerizon.com Sprint customers at   
   >>> www.SprintRefundPSMS.com   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> After fees,  fines, and sharks (I mean attorneys),   
   >> each victim might get back $2-3, or $5 worth of   
   >> services.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I've been party to a few of those. Got a $20 off coupon good only for your   
   > next Toshiba purchase from the Toshiba disk capacity settlement.   
   >   
   > Got a check for $125 from the Georgia Pacific/Louisiana Pacific settlement   
   > where faulty pressed board home siding warped and swelled after just a   
   > couple of years. Cost me $6,300 to have my house resided---   
   > again!   
      
   Nothing compells you to accept the offered settlement.    You could have   
   taken them to court yourself.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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