Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settlement in privacy lawsuit

Re:Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settle... by GenerocUsername on Friday July 29, 2022 @08:13PM (#32283111)

Well that's convenient for them.

Imagine if other crimes could be paid in the product involved in the crime.

Moving company stole your furniture? Well they will move your furniture for free next time

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Re:Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settle... by djmips on Friday July 29, 2022 @08:36PM (#32283230)

Class action lawsuits in the past have been settled with coupons.

There's even a wiki entry on the practice.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupon_settlement

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Re:Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settle... by wrycoder on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:29PM (#32284033)

Lawyer gets a beachfront house. Class action participant gets coffee and a donut. Sounds normal.

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Re:Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settle... by amanaplanacanal on Friday July 29, 2022 @09:39PM (#32283579)

At one point I supposedly had dozens of free concerts due me from Ticketmaster shenanigans. I was never able to actually find a show I wanted to watch though.

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Re:Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settle... by joecot on Saturday July 30, 2022 @12:48AM (#32284361)

I've been in 2 different class action lawsuits about vehicles: first Honda Civic Hybrids (where the battery always died like right after warranty ended), and a Nissan Versa with CVT transmissions (same but the transmission). Both ended with a slight extension of warranty that was no longer helpful to me, and a voucher for a few thousand off the next vehicle I bought from them. I never bought another vehicle from them.

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