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Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by joshstrange on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:26AM (#36918735)
This is very true but sometimes it’s worth it. I got over $3K from the price-fixing eye contact settlement. Normally signing up for these things takes less than 10min and sometimes you hit big. Though in this case I’m not expecting much.
Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by miked85 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:44AM (#36918865)
Oh yeah, might as well do it anyways just to see what you get from it. The amount of time is pretty crazy though, at least in my experience.
Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by joshstrange on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:47AM (#36918891)
Totally agree on the time. The contact settlement collected info in early 2020, I got the surprisingly large check 3 weeks ago. Now the pandemic messed with the times a bit but it’s normally years you have to wait in my experience. One day a check for $2.46 comes in the mail and you remember “oh yeah, this is for that XYZ settlement”.
Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by geomark on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:34AM (#36919200)
I got over $2000 from the class action against banks for sneaky foreign transaction fees. It did, however, require a lot of documentation.
Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by MattRix on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:29AM (#36920665)
It makes some sense that the more effort it takes to submit a claim, the more money you’re likely to receive.
Re:Facebook users have less than a month to claim a piece of... by rvnx on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:28AM (#36919608)
The lawyers however get the jackpot: `Class Counsel will ask the Court for an award of attorneys’ fees not to exceed 25% of the Settlement Fund, as well as reasonable expenses`

180M USD to represent the rights of people who didn't ask for your help.