moonpuppy
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Glen Burnie, MD
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| Abitration is a scam
Sorry, when you "pay" a judge to hear your case, and it is treated as a business, then there is a built in bias against the other party.
I guarantee that any arbitration company who decides against the party paying it too many times, they will find themselves without a client. |
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TKJunkMail
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|  said by moonpuppy  :Sorry, when you "pay" a judge to hear your case, and it is treated as a business, then there is a built in bias against the other party. But so is the "class action lawsuit" a scam also. Nothing consumer friendly there either. All those lawsuits do is make the legal profession richer to no ones benefit except themselves.
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moonpuppy
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Glen Burnie, MD
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| said by TKJunkMail :But so is the "class action lawsuit" a scam also. Nothing consumer friendly there either. All those lawsuits do is make the legal profession richer to no ones benefit except themselves. Difference is only the lawyers win in class action lawsuits. In arbitration, the company "buying" the judge wins.
Justice may be blind but can still tell how much they have in the bank. |
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Youngjm
join:2002-04-01
Ada, MI | reply to moonpuppy
Can't wait for my $5 phone card! |
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Shelleyp
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Class action lawsuits have helped redefine the pharmaceutical industry, have brought about stronger safety regulations with toys, tools, and especially the auto industry.
Class action lawsuits have ended abusive consumer practices in industries, such as the telecom industry, which includes AT&T, Cingular, and so on.
Yes, sometimes the only ones that win money are the lawyers, but that doesn't mean that we consumers, don't also benefit in the long run.
I think this is also a fair time to mention support for the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009. |
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ptrowski
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| said by Shelleyp :
Class action lawsuits have helped redefine the pharmaceutical industry, have brought about stronger safety regulations with toys, tools, and especially the auto industry.
Class action lawsuits have ended abusive consumer practices in industries, such as the telecom industry, which includes AT&T, Cingular, and so on.
Yes, sometimes the only ones that win money are the lawyers, but that doesn't mean that we consumers, don't also benefit in the long run.
I think this is also a fair time to mention support for the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009.
Someone would not happen to be a laywer now would they? 
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Shelleyp
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| No, I'm not a lawyer. My name is Shelley Powers. I write about technology for a living. I also happen to be a passionate supporter for consumer rights. Enough so that I took the time to understand the issues. |
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SLD
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join:2002-04-17 | reply to Shelleyp
Hey! I love my $20 rebates towards future services with the company I hated so much I sued! |
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xrobertcmx
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digitalfreak
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said by TKJunkMail :said by moonpuppy :Sorry, when you "pay" a judge to hear your case, and it is treated as a business, then there is a built in bias against the other party. But so is the "class action lawsuit" a scam also. Nothing consumer friendly there either. All those lawsuits do is make the legal profession richer to no ones benefit except themselves. Frankly I'd rather have the lawyers benefit financially and the consumers benefit from better service/terms/etc. than for a company to continue to get away with their evil doings. |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
join:2006-07-30
Ocean Gate, NJ
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Class actions are the lesser of two evils. Are 500,000 people going to individually hire a lawyer and go after AA&T (or whoever) for the less than $100 dollars that they owe them? Are those people going individually sue for the shit service they received? No.
You can bring up weak class action suits like the Airborne class action all day long. But without class action suits companies are made to be responsible, where they would not normally be if individuals had to sue to get what is due to them. |
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jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04
USA | reply to ptrowski
Lawyers are also consumers, are they not? I'm not one, but I live with one. They're not all bad! They're not all rich either! |
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pepe382104
@northwestern.edu
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You should definitely get a second opinion. The truth is, the vast majority of class action lawsuits do not benefit the consumer in a significant fashion and favor the attorneys monetarily. There's nothing wrong with looking our for the rights of the consumer as look as you do it objectively and in an informed manner. |
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ross
join:2000-08-16
·Digizip
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said by TK Junk Mail :Class actions are the lesser of two evils. Are 500,000 people going to individually hire a lawyer and go after AA&T (or whoever) for the less than $100 dollars that they owe them? Are those people going individually sue for the shit service they received? No. You can bring up weak class action suits like the Airborne class action all day long. But without class action suits companies are made to be responsible, where they would not normally be if individuals had to sue to get what is due to them. Don't you mean "WITH"? |
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TK Junk Mail
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join:2006-07-30
Ocean Gate, NJ
| said by ross :said by TK Junk Mail : Don't you mean "WITH"? LoL. Yes, with. |
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PittsPgh
join:2003-08-21
Pittsburgh, PA
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said by SLD :Hey! I love my $20 rebates towards future services with the company I hated so much I sued! I got $45 from Epson to use at thier Epson Store. I put it towards a new scanner. |
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SLD
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join:2002-04-17
·Comcast
| Exactly! The only way to take advantage of your reward in the judgement is to buy more product from the very company that fucked you over - and they still make profit of the sale. These coupon award scams should be outlawed. All it does is allow the losing company to retain the customers that were so fed up they sued against, and make additional profits while replacing the defective or misadvertised item when the plaintants redeem the coupons towards the replacement item. |
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