Do you take part in any class action lawsuits that you are eligible to participate in? In general, do you think class action lawsuits are good for the consumers/people affected or in general do you feel most of these suits are frivilous?

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Do you take part in any class action lawsuits that you are eligible to participate in? In general, do you think class action lawsuits are good for the consumers/people affected or in general do you feel most of these suits are frivilous?

Please share your experiences and opinions. less

Do you take part in any class action lawsuits that you are eligible to participate in? In general, do you think class action lawsuits are good for the consumers/people affected or in general do you feel most of these suits are frivilous?

Please share your experiences and opinions. less

Do you take part in any class action lawsuits that you are eligible to participate in? In general, do you think class action lawsuits are good for the consumers/people affected or in general do you feel most of these suits are frivilous?

Please share your experiences and opinions. less

Great question!

I just recently received credits from Barnes and Nobel as well as a check in the mail from the class action lawsuit against some of the publishers of ebooks conspiring to keep the prices the same. Several publishers of ebooks I bought from two different sites were found guilty and ordered to pay restitution in the millions. So who gets the money? Why those who filed of course. I was alerted by both the websites about the suit and I just followed the links and directions to register. I rarely thought about it again until I received my compensation which added up to about $20, total. I think class action suits are about the only way for individuals to go against big businesses. In general, there will always be frivolous civil court lawsuits, but that doesn't mean class actions suits, or any other suit, isn't valuable. I don't look around for suits to join in on, but if I knew about it and I can easily sign on, I would. The amount of 'work' I had to do to participate would definitely be determined by how much I stood to gain. I would not participate in something I didn't think was just. less

Do you take part in any class action lawsuits that you are eligible to participate in? In general, do you think class action lawsuits are good for the consumers/people affected or in general do you feel most of these suits are frivilous?

Please share your experiences and opinions. less

I get dozens of these a year. Most are "automatic" and you don't have to do anything. At best, you get a coupon for a few pennies off the offending item. The only one I really signed up about had to do with a defect in an auto that we went round and round with in our own car. The settlement was like $60 million. 30 Million went to the lawyers, about 29 million went to the folks who filed the suit. The others, like me, who were the vast majority? Well, we got a "whopping" certificate for $100 off the purchase of another car from that same brand!!! We also got a "huge" settlement check, I believe it was $1.30 something. I laughed since they sent it certified mail with a return receipt, and the mailing cost more then the check I got! I never cashed it. It was such an insult and waste of my time in even tracking down and sending in the paperwork I had done. less