Skype Expired Credit Class Action Settlement

https://creditexpirationclassaction.com/

by rflrob • 17 years ago

13 8 17 years ago

I just got an email about this. I assumed that it was a scam that Gmail had missed. Huh.

rflrob2• 17 years ago

Me too, actually. I haven't put my information in yet... still waiting to see if I can corroborate the story. The whois on the site seems to check out though. It's registered to a "Rust Consulting", whose website talks about class action settlements (http://www.rustconsulting.com/).

houseabsolute• 17 years ago

This is one thing I don't like about our legal system as it stands. Skype cannot come out and say, yeah, we probably shouldn't have done that, because it could be used against them some day in the future. So instead they have to pretend that, or at least publicly declare, that they think the plaintiffs' claims are meritless, which any idiot can see they aren't. It's legally mandated suppression of honesty.

pyre• 17 years ago

I remember getting told by a lawyer that you shouldn't even say 'sorry' after a car accident, because that is an admission of guilt which would damage any defense against lawsuits that might be brought against you.

jackcwang• 17 years ago

Also got this in my inbox. Haven't seen any news articles from legit sources referencing it though...

Edit: found http://www.bjtlegal.com/classactions/barker/Barker_Complaint...

rflrob2• 17 years ago

Also: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/01/skype-class-action-settlem...

brettnak• 17 years ago

I had some Skype credit expire on me. I don't intend to join in on this madness though. Skype sent me about 7 emails about this. Something like two months before expiration, one month before expiration, then two weeks, one week, then 5 days, then every day for the next 5. To save your credit all you have to do is make a call, it can last for less than a second if you want. I think they give reasonable notifications of expiring credit.

anon20048• 17 years ago

I got the same emails and DID make a call and sent an SMS text like the directions said and my credits expired anyway. I remember being irritated. Were they actively deceiving the public?

Skype Expired Credit Class Action Settlement

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