Re: Milk Class Action Lawsuit

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@VenturaHighway wrote:
@cherry wrote:
Anyone can claim they bought milk and get money. How will they prove who did and who didn't? We bought milk and we aren't going to try to prove it

I would much rather a flat sum was donated to charity
@cherryYou don't have to prove anything. It comes with anything in our lives, being honest.

These dairy farmers prematurely slaughtering cows, illegally causing the price of milk and other milk products to artificially inflate.

Now if that is fine with you and anyone else then so be it.

This greed and cruelty to animals is a terrible situation and they now have to pay for it.

I don't understand all the negative comments about this topic. I'm not trying to get anyone to do anything but read about it.

I think what some people are saying is that if people had simply, at the beginning of the increases in prices, stopped buying the products or reduced their consumption to minimal levels, they would have sent the message, and probably solved the problem without any lawsuits.

I don't like a lot of these class action law suits either. Some, I'm sure, have merit, but there is so little effort put in to being responsible for one's own actions anymore that it is creating a nation full of idiot whiners.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

The lawsuit includes not just milk, but *dairy products.* You know - cheese, butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, cream cheese, etc. Unless one is vegan (google tells me 2.5% of the population), I would think they would have bought dairy products of some kind. Even if someone in a household is lactose intolerant that doesn't necessarily mean the entire household consumes no dairy.

In divvying up the money, they differentiate between individual households and those who purchased on behalf of large institutions. I would assume the $70 goes to the institutional buyers and individuals would get a few dollars - like $5-10 max. I don't think anyone will be getting rich from claiming their share.

If they ask no more questions than they do when you sign up, they have no clue whether you're a family of 6 who bought a lot and frequently, or a household of 1-2. IF they ask additional questions at some point, then families may get more $$ than couples or singles - but either way we're not talking big bucks.

It might be a nice thing, with *any* such class action lawsuit, not this one specifically, if one of the choices was "Give my money to one of these (2-3) charities instead of sending it to me" (with the expenses to do so paid for by the respective charities). But I'm also sure that would have its own issues and probably wouldn't be feasible.

I drink milk and consume multiple dairy products. If I was being consistently overcharged due to *whatever* way manipulations were done, I deserve a refund, and will take it. I really don't care what those who don't consume dairy think about that, or about me.

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sandraskates · ‎06-26-2014

Thanks for the reminder @VenturaHighway. I had heard about this settlement on the news last night and meant to check it out.

CAcableGirl2 · ‎06-03-2010

I heard that it will be pennies to a few dollars based on the amount of people they believe will be signing up. If it's just a minimal amount, they should give you the option to donate your part of the settlement to food banks or similar. It would be cheaper to take a few cents from a lot of people willing to donate than having to generate checks so small they won't ever be cashed.

......You look like I need a drink.....

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@chickenbutt

Typing in ALL CAPS is yelling.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@chickenbutt wrote:
To be fair, typing in all bolded IS considered yelling.

@chickenbutt

Yes, m'lady...you are correct.

Bri21 · ‎12-30-2016

I don't read the posts that are bolded, all caps, or bright colors.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@CAcableGirl2 wrote:
I heard that it will be pennies to a few dollars based on the amount of people they believe will be signing up. If it's just a minimal amount, they should give you the option to donate your part of the settlement to food banks or similar. It would be cheaper to take a few cents from a lot of people willing to donate than having to generate checks so small they won't ever be cashed.

Food banks and schools and other groups are eligible to file for this Class Action suite too. They will be getting more money because their purchases are larger.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@Mominohio wrote:
@VenturaHighway wrote:
@cherry wrote:
Anyone can claim they bought milk and get money. How will they prove who did and who didn't? We bought milk and we aren't going to try to prove it

I would much rather a flat sum was donated to charity
@cherryYou don't have to prove anything. It comes with anything in our lives, being honest.

These dairy farmers prematurely slaughtering cows, illegally causing the price of milk and other milk products to artificially inflate.

Now if that is fine with you and anyone else then so be it.

This greed and cruelty to animals is a terrible situation and they now have to pay for it.

I don't understand all the negative comments about this topic. I'm not trying to get anyone to do anything but read about it.

I think what some people are saying is that if people had simply, at the beginning of the increases in prices, stopped buying the products or reduced their consumption to minimal levels, they would have sent the message, and probably solved the problem without any lawsuits.

I don't like a lot of these class action law suits either. Some, I'm sure, have merit, but there is so little effort put in to being responsible for one's own actions anymore that it is creating a nation full of idiot whiners.

You apparently do not understand the reasoning and actions of a Class Action Suite.

I was a part of one with my insurance company. They took a large amount of money that they were supposed to invest for me for my children's future education.

What they did was invest the money for themselves and every month pay a small amount into an annunity. They were supposed to have invested the entire amount for me to make money, not them.

Well, somehow they got caught and they had to pay. I got my entire initial investment plus more than double what I invested. It was determined that they cheated me out of thousands of dollars.

There was no way I could have known beforehand that this would happen and I was being responsible. The insurance company is top rated and insures more cars in American than any other. I trusted them and why wouldn't I?

Most people have no idea if the food they are buying is overpriced and why. If you paid $2 for a dozen of eggs last year and they are $2.50 now.. how would you know anything was wrong when every place that sells eggs charges about the same? And why would you reduce your usage to send a message? Almost everyone buys eggs in some form.

i don't understand your reasoning.