My goodness what a joke. I mean my 80gig HD only has 74 usable maybe I shoud sue as well Western Digital for stating that the HD was a 80gig one.
I find it a joke when people go out of their way to try to find something to sue for. Of course a 256meg card wont hold 256 meg, it has a file system so the stupid camera can read it.
It's the AMERICAN WAY of getting ahead! Oh, and the tort attorney that's heading up the suit. Just think, the courts award 10 million dollars to the 10 million recipients of those $$$$. Well the attorney gets his cool 5 million and all the 10 million recipients get to split the leftover 5 million. Humm, kinda funny I think!
Jerry is right. In this country you can sue and win if you're stupid enough to drive with hot coffee and spill it on yourself. It's obviously the fault of the company that sold you the coffee.
I have a handful of 512k CF cards. They all have the same capacity, 38 raw images from my Fuji S2. I don't care if they were call 7 hectare cards, as long as I get something consistent. A consistent lie is easier to deal with than changing truth?
It's not a small amount they're talking about - I bought a SanDisk through a friend of mine that was supposed to be 4GB. Turned out to be *one* GB. Now THAT'S a rip-off...
Jim, that does sound like a rip-off, but are you sure your camera can support FAT-32 and the card is formatted with that filesystem? It's possible the space is there and it's just a matter of formatting correctly or making sure your camera supports it (some older models don't, and others require a firmware upgrade for it).
" Jerry is right. In this country you can sue and win if you're stupid enough to drive with hot coffee and spill it on yourself. It's obviously the fault of the company that sold you the coffee.
Guy "
Ahh . . . actually it was, in my opinion. What is often left out of the stories reported in the media, is that that company deserved to be punished because they were guilty of negligence.
That is why they were found guilty and that is why that lady was awarded such a large amount.
The law states that the hot beverages have to served below a certain temperature, because at high temperatures they may pose a safety risk of scalding, especially in a drive through/ take out situation. Accidents happen.
My understanding is that this company was found to be in violation of the law several times. They were warned several times. I believe they were fined several times. Instead of obeying the law , they intentionally ignored it and the associated safety risks because they thought it would give them a competative advantage to have a hotter beverage , an edge up on their competition. They knew the risks , they knew the law and decided to ignore them.
Tim, it's the existence of such a law that makes this type of suit possible that's indicative of the litigious society we live in. When I pick up a cup of coffee I expect it to be scalding hot; regardless of where I am in the world, whether I'm in my car or my office or sitting by the campfire in the desert. If I end up spilling it on mysel I really have no one else to blame. This has nothing to do with any law.
Yeah, the company in question is hardly innocent and I for one would throw a party if they ever went out of business, but I would also kick whatever legislator dreamt up this ridiculous law out of office.
The problem, again, is that the $$$$$ never really make it to the folks that purchased the product in these class actions! 1/2 of the $$$$ go to a couple lawyers and the other half goes to hundreds or even thousands. Basicly tort lawyers sue to make big $$$$ for themselfs and use the consumer as the moneymaker!
Sad isn't it, like Guy said, if I went through a drive through, bought coffee, then spilt it on myself who really is to blame..... I though that would be a no brainer. To me it's not the fault of the place that sold it to me, law or no law...
Seems this day and age it's let sue for everything and anything and that's the sad part about it.
Like I originally said, all hard drives for computers have never been the capacity they say.
Even the San Disk that turned out to be one gig, I would think you could send that back, wrongly packaged maybe...HUMAN error, happens all the time...just seems if you do make a mistake the lets sue
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11 repliesThe class-action pertains to overstated memory capacity for SAndisk, Kodac, Fuji, PNY, and Lexar memory devices.
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I find it a joke when people go out of their way to try to find something to sue for. Of course a 256meg card wont hold 256 meg, it has a file system so the stupid camera can read it.
It's the AMERICAN WAY of getting ahead! Oh, and the tort attorney that's heading up the suit. Just think, the courts award 10 million dollars to the 10 million recipients of those $$$$. Well the attorney gets his cool 5 million and all the 10 million recipients get to split the leftover 5 million. Humm, kinda funny I think!
Guy
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Guy "
Ahh . . . actually it was, in my opinion. What is often left out of the stories reported in the media, is that that company deserved to be punished because they were guilty of negligence.
That is why they were found guilty and that is why that lady was awarded such a large amount.
The law states that the hot beverages have to served below a certain temperature, because at high temperatures they may pose a safety risk of scalding, especially in a drive through/ take out situation. Accidents happen.
My understanding is that this company was found to be in violation of the law several times. They were warned several times. I believe they were fined several times. Instead of obeying the law , they intentionally ignored it and the associated safety risks because they thought it would give them a competative advantage to have a hotter beverage , an edge up on their competition. They knew the risks , they knew the law and decided to ignore them.
If that's not negligence , than what is? Tim
Yeah, the company in question is hardly innocent and I for one would throw a party if they ever went out of business, but I would also kick whatever legislator dreamt up this ridiculous law out of office.
Guy
Seems this day and age it's let sue for everything and anything and that's the sad part about it.
Like I originally said, all hard drives for computers have never been the capacity they say.
Even the San Disk that turned out to be one gig, I would think you could send that back, wrongly packaged maybe...HUMAN error, happens all the time...just seems if you do make a mistake the lets sue