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I already knew what it was just from also getting a $5.21 check.
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“Its statement in response to lawsuits seems to include glaring contractions.” Read more

I got in on the equafax one. Just got my check for $15 last week lol.  Read more

With my apple settlement I received a check for $1.83  and the lawyers got millions i believe! Read more

Sure, some of it’s silly, but so much of this is about real ripoffs.  To me, Krapple is almost as big a ripoff as Crypto.  And serving counts need to be accurate.  Etc.  But for a number of these, whose got the records from years ago showing eligibility? Read more

I have signed up for several such over the years, usually see between 5 and 20 bucks, but recently got a check for $550 from one.  Of course, the class was relatively small being the residents of a small suburb of Portland during a specified time period, but I was quite pleased with the few minutes work to sign up. Read more

If you own or ever did own a 2010-2015 Toyota Prius or 2012-2017 Prius V and had to replace a failed inverter, then a class action against Toyota will net you full reimbursement for the cost, which can often be between $3,000 and $4,000. They’ll also reimburse you for any rental costs incurred while your Prius was in… Read more

I’ve received around a dozen settlements over the last dozen years. Every single one was for less than $10. I have a weird debit card worth like $7 and something cents that can only be used at a limited number of stores, and it’s essentially impossible to apply. Some digital “cards” are worth only around $3, and if I… Read more

Should note that this was the Equifax settlement Read more

I got 5.21 this year!  The breach occurred in September 2017, so about 5-1/2 years later I get enough to buy some fries. Read more

Only people this really benefits financially are the lawyers. Not worth it for the average person to spend an hour figuring it all out to get 8 dollars (which will be taxed at their marginal tax rate). Read more

I load my FireFox up on all anti tracking etc. They are too stupid to realize if they fkn pay me per track, they can track me. So 5$ per day per tracked item. FK YOU ADVERTISERS AND COMPANIES. Its MY FKN DATA - FK YOU - PAY ME!  PAY ME! NO MORE FREE DATA FROM MY PURCHASES AND USES. FK YOU PAY ME!
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This is a very strange effort IMO. If we genuinely get to opt-in (and not in a click here to get to where you were going or read 23 pages first kind of way), then why not have us fill out a profile with preferences and use a browser plugin or identifier we keep to make it so every website we visit gets to read our… Read more

Sure. “Stovepipe” data collection so that only “vertical” information is being collected. Read more

If you want to defend yourself, you need to have, ahem, alternate information to offer. Read more

“Unless they’re selling data to a data broker.” Read more

Who’s gonna design a browser plugin so I can set all my fingerprint details to indicate that I am, in fact, Mr. J. Blues, 1060 W Addison, Chicago? Read more

I read a book about a missionary who went out to San Francisco in 1850, raised a few chickens and sold the eggs to a neighbor for 50 cents EACH (not dozen, each!) who then turned around and sold them to the miners for 75 cents each.

That’s $9 in 1850 dollars for a dozen eggs.

Just to put some things in perspective.

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Never thought I’d say this, but thanks Amazon?! Whole Foods still has <$4 for a dozen eggs in California. Read more

There was a TikTok of someone waiting for Costco to open and rushed to the eggs where there was a literal stack of a million fucking eggs and people hoarding.  There is no shortage, only hoarding. Read more