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[MacDoc]

Optical Disc Drives Price Fixing Class Action

This website has been established to provide general information related to the proposed settlement of the case referred to as Optical Disc Drives Price Fixing Class Action.

oddclassaction.com

That's 350 km of riding for me. 3 minutes to make the claim

 

[TwistedKestrel]

If you can prove you bought a PlayStation 3 or a Blu-Ray player between 2004-2010, you might be able to claim $70 instead of the standard undocumented claim

 

[MacDoc]

Not sure if it scales but worth a try - I'm contemplating claiming on all the Macs with DVD players I bought and sold during that period...in the hundreds for sure.

 

[mimico_polak]

If you can prove you bought a PlayStation 3 or a Blu-Ray player between 2004-2010, you might be able to claim $70 instead of the standard undocumented claim

I have a PS3 still!

 

[High Flya]

I have a PS3 still!

Me too, and still play it on occasion!

But I've never even gotten a nickel from previous class-actions like this that I sent a claim in for.

 

[sburns]

I have a PS3 still!

I have one too, just for playing media content. Never played games on it.

 

[TwistedKestrel]

I have one too, just for playing media content. Never played games on it.

Sickening

 

[mimico_polak]

I have one too, just for playing media content. Never played games on it.

Mine has been relegating to cottage duty. The PS4s get used in the house.

 

[TwistedKestrel]

Me too, and still play it on occasion!

But I've never even gotten a nickel from previous class-actions like this that I sent a claim in for.

I got money from the Microsoft ($26) and CRT ($20) class action settlements

 

[GreyGhost]

Not sure if it scales but worth a try - I'm contemplating claiming on all the Macs with DVD players I bought and sold during that period...in the hundreds for sure.

It looks like you may be eligible for a payday (assuming you still have the appropriate paperwork).

Optical Disc Drives Price Fixing Class Action

This website has been established to provide general information related to the proposed settlement of the case referred to as Optical Disc Drives Price Fixing Class Action.

oddclassaction.com

Settlement Class Members will be categorized into purchaser groups depending on their position in the distribution chain. Settlement Class Members can fall within multiple purchaser groups. The purchaser groups are as follows:

Purchaser Group	Description	Value of Purchases (%)
Direct Purchaser End Users	Settlement Class Members who purchased ODDs or ODD Products for their own use and not for commercial resale directly from a Defendant or an entity related to a Defendant	100%
Direct Purchaser Resellers	Settlement Class Members who purchased ODDs or ODD Products for commercial resale directly from a Defendant or an entity related to a Defendant	25%
Other End Users	Settlement Class Members who purchased ODDs or ODD Products for their own use and not for commercial resale, from an entity that is not a Defendant or related to a Defendant, including a non-Defendant manufacturer	80%
Other Resellers	Settlement Class Members who purchased ODDs or ODD Products for commercial resale, from an entity that is not a Defendant or related to a Defendant, including a non-Defendant manufacturer	15%

 

[MacDoc]

Settlement Class Members who purchased ODDs or ODD Products for commercial resale, from an entity that is not a Defendant or related to a Defendant, including a non-Defendant manufacturer

I would fall into this category tho I may have purchased a few defendant branded drives. I do have the invoices tho would take some digging. Most would have been in Apple machines.

 

[TwistedKestrel]

I completely forgot what your username originally referred to and was scratching my head wondering what the heck you were doing with all these drives

 

[STARSHIP]

If you can prove you bought a PlayStation 3 or a Blu-Ray player between 2004-2010, you might be able to claim $70 instead of the standard undocumented claim

We must have bought 3 or 4 as they always met their demise with the Blue screen of death.

A class action against Sony would have been appropriate.

 

[TwistedKestrel]

We must have bought 3 or 4 as they always met their demise with the Blue screen of death.

A class action against Sony would have been appropriate.

I misremembered Sony having extended the warranty on the 1st gen PS3s, like Microsoft did with the 360. All they had was a factory 1 year warranty extension that you had you pay for. I also had a 1st gen PS3, but I bought it second hand so I never had any recourse. If only it was good... a single console that could run PS1, PS2, and PS3 games would have been beautiful

Honestly was a little hesitant about buying a first gen PS5, but haven't heard of any serious problems yet (other than when installing a game from disc, the drive is so loud I can hear it through two floors)

 

[TwistedKestrel]

I got money from the Microsoft ($26) and CRT ($20) class action settlements

OK, apparently this wasn't technically true before, I just got the cheque today. Edit: from Microsoft

 

[GreyGhost]

OK, apparently this wasn't technically true before, I just got the cheque today. Edit: from Microsoft

I didnt have mine when you got it but it arrived in the last few days. Dated july 22/22 and will become stale dated and invalid on jan 18/23. Seems really dodgy both with the short time to stale date and 20% of the time used in the mail.

 

[oioioi]

I got a cheque from MS last week for $247 or $297

 

[sburns]

I got a cheque from MS last week for $247 or $297

So that meme you see floating around FB if you click the link, MS will send you money, was true after all!

 

[oioioi]

So that meme you see floating around FB if you click the link, MS will send you money, was true after all!

I'm pretty sure I did not follow or click on a meme for this

I read a news article and filled out the form .

Memory of this is a little vague as it was long time ago

These things take for ever.

I did it and didn't expect anything out of it. Hoping for a surprise sometime in the future and that's how it worked out.

 

[Relax]

If you can prove you bought a PlayStation 3 or a Blu-Ray player between 2004-2010, you might be able to claim $70 instead of the standard undocumented claim

Where does it state that, or is that a separate class action lawsuit?

EDIT: Found it in the FAQ.