Netflix Users? Anyone get an email about a lawsuit?

[The Mystery Machine]

I know it is probably baloney, so I just want to see who else got one. Here is a portion of the email....Did you get one?

You are receiving this notice because you were a paid Netflix member before January 15, 2005. Under a proposed class action settlement, you may be eligible to receive a free benefit from Netflix.

A class action lawsuit entitled Chavez v. Netflix, Inc. was filed in San Francisco Superior Court (case number CGC-04-434884) on September 23, 2004. The lawsuit alleges that Netflix failed to provide "unlimited" DVD rentals and "one day delivery" as promised in its marketing materials. Netflix has denied any wrongdoing or liability. The parties have reached a settlement that they believe is in the best interests of the company and its subscribers.

Netflix will provide eligible subscribers with the benefit described below, if the settlement is approved by the Court.

• Current Netflix Members: If you enrolled in a paid membership before January 15, 2005 and were a member on October 19, 2005, you are eligible to receive a free one-month upgrade in service level. For example, if you are on the 3 DVDs at-a-time program, you will be upgraded to the 4 DVDs at-a-time program for one month. There will be no price increase during the upgraded month. (If you cancel your membership after October 19, 2005 and before you receive the upgrade, you will have to rejoin to get the upgrade.)
• Former Netflix Members: If you enrolled in a paid membership before January 15, 2005 but were not a member on October 19, 2005, you are eligible to receive a free one-month Netflix membership on your choice of the 1, 2 or 3 DVDs at-a-time unlimited program. (If you rejoin after October 19, 2005 but before you receive the free one-month membership, you will receive a credit for the free month when it becomes available.)

 

[kerrynic78]

My brother found a link on the Netflix website so it seems to be legit

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Interesting....I just assume all these are scams. Anyway not worth the trouble to get an extra movie? Seems weird.

 

[bicker]

That's often the case with comparatively weak class-action lawsuits. They involve a benefit for the lawyers, which serves as a punitive charge against the transgressor, but the value of the settlement for the actual plaintiffs (members of the class) is often in the form of a discount that the company may actually have offered anyway as a promotion. A lot of these lawsuits are for perceived slights, and so there is little real damage to assess, and therefore little to go 'round to all the members of the class in terms of real renumeration.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

We got one too.