Apple Sued Over Online Apple Store Receipts

[grockk]

Did anyone else notice the QuickTime 7 for Windows serial number on the very last page of the complaint? .....

Thank you, Todd Narson! Full screen mode is mine at last.



j/k

 

[Maccus Aurelius]

With all this talk of the greater good and the rights to sue, regardless of how trivial, there should at least be some actual consideration for these trials before they really start wasting everyone's time, for example, the jurymen. These kinds of nuisance suits serve no greater good, but are rather an unfortunate (and likely unavoidable) side effect of a system that grants such freedoms towards this greater good. Maybe a Judge can finally stand up and scream out "Bailiff! Wack his peepee!"

 

[tikitavi7]

Sanford: Again, good points—except it's a bit of a blanket assumption that women aren't into Kipling. And it's possible, just possible, to be into a cute, cartoon mongoose without being into Kipling.

I think that you're right that we don't really disagree ... but I do think that, while our direction is similar, the paths we take tend to differ dramatically. For instance: I firmly believe that the rise in medical costs ascribable to skyrocketing malpractice insurance premiums is a chiefly a function of medicine and medical care that is at times unacceptable to the modern public. And I think that it takes a surfeit of confidence in our medical system and a lack of faith in our judicial system to argue otherwise.

Now, I'm not saying that malpractice insurance companies aren't using an increase in malpractice lawsuits as justification for raising their rates. Just like I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't argue against the statement that the rise in rates likely outpaces the increase in amounts paid out due to the greater number of suits (think of how unusual it would be for any company to NOT take advantage of a situation like that to make a profit). All I'm saying is those increased premiums are most firmly rooted in the modern public's expectations concerning medical care.

I usually avoid personal testimonies, since they're often too local to be of any wider benefit. But I'm thinking of something that happened to me, where I went to the doctor for something and got a prescription for a medication with which I was unfamiliar. I left his office and went home, where I Googled the name of the pills and realized that the medicine I was prescribed was for symptoms that were almost exactly the opposite from mine. Later, I went back to the office, where another doctor was now on duty. I explained the situation and showed her the prescription; her eyes widened and she told me that she had no idea what the other doctor had been thinking, and that I was lucky I was smart enough to have done that bit of research. I knew what she meant; I had seen that the chief effects of the mis-prescribed medication boiled down to significantly worsening my condition. That is, if the medicine I was prescribed worked, then I would've gotten worse, not better. She then asked if she could discard the prescription and I said that was OK ... but had I actually gotten the pills from the pharmacy and taken even a single one, this story would've had a very different ending.

I'm more of a Nader person too, Sanford, but I do think it's pretty clear where we differ ....

 

[spanading]

A somewhat mute point in the UK!

I really don't think anyone in the UK has a leg to stand on with this claim given what the UK land registry divulge about someone's mortgage details, which is just about everything baring the agreement number with their bank. This is a Government site and they really should know better, and as for Apple giving the last 4 digits and an expiry date you would have to make a lot of phone calls or transactions to guess the other 12, some what suspicious nes pas? I really do wish the American's would pull their heads in and use some common sense for a change!

Spence

 

[Gasu E.]

about 50% of lawsuits seem legit to me.

Do you really mean, "I examined every lawsuit and considered whether it seemed legit to me, and 50% actually did seem legit", as you said; or did you really mean to say "it seems to me about 50% of lawsuits are legit", which indicates you pulled the number 50% out of your posterior?

 

[Roric]

As for punitive damages, I agree a big $$$ thing would help corporations change, but the $ shouldn't be paid to the victim. The victim already probably gets damages. Instead, the punitive money should go to charities that help prevent this from happening or those that help victims.

I have thought this for years. Punish the company AND do some good in society at the same time. But that is just too radical to be acceptable.

There's a line in the John Cusack version of Runaway Jury that goes something like "I won't pay the widow a bunch of money just so she can break a heal on her new Gucci shoes on the way to the funeral."

Don't forget the Eagles, "You say you haven’t been the same since you had your little crash But you might feel better if I gave you some cash"

So many times, society seems to show that cash is the answer to every slight. I agree with a monetary settlement for medical expenses and loss of income, but not for some of the other categories. Getting cash for "Pain and suffering" isn't really going to erase the memories of the pain just like getting cash for "Loss of companionship" isn't really going to bring back the lost one, but it seems to be the acceptable answer. I think people who can be bought off like that are shallow. "My loved one is dead, but I got some money so it is all right in the end." Yeah right.

 

[A Pittarelli]

a must restate that peopleare always just trying to get something for nothing, legit or not, its a big boy who cries wolf

 

[cliffjumper68]

Big to do about nothin' my apple store reciept has no credit cards numbers on it.