The only compensation Campbell has received from Best Buy is $1,110.35 that was transferred into her credit card account in late October without her consent, the plaintiff said.
I know when your wrongfully jailed, they can give you a reasonable amount of what you wouldv’e made and when you get hurt on the job they pay a certain amount so you can live but 54 million for a notebook. Theres no pain and suffering, no injury, they paid her for the notebook. At most she lost some music, maybe so semi-important documents but nothing worth 54 million…
no doubt. everyone saves their passwords in their web browsers. she could have been hosed.
now i am sure 5 or 6 of you are going to say “i never save anything on my computer… i never even turn it on. i’m not even really responding to this thread.”
im sure she put a lot of thought into the number… no, not really. pick a big number, and let them talk you down. its easier than saying 10 dollars. uh no, wait. i meant 54 million.
Eh, I hate frivolous lawsuits, but at the same time I hate corporations that reap profits in the billions by swindling people. Best Buy is somewhat notorious for shady business practices. A family friend was told by BB that their PC was “completely full of viruses” and needed to be thrown out. Talking with a few BB employees revealed that it’s a common tactic to prey on the unwitting to up sales.
Of course. As long as the company you’re suing has lots of money anyway. Haven’t you learned that big corporations are bad and their wealth should be distributed to the people? Well, er, in this case one person but still it’s better than a big greedy corporation having it.
"Campbell said she offered to drop the suit, if the company paid her for her expenses and time and addressed “the shortcomings in its property and privacy protection practices.” Best Buy hasn’t responded, according to Campbell, and the next court hearing is set for Feb. 22.
The only compensation Campbell has received from Best Buy is $1,110.35 that was transferred into her credit card account in late October without her consent, the plaintiff said."
I feel bad that her laptop was gone for so long months and that she got the run around.
I don’t feel bad if she lost important documents, or if someone stole information off of the computer because it is her responsibility to protect that stuff.
But, it does seems like ultimately all she is trying to get out of this is what she is due. Pay her for the expenses she incurred and the lawsuit is dropped. That doesn’t EXCUSE the lawsuit, but it seems like she is just trying to get reimbursed for her time and energy.
If she wins anything the lesson learned will be that we all will pay higher prices at BB for a long time to come. We’ll have learned a very important lesson for sure.
