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I am not up on the 'crime' HF committed but most class action lawsuits I have paid a little attention to, seem to be a con by lawyers. They walk away with 30-50% of the take after getting enough customers to complain. The supposed 'injured' ones divvy up the rest. Bunch of crap that stinks bad. Not all lawyers are bad but some are scum. I have witnessed a few that are just predators not protectors.[/QUOTE]
Ok. But it seems the point of this thread is to be up on this class action lawsuit and disregarding it because of other abuses in the system doesn't help our understanding. What if the lawsuit proved intentional fraud? Do you want folks to be able to intentionally defraud others, like seniors, and get away without punishment? Do we want crime without punishment? Would it be better to have the FTC come in and do a huge Federal investigation instead? Many folks don't want the government doing this, so what's left? The attorneys...someone has to take it to court.
Better than getting a gun and going in and shooting up the place. Imagine if we didn't have courts...
I'm a lot more worried about the predators in the marketplace and my neighborhood than I am about lawyers.
If you are honest, the law is usually your friend.
to me, blaming all lawyers is like blaming handguns. Most are used for exactly what they need to be used for.
Making millions and millions of dollars by deceptive advertising that puts me on a giant yacht is not what I aspire to.
Sometimes these newly rich guys fall hard. My earlier point is that I see headwinds for the company and now they have put a spotlight of bad publicity on themselves. I never said the owners wouldn't still be stinking rich. But when the owner goes to the country club, I bet he cringes when someone asks him about the class action suit... well, at least he can hole up in his yacht in Cannes.
As someone who personally spent years selling somewhat similar objects to the public on a retail level, all I can say is there really is a better way.
Have any of you owned a retail store and sold to the public? Would be nice if you chimed in.
I was offended enough by HF's intentionally confusing ads they mailed to me that I decided to vote with my feet.
There is nothing in HF I can't get on Amazon, nothing. And delivered to my home. And if I absolutely need it today, like I did this past year for a bearing puller, I will go to HF and buy a box of three bearing pullers for cheaper than I can buy one at the local NAPA. Value? of course.
High quality? of course not, but as long as we get what we pay for, and not less, I'm happy.
Just not a company I want to support and only because of their marketing.
I'm all for regular prices and limited time sale prices. And monthly fliers.
Get rid of the "valued at" nonsense, and plainly state your price.
Most items in stores like this are "keystoned", meaning you buy for one dollar and sell for two.
So handing out 20 percent off coupons is clearly no shirt off their back, or less champagne on the aft deck.
Car ads have to be some of the most deceptive advertising there is.
Absolutely. But they are better, thanks to the FTC.
