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Title: HP Agrees To $4 Million Settlement Over Claims of 'Falsely
Advertising' PCs, Keyboards

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/22292...

HP has agreed to a $4 million settlement over allegations of deceptive
pricing practices on its website, including falsely inflating original prices
for computers and accessories to create the illusion of steep discounts. Ars
Technica reports: Earlier this month, Judge P. Casey Pitts for the US
District Court of the San Jose Division of the Northern District of
California granted preliminary approval [PDF] of a settlement agreement
regarding a class-action complaint first filed against HP on October 13,
2021. The complaint accused HP's website of showing "misleading" original
pricing for various computers, mice, and keyboards that was higher than how
the products were recently and typically priced. Per the settlement agreement
[PDF], HP will contribute $4 million to a "non-reversionary common fund,
which shall be used to pay the (i) Settlement Class members' claims; (ii)
court-approved Notice and Settlement Administration Costs; (iii) court-
approved Settlement Class Representatives' Service Award; and (iv) court-
approved Settlement Class Counsel Attorneys' Fees and Costs Award. All
residual funds will be distributed pro rata to Settlement Class members who
submitted valid claims and cashed checks." The two plaintiffs who filed the
initial complaint may also file a motion to receive a settlement class
representative service award for up to $5,000 each, which would come out of
the $4 million pool. People who purchased a discounted HP desktop, laptop,
mouse, or keyboard that was on sale for "more than 75 percent of the time the
products were offered for sale" from June 5, 2021, to October 28, 2024, are
eligible for compensation. The full list of eligible products is available
here [PDF] and includes HP Spectre, Chromebook Envy, and Pavilion laptops, HP
Envy and Omen desktops, and some mechanical keyboards and wireless mice.
Depending on the product, class members can receive $10 to $100 per eligible
product purchased.

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