Thursday, March 6th 2014
DRAM Price Fixing Case: Get a Piece of the $310 Million Settlement Pie
Did you buy computers or other consumer electronics with DRAM chips in it between 1998 and 2002? Chances are, that you've been done over by organized price-fixing by DRAM manufacturers that made computers and consumer electronics costlier than they should have been. An online claim portal sprung up in accordance with the ruling in the DRAM Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, which lets the general public (you) file a claim, seeking compensation from DRAM manufacturers.
A typical successful claim should entitle you to a compensation of $10, but in certain cases, the compensation can go as high as $1,000. Documentation (proof of purchase) is not required, but the site advises you to hold on to any documentation that you have, apart from the equipment itself. The litigation covers "indirect purchasers" only, which includes people who purchased pre-built PCs, laptops, mobile phones, game consoles, and graphics cards. People who directly purchased DRAM from DRAM makers (such as aftermarket DRAM modules), aren't eligible. However, you could argue in your claim that even while you purchased your modules from, say, OCZ, that company sourced DRAM chips from, say, Hyundai (Hynix) or Samsung, making it an "indirect purchase." Be imaginative. Get the online claims form, along with other FAQs here.
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A typical successful claim should entitle you to a compensation of $10, but in certain cases, the compensation can go as high as $1,000. Documentation (proof of purchase) is not required, but the site advises you to hold on to any documentation that you have, apart from the equipment itself. The litigation covers "indirect purchasers" only, which includes people who purchased pre-built PCs, laptops, mobile phones, game consoles, and graphics cards. People who directly purchased DRAM from DRAM makers (such as aftermarket DRAM modules), aren't eligible. However, you could argue in your claim that even while you purchased your modules from, say, OCZ, that company sourced DRAM chips from, say, Hyundai (Hynix) or Samsung, making it an "indirect purchase." Be imaginative. Get the online claims form, along with other FAQs here.
18 Comments on DRAM Price Fixing Case: Get a Piece of the $310 Million Settlement Pie
/Notes that it only applies to U.S. sales
//Goes back to not caring
Either you have a legitimate claim or you don't. The class action will clearly define who is and who is not eligible. False claims constitutes fraud and you can go to jail for making false claims. Is it worth it for $10? Hardly. Anyone that thinks they will be getting $1,000 or more had better be an OEM with all the documents to prove their claim. For $10. you might get away with fraud but not for a $1000 claim.
Encouraging fraud is disgraceful and no better than those who price fix.
Nice straw man, btw.
Get it?Should be a relatively easy task to cross reference the defendants with the chips under the heatspreaders
$170-71 even as high as $300 for 64/128MB of PC-100 in the year 1999/2000 now buys you 8/64GB. It was absurdly expensive in the early 90's, but by this time in 99/2000 the processes were well developed. Thus why new graphics cards, DVD-Rom's with high speed cache and other devices were expensive, and even older process memory was jacked up in price.
raymond