BUFFALOTONE Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) Ok, I'll bite. There is NOTHING wrong with this lawsuit. Does it "look" ridiculous on its face? Sure -- but there's a bias out there that attempts to make all lawsuits appear frivolous and unnecessary. This was a consumer protection suit. There are regulations out there to protect people from being spammed and harassed using their phone numbers. Not everyone gets all text messages for free -- do you know what this guy's particular situation was? Maybe he budgets his text use and specifically signed up knowing he wouldn't get more than what they said they would send. We hate this because it was *our* team and how could a *fan* do this, but substitute another company or a marketing agency and most here would sign up. Consumer protection suits like this are necessary because they send a message to other companies to more carefully monitor what they do -- and do what they say. Related but different question: do you think it's "disturbing" that company after company in this country is systematically taking away your right to have a complaint heard in a court of law? Whole heartedly disagree, there is a difference and this should be viewed at face value. He signed up for these alerts, he got 3 more than he normally did in a weeks time so he sues? This amongst a million other issues is what's wrong in America. It is embarrassing to no end. I don't care what his situation is or was, if a few texts are going to break you financially then don't sign up in the first place. Edited April 23, 2014 by BUFFALOTONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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