blohner
join:2002-06-26
Cortlandt Manor, NY
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Re: Class action against Netgear - WGT624 hangs /drops
So this will be another 'lawfirm get's rich - customer get's a $5 coupon?'.
I am all for vendors fixing their stuff (I have a WGR614 collecting dust in the basement - I gave up on it a while back) - but Class Action Suits generally don't benefit the consumer much IMHO...
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hansmuff
join:2004-02-20
Exton, PA
| Re: Class action against Netgear - WGT624 hangs /d
I fully agree with blohner. What do you hope to achieve? Get $5 back? And make Lawyers rich?
You won't get a better firmware or product from such a lawsuit. You will help drive Netgear into financial ruin. Great news for consumers, I guess.
You won't get my support. |
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ramf42
join:2005-03-15
Redwood City, CA
| I run software development for a company that develops embedded products. Mobile - cellular space - not competing with Netgear - but I know what it means to deliver software products on difficult environment. If my company ever released a product with the defects that Netgear has (Check out the Netgear BBS for details – it seems to be defective power supply and heating in those units, and Netgear completely ignores the consumer complaints here) we would have to recalled it instantly. We know we would have gotten sued for much less then the mistakes Netgear have done. And this mechanism holds us accountable.
"Lawyers get rich on, consumer get nothing"
What are you basing your statement on?
Lawyers typically get 1/3 of what you get as consumer. At the most. So if you get $5, they get $1.66 for doing all the work and research upfront without any guarntees.
So if you like letting companies take advantage of you - which Netgear has done and continues to do with these models - go ahead and stay quite. If you want to get your money back - which is probably what is going to happen – and verify that it does not happen with the next product you buy, speak up. |
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codydog
join:2001-11-29
Newport, RI | Since you feel so good about these lawyers, whats their hourly rate?
Personally, I would write to the judge and implore him/her to not include me in this lawsuit. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | i would not buy another Netgear product after my experience with support, netgear creates products that have faults and doesnt support them. |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
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join:2004-04-13
Canada
| said by DaveNJ  :i would not buy another Netgear product after my experience with support, netgear creates products that have faults and doesnt support them. look at dlink and say that netgear does not support anything. |
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