HP Inc. has agreed to pay a settlement of $ 4 million to customers after they have been accused of “false advertisements” of computers and peripherals on its website.
Earlier this month, Judge P. Casey granted Pitts for the US district court of the San Jose division of the Northern District of California provisional approval [PDF] of a settlement agreement with regard to a Class-Action complaint that was first submitted against HP on 13 October 2021. The complaint accused the HP website of showing “misleading” original prices for different computers, mice and keyboards that were higher than how the products were recently and typically priced.
According to the settlement agreement [PDF]HP will contribute $ 4 million to a “non-reversible common fund, which will be used to pay the claims of the (i) settlement class members; (ii) noted and settlement administration approved by the court; (iii) approved Seching Class Class Class Award; and (IV) Court; Attorne Attorne Atcommission.
The two claimants who have filed the initial complaint can also submit a motion to receive a Settlement Class Representative Service Award for a maximum of $ 5,000 each, which would come from the Pole of $ 4 million.
People who bought a discount on HP office magazine, laptop, mouse or keyboard that were for sale for “more than 75 percent of the time that the products were offered for sale” from 5 June 2021 to 28 October 2024 are eligible for compensation. The full list of eligible products is available here [PDF] and includes HP Specter, 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.
A changed complaint submitted on July 15, 2022 [PDF] HP accused of violating the laws of the Federal Trade Commission at misleading prices. One of the examples given was Rodney Carvalho's experience to buy an HP all-in-one 24-DP1056QE in September 2021. Allegedly, the AIO offer had a radiation price that suggested that the computer used to cost $ 999.99. But, according to the complaint, “in the weeks and months prior to the purchase of Carvalho, HP rarely or never offered his computer for sale at the advertised Strike price of $ 999.99.” The application claimed that the PC had gone for $ 899.99 since April 2021.
