- HP has agreed to resolve a lawsuit when eliminating $ 4 million
- It is related to the deceptive prices on PC and peripherals ‘for sale’
- Eligible consumers will have bought between 2021 and 2024
HP has agreed to pay a $ 4 million agreement for accusations of false advertising on its website in relation to its sale of computers and peripherals.
The agreement comes from a lawsuit originally submitted in October 2021. The preliminary approval for the class action agreement was granted by a United States district judge earlier this month.
According to the demand, HP allegedly showed deceptive original prices on its website for some PCs, mice and keyboards, which makes it look much cheaper than usual when they were for sale.
Deceptive prices
The prices of the strike in the sale The products caused the products to seem more discounts than they really were, with some rare or never sold at the original price anyway.
The payment of $ 4 million of HP will be allocated to the “claims of the members of the settlement class; notice approved by the Court and Liquidation Administration costs; Prize for the service of representatives of the liquidation class approved by the Court; and the award of the lawyers of the lawyers of the settlement class approved by the Court”, confirms the approval of the judge. “All residual funds will be distributed proportionally to the members of the liquidation class that presented valid claims and collected checks.”
The demand applies to customers who bought HP desks, laptops, mice or keyboards announced as discounted for more than 75% of the time between June 5, 2021 and October 28, 2024.
One of the given examples was a machine all in one of $ 999.99 HP bought by a plaintiff in September 2021. It was announced that it had $ 100 discount, marked at $ 899.99, however, it had been sold at that lower price since April 2021.
Among the three pages of eligible models shared by Ars Technica Include HP Specter, Chromebook, Envy, Pavilion and Omit models.
Although HP has agreed to pay a billionaire agreement, it has not admitted any irregularity. Techradar Pro He has asked HP a reaction to the agreement, but we do not receive an immediate response.
Through Ars Technica
