HP to Pay Out $4 Million Over Bogus PC Costs: Discover Out if You Qualify

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HP has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement following a 2021 class-action lawsuit that accused the {hardware} large of false promoting and displaying deceptive costs.

The lawsuit claimed HP artificially inflated “strike-through costs” on its internet retailer, making customers imagine they had been getting a much bigger low cost than they really had been, Ars Technica studies.

For instance, one plaintiff mentioned they bought a desktop laptop “on sale” for $899.99, with the commercial telling shoppers they’d “Save $100 immediately” in comparison with the common worth of $999.99. The plaintiff later discovered that “HP not often, if ever, supplied his laptop on the market on the marketed strike-through worth of $999.99.”

The category-action lawsuit mentioned situations like this present HP “willfully violates” California’s client safety statute, in addition to the FTC’s Information Towards Misleading Pricing.

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A choose gave the settlement preliminary approval earlier this month. You are eligible for a portion of the $4 million (probably between $10 and $100) when you purchased choose fashions that had been on sale greater than 75% of the time between June 5, 2021, and Oct. 28, 2024. That features laptops and desktops from HP’s Spectre, Chromebook, Envy, Pavilion, and Omen product traces, although some wi-fi mice and keyboards are additionally included; a full checklist is under.

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HP doesn’t admit any wrongdoing however will notify impacted customers. They’ll then have solely 60 days to submit their claims. It doesn’t seem {that a} settlement web site has gone stay but.

HP is not any stranger to class-action lawsuits and has come out because the winner currently. Final month, a California choose sided with the producer in go well with that accused HP of issuing software program updates that “act as malware” and “wrongfully” pressured customers to solely use HP printer ink, Ars notes.

ELIGIBLE MODELS

HP Spectre x360 14

HP Spectre x360 14 (Credit score: Joseph Maldonado/PCMag)

Laptops and Desktops (Product Quantity/Product Title)

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  • 4U9D5AV HP Omen 25L Gaming Desktop GT150245m  

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  • 59A32AV HP Victus Gaming Desktop TG020325m  

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  • 9AJ99AV HP Spectre x360 13 Convertible  

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Peripherals

HP Spectre Rechargeable Mouse 700

HP Spectre Rechargeable Mouse 700 (Credit score: HP)

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  • 3FV66AA#ABL HP Wi-fi Mouse 220

  • 3NZ70AA#ABL HP Spectre Rechargeable Mouse 700 Copper

  • 3VN40AA#ABL HP Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 

  • 28Y30AA#ABA X3000 G2 Wi-fi Mouse Black

  • 2C3M3AA#ABA HP 220 Wi-fi Mouse

  • 6CR71AA#ABL HP Twin Mode Mouse 300 

  • 6YW75AA#ABA HP Omen Encoder Keyboard Brown Change

  • 7UH87AA#ABL HP Z3700 Silver Wi-fi Mouse 

  • 8BC53AA#ABL HP Omen Vector Mouse 

  • 9BU31AA#ABL HP Omen Spacer TKL Wi-fi Keyboard

  • H3C52AA#ABA K1500 Wired Keyboard

  • H3T51AA#ABC HP X4000b Bluetooth Mouse FCAN

  • W2Q00AA#ABL HP Z5000 Silver BT Mouse CANENG

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