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One of our dreams is finally coming true -- someone is suing the crap out of Classmates.com. The annoying proto-social-network somehow survived the dot-com bubble without making significant changes to its questionable marketing practices. We've all gotten e-mail from the site, at some point, trying to entice us to pony up some dough by claiming that some high school buddy is trying to contact us.
San Diego resident Anthony Michaels fell for the deceptive practice and shelled out the $15 to upgrade his account in order to find out who was trying to contact him through the site. Of course, after handing over his credit card information, Classmates.com revealed that no one had tracked down Michaels on their site.
However, unlike other suckers over the years, Michaels wasn't willing to simply accept that he was out $15 and get on with his life. He has now filed a class action law suit against Classmates.com in a California court seeking to force the company to refund millions in subscription fees and fine them for deceptive marketing practices.
This will likely take some time to play out, but here's hoping that this single lawsuit can bankrupt the obnoxious spam prone relic of Web 1.0. [From: Wired and Download Squad]
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Subscribe to commentsRobert TiceNov 14th 2008 5:34AM
More people need to do this kind of stuff. For example, type in anything an Amazon will try to sell it to you, no matter if it doesn't even exist. These kinds of ads need stopped.
DaveDec 9th 2008 9:23PM
I have always despised classmates.com. The core idea behind it is not a bad one - helping classmates keep track of each other. What really turned me off is that it has always been run like some sleazy dating service.
I always imagine the people behind it as being a bunch of creepy guys in polyester with big 70s mustaches and gold chains.
If I had the resources I'd start a competing service and offer it for free, just to run them out of business.