Dram Antitrust Litigation question.

[Loopy]

I'll assume some of you are familiar with this lawsuit http://www.dramantitrustsettlement.com/dram/Default.htm

My question is, What are we(the end user) going to get out of this lawsuit?
I've taken a look at the website but can't understand what I might get out of it,
I've taken more of an interest in this because I plan on buying some ram.


Thanks in advance.

[NooNoo]

Go ahead and buy your ram, this is about allegedly overcharging between April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002. April 18 starts the arguments about whether the proposed settlement is fair...

[slgrieb]

What you are likely to get isn't much. In previous class action lawsuits to which I have been party, I have received: !. A refund, 2. A discount on my next monitor purchase. $1.00 3. Charge card litigation has put $30 bucks back into my wallet.

Noo is right. Buying memory now isn't affected by all the suits.

[Loopy]

What you are likely to get isn't much. In previous class action lawsuits to which I have been party, I have received: !. A refund, 2. A discount on my next monitor purchase. $1.00 3. Charge card litigation has put $30 bucks back into my wallet.

Noo is right. Buying memory now isn't affected by all the suits.

LOL! Why give a discount for a dollar? Thank you slgrieb and Noo Noo.

I might as well ask this question while I'm here, I plan on buying a 1GB stick of PC2700 DDR for my laptop, I usually try to watch out and predict when prices will drop. I've noticed they have since the release of Vista, but do you think they will go done more within 2 months or go up?
(I do realize all anyone can do is take an educated guess but most of you here at the WD forums are more educated then I.)

[NooNoo]

The usual pattern is that as a new "model" (in this case DDRII) becomes available, the pricing on the previous models drop. Then pricing becomes a lottery based on who is producing what chips and how many. Eventually previous model prices rise again as people try to buy older stuff that is in short supply.

Predict that pattern and you will have wiped out the need for the stock market overnight....

[slgrieb]

My $1.00 discount on a new monitor was, oh, something like 14 + years ago. NEC was sued because some consumers claimed NEC mis-stated the size of their products' viewable area. You know, a 15 inch monitor only has a 14.something viewable area. That just happens to be the settlement the court and attorneys hacked out. I expect about the same deal on RAM.

[Loopy]

The usual pattern is that as a new "model" (in this case DDRII) becomes available, the pricing on the previous models drop. Then pricing becomes a lottery based on who is producing what chips and how many. Eventually previous model prices rise again as people try to buy older stuff that is in short supply.

Predict that pattern and you will have wiped out the need for the stock market overnight....

Woah, I guess I'd be better off investing then taking a shot at that.

[slgrieb]

Absolutely correct!. If you are a party to the suit, you might be eligible for something back on your earlier memory purchases, but it won't affect current pricing.

For me, I expect getting any money means going through years of invoices to document purchases in the hope that the effort to provide the documentation will justify the return. I wanted to insert a smiley here, but I couldn't find one for "laughing until I wet myself." Must be nice for the lawyers, though.