- HP agreed to set up a trial by bringing $ 4 million
- It relates to deceptive prices on PCs and peripherals on sale ‘
- Eligible consumers will have bought between 2021 and 2024
HP has agreed to pay a settlement of $ 4 million on allegations of false advertisements on its website concerning its sale of computers and peripherals.
The regulations stem from a trial initially brought in October 2021. The preliminary approval of the regulation of collective appeal was granted by an American district judge earlier this month.
According to the trial, HP showed original deceptive prices on its website for some PCs, mouses and keyboards, which gives the impression that they were much cheaper than usual when they are on sale.
Deceptive price
The sales strike prices The products have made more reduced products appear than they really were, with rare or never sold at the original price anyway.
The payment of $ 4 million in HP will go to “complaints from members of the settlement class; the administration costs of the opinion and the administration of the regulation approved by the court; the sentence of representatives of the settlement class approved by the court; The costs and costs of the lawyer’s lawyers approved by the judge, ”confirms the judge’s approval. “All the residual funds will be distributed pro rata to the members of the settlement course which have submitted valid complaints and cashed checks.”
The trial applies to customers who bought HP office computers, laptops, mice or keyboards announced as being reduced for more than 75% of the time between June 5, 2021 and October 28, 2024.
One of the examples given was an all-in-one HP machine of $ 999.99 bought by a applicant in September 2021. He was announced as having 100 reduction, marked at $ 899.99, but it had been sold at this lower price since April 2021.
Among the three pages of eligible models shared by Ars Technica Include HP spectrum, Chromebook, Envy, Pavilion and Omen Models.
Although HP has agreed to pay a regulation of several million dollars, he did not technically admit any reprehensible act. Techradar Pro asked HP a reaction to the agreement, but we did not receive an immediate response.
Via Ars Technica
