clunker dunker blunker
As if I needed more reasons to dislike HP as a company
4 million dollars
So, a slap on the wrist.
Cost of doing business.
It’s not like HP is rolling in coin, but even for them $4m is probably less than they made from the actual infraction. Make it all make sense.
These fines should really be based on the infraction profits times 100. To make sure you ripped out all benefits of doing these scams. Company goes bankrupt? Too bad. Why would we want to keep illegally operating businesses around anyway.
Fines are for the poor. Always have been. Rich people pay “fines” like you wipe your ass.
And then suddenly they start complaining when a Luigi turns up
The lawsuit applies to customers who bought HP desktops, laptops, mice or keyboards advertised as being discounted for more than 75% of the time between June 5, 2021 and October 28, 2024.
One of the examples given was a $999.99 HP All-in-One machine bought by a plaintiff in September 2021. It was advertised as having $100 off, marked at $899.99, however it had been sold at that lower price since April 2021.
Oh so many companies would be guilty of something like this
Good! Fuck HP and their anti-consumer practices!
Yeah ok I guess, but the fact that they settled means they likely would have had to pay much more had this gone to court.
Hasn’t Kohl’s done this for years?
the difference is HP is the actual manufacturer who sets MSRP. I don’t think Kohls manufactures anything, they are just a retailer.
Yes, and JC Penny crashed and burned after switching their marketing strategy away from fake “regular prices.”
Yeah, I read that. New leadership felt that the eternal sales stuff was bad and changed to “everyday low prices” sort of thing thinking the customers would appreciate the transparency. Nope, the fake “on sale” works.
It’s all over the place in sales across every industry. I think it is dumb but I am surprised someone actually got a lawsuit against it.
My naive reading is the difference here is HP slapped a discount sticker on it without changing the price.
Where Kohls, et. al. set the price extremely high and then always have it “on sale.”
Now, how companies get away with doing the same thing for Black Friday, no idea
the difference is HP is the actual manufacturer who sets MSRP. I don’t think Kohls manufactures anything, they are just a retailer.
