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AverageOldGuy

(3,634 posts)
1. Class action suits . . .
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:33 AM
Saturday

. . . are bullshit. The only people who benefit are the lawyers who file the suits.

From time to time we get a post card announcing that we can be part of a class action suit because yadda yadda yadda. We toss the cards.

I fell for it one time -- it's a long story but it involves a life insurance policy I purchased that turned out to be not exactly the way it was sold. The insurance company settled for $300 million. After 12 years of faithfully paying the annual premium that increased from $1,100 to $2,700 on the POS policy, my settlement was . . . . hold your breath, you won't believe it . . . my settlement was $75.00.

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