Comments on: Ethical to Take This Money?

By: Tj

Tj — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:32:12 +0000

Just received a class action form against PHRG LLC. It states based on their telemarketing practice those accepting inclusion in this claim may receive (up to) a whopping $50 of the $5,200,000 settlement. From this the counsel is asking the court for in excess of $2,500,000 in expenses. This is the reason I do not participate in these suits. I’d like to think the fewer of us that agree to this the fewer the frivolous lawsuits there will be.

I’m not saying there shouldn’t be consequences for PHRG’s breaking laws but for the lawyers to bank as they do is unethical. In a perfect world PHRG would be held accountable (sued) for their indiscretion and the lawyers would receive a commensurable remuneration. Payment to the class action members should be nothing more than satisfaction that enough of these reasonable lawsuits would reduce, if not eliminate, unwarranted telemarketing practices.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 22:05:18 +0000

Walk away if the action of the bank benefited you. It is unethical to take money just because lawyers want to make money by filing a lawsuit. There have been cases where people were nasty enough to sue doctors who volunteered assistance in random emergencies. Dreadfully unethical. Some monies are not worth having.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 05:58:26 +0000

Refusing free money? What are you doing?

By: theFIREstarter

theFIREstarter — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 23:40:48 +0000

In reply to Laura. Wow, that is a huge kick in the teeth!!! J I say +1 for the charity idea. They are paying out that money regardless so at least if you took a share you know it would go to a good cause of your choosing. And if it turned out to be in the $1000's (which I highly doubt) at least you will have a second moral dilemma of whether to keep any which you can turn into another blog post ;O)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:06:06 +0000

In reply to sn. True indeed, my friend. And as a man who almost always goes with his heart, I have decided to send the little guy into the shredder and now we go on w/ our merry lives :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:04:37 +0000

In reply to kcmama. Thanks for reading and participating! Makes my job so much more fun when we get juicy discussions going :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:02:49 +0000

In reply to Julia M. Haha... I've never tried Nutella on a banana before! Sounds delicious!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:01:57 +0000

In reply to Andrew @ moneyship.net. Yup, totally agree they were only in it for the money regardless of how it helps me out personally or not. But still doesn't change the fact I don't feel like I'm owed anything, even though technically I may be.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:00:57 +0000

In reply to serenity.

I just found out you can submit a claim online too – maybe give it a shot and see if you can be included or not?

https://automatedphonecallsettlement.com/Home/SubmitClaim

More info on it all is at that site too.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 19:59:56 +0000

In reply to Avia. It's only a moral thing to me since I don't personally feel it's owed to me.