Bargain Bunch Class Action Alleges Unfulfilled Orders

A class action lawsuit filed on April 5 accuses Bargain Bunch, a retail website that claims to sell items “below wholesale prices,” of false advertising and consumer protection violations.

The complaint asserts that Bargain Bunch “represents that it will provide . . . products to its clients in a timely matter when this is in fact false.”

Plaintiff Licia Camara of California says that in June of 2016 she shopped on the Bargain Bunch website. She found some items that the website said she could purchase, and they would be delivered to her.

Camara allegedly purchased a fountain from Bargain Bunch, and requested that it be delivered to her house. Camara claims that she contacted Bargain Bunch several times, but the fountain was never delivered. After months of waiting, Camara requested her money back from Bargain Bunch. However, Camara says she still has not seen the fountain or her money returned.

“Upon learning that Defendant[] had no intention of providing the product advertised, Plaintiff felt ripped off and cheated by Defendant,” according to the complaint.

The Bargain Bunch class action lawsuit contends that this conduct violates the California False Advertising Act. The complaint asserts that “Defendant misled consumers by making misrepresentations and untrue statements about the Class Products, namely, Defendant sold retail products but never provided customers the products, and made false representations to Plaintiff and other putative class members in order to solicit these transactions.”

In addition, the complaint argues that Bargain Bunch’s conduct violates the California Unfair Business Practice Act. Specifically, the class action alleges that advertising products with no intent to actually provide them as advertised is unfair, fraudulent, and unlawful under state law.

The class action lawsuit says Bargain Bunch’s actions are “unfair,” because they “solely benefits Defendant while providing no benefit of any kind to any consumer.” The company’s actions were “fraudulent” because they were “likely to deceive members of the public.” And finally, the complaint asserts Bargain Bunch’s actions are “unlawful” because “[h]ad Defendant not falsely advertised, marketed or misrepresented the Class Products, Plaintiffs and Class Members would not have purchased the Class Products.”

The complaint proclaims that Defendant’s conduct “caused and continues to cause economic harm to Plaintiff and Class Members.”

The false advertising class action requests certification of a Class of “[a]ll consumers . . . who purchased or attempted to purchase one or more Class Products in the United States” from Bargain Bunch.

The class action seeks restitution for putative Class Members, as well as statutory and punitive damages. In addition, the class asks for a court order requiring Bargain Bunch to notify potential Class Members of its deceptive conduct, and to “engage in corrective advertising.”

Camara is represented by Todd M. Friedman, Meghan E. George, and Adrian R. Bacon of the Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC.

The Bargain Bunch False Advertising Class Action Lawsuit is Licia Camara v. Bargain Bunch, Case No. 1:17-at-00288, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.