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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks and gift cards in the mail from a Harbor Freight Tools deceptive pricing class action settlement.
Consumers have received checks worth as much as $607.47 and gift cards valued at $160 from the settlement.
In March, Harbor Freight Tools and consumers reached a settlement over a class action lawsuit claiming that the tool company falsely advertised “normal” prices for products that were higher than an advertised “sale” price, when the item had never been offered at the original, higher price.
Consumers claimed that this practice misled them into thinking that the item was on sale and they were getting a deal.
Though Harbor Freight Tools agreed to the settlement deal, they maintain that they complied with all applicable consumer protection, advertising, and business laws, and that their conduct was not a misrepresentation as claimed by consumers.
The settlement does not require that the company admit any legal fault or liability, and the court has not determined whether or not the company was at fault.
Plaintiff Jeffrey Beck claimed that Harbor Freight Tools practiced false advertising by stating certain store items were on sale when they were not. Allegedly, the company knew consumers would think they were getting a deal on the items labeled in this manner, and would be more likely to purchase them than they otherwise would be had the items only been advertised with their actual offering price.
Beck alleged that consumers often use sale prices to make purchasing choices because they feel that a drop in price indicates that they are getting more value for their money, receiving an item for less money that they might have otherwise spent more on. The plaintiff stated that Harbor Freight Tools financially injured consumers because the company denied them what was advertised as the true benefit of their purchase.
Additionally, he claimed that many consumers would not have made their purchases had they known that the items were not offered previously at a higher price, and that he and other similarly affected consumers were financially injured as a result.
To support his allegations that the Harbor Freight Tools items were falsely advertised as being on sale, he claimed that the company never offered the products at the listed, higher “comp at” price, which is at odds with a law that requires an original price to be offered for at least 28 out of 90 days for which a product is for sale.
The deadline to file a claim for the Harbor Freight Tools fake sale class action settlement was Aug. 7, 2017.
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The Class is represented by Patrick J. Perotti and Nicole Fiorelli of Dworken & Bernstein Co. LPA.
The Harbor Freight Tools Fake Sale Class Action Lawsuit is Jeffrey Beck v. Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc., Case No. 15-cv-000598, in the Court of Common Pleas for Lake County, Ohio.
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100 thoughts onHarbor Freight Fake Sale Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed
Nothing here in Ny
People are sad. Everything is on sale every day at stores. That is what stores do. They put things on sale. Sometimes a sale item costs less than on other days. If a yellow sale sticker is all it takes to entice you to buy something you are a moron.
how do I find out where my settlement is haven’t received it yet
Friend received his but I did not get anything in the mail. I wonder what’s going on?
160 gift card n TN 5/17/18
Thanks
This is some creeps looking for a free pay day. HF is the victim. Anybody that is truly unaware of their sales, discounts and clearance nonsense should not be allowed to shop without adult supervision.The resukt is HF could raise prices to recover any losses. I am sorry they did not fight it out in court.
Got my 160.00 gift card!!!
Add me on.
Please add me
Is this still going on and what about back in 2004? They ripped my family off BAD! Like 20K bad!