Rat
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This thread should die a natural death. I AM a lawyer ([disclaimer] retired, and I'm not YOUR lawyer, so don't rely on my advice) and a class action suit on this is not feasible. The only person who could possibly benefit from it would be the lawyer who suggested it. They usually make tons on class action suits against big companies and those suits are almost always settled with a cheap (for the defendant) deal to 1) pay the plaintiiff's (i.e the class's) lawyer 6-figures or so, and 2) give every affected customer (who checks the right box in some mass mailing full of lengthy legal documents they don't understand and returns it signed within some short time frame) a coupon for $20 off the next Nissan product they buy as long as they buy something at MSRP within the next 6 mos. Everyone else gets nothing and everyone in the class is barred from any further real suit if some genuine cause of action arises because the settlement is binding on the whole class even if you never got the worthless coupon. Thanks but no thanks. I have a legit gripe against them since I ordered last September and because they screwed up my order may not get my car until 2012, thus possibly losing $12k in tax incentives (see my separate thread on the Lost order) but if that happens I'll sue them myself, not join in a class action. I doubt anyone else can even prove significant financial damages.
Having said all that, I still have considerable sympathy for the OP and others (like me!) in the same boat and I think it is unfair to dump on him for venting his frustration. The class action is just not a productive idea.
Having said all that, I still have considerable sympathy for the OP and others (like me!) in the same boat and I think it is unfair to dump on him for venting his frustration. The class action is just not a productive idea.