# DeBeers sent me a settlement check. Anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893 "2013-06-13T13:09:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/1 "2013-06-13T13:09:46Z")
About 8 years ago, I joined a anti-trust class action suit against DeBeers. A year earlier, I bought my girl an estate diamond, so my purchase qualified. I finally got my check yesterday, a whopping $62. 🙂 I had no real idea of what they would send me, but imagined it would be more of course. No, I’m not complaining. Anyone else signed up for this settlement? Please no snark about blood diamonds or politics or any of that. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/2 "2013-06-13T13:23:44Z")
Forgot the wiki link: [Debeers Settlement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers_Diamonds_Antitrust_Litigation) ---
**Author:** ![vodkalover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cdc98d/32.png) [@vodkalover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vodkalover)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/3 "2013-06-13T13:45:57Z")
Yes, I received my whopping $25.96 this week. Like you, I expected more. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/4 "2013-06-13T13:50:00Z")
A coworker told me yesterday that she received a check for about $50. She was surprised. ---
**Author:** ![qsecofr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/13edae/32.png) [@qsecofr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qsecofr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/5 "2013-06-14T01:33:08Z")
Yep. Got a $57 check yesteday. I was expecting three figures but can’t complain as I thought I might never see anything. It’s the first class action suit I ever joined and I don’t see any downside on joining future suits. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/6 "2013-06-14T01:36:43Z")
so, even knowing what we do now, people still buy diamonds? ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/7 "2013-06-14T12:51:08Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > so, even knowing what we do now, people still buy diamonds? > [@](#): > > De Beers consented to an historic injunction that prohibits De Beers from monopolizing the world supply of rough diamonds and from fixing the price of polished diamonds. The injunction also requires De Beers to submit to the continuing jurisdiction of the United States District Court for enforcement of the injunction. I wonder how this has affected diamond jewelry prices, if at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/8 "2013-06-14T13:59:32Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I wonder how this has affected diamond jewelry prices, if at all. Probably not too much since the rise in price of precious metals probably offsets any decrease in the price of gems. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/9 "2018-04-16T23:22:23Z")
Zombie revival. Today, I got another check for $10 from the DeBeers settlement. Leftover slush fund from the previous distributions, it says. Five years later, and they found me at a new address. Ha! Watch your mailboxes. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/10 "2018-04-16T23:35:06Z")
> [@qsecofr](#): > > It’s the first class action suit I ever joined and I don’t see any downside on joining future suits. Typically, unless you specifically opt out, you can’t sue them on your own later. But who’s actually going to sue a huge company on their own. I’ll just sit back and collect on this type a thing here and there. Typically it’s just a few bucks anyways. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/11 "2018-04-17T00:53:23Z")
I was one of the attorneys on the plaintiff’s legal team,. I got my check for $48-million the minute the gavel came down. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debeers-sent-me-a-settlement-check-anyone-else/660893/12 "2018-04-17T20:28:52Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I was one of the attorneys on the plaintiff’s legal team,. I got my check for $48-million the minute the gavel came down. That explains your eating of roadkill and out of dumpsters. 😃