# Hot damn, my $34.35 check for the DRAM anti-trust settlement came in! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473 "2016-07-09T15:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/1 "2016-07-09T15:30:32Z")
Also, tell us about your class-action claims and settlement amounts. Two questions: 1. What am I going to do with all this money? 2. I purchased a DRAM stick at one time? Anyway, I guess I filled out some form about 4-5 years ago or something, resulting in my unexpected bonus. Anybody else receive this one? ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/2 "2016-07-09T15:40:33Z")
Amazing you got anything. Lately the lawyers figure out ways to take ALL the money from these things. In one bankruptcy I was on the supposed receiving end of, the lawyers sent me a form wanting me to turn over all remaining funds to a Lawyer’s Education Award Fund! I DON’T THINK SO! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/3 "2016-07-09T15:51:31Z")
Yeah, they make it difficult, don’t they? Things i noticed… 1. Envelope looked like one of those “official notices” that just scream JUNK MAIL! 2. You only get 30 days to cash this check, not a day more. 3. The check itself was folded in a manner so I had to flip through several pages to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/4 "2016-07-09T16:45:28Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 1. What am I going to do with all this money? Do the same thing I did with my $7.59 check (long story): make it rain at the dollar store! ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/5 "2016-07-09T17:01:44Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Also, tell us about your class-action claims and settlement amounts. > > Two questions: > > 1. What am I going to do with all this money? > 2. I purchased a DRAM stick at one time? > > Anyway, I guess I filled out some form about 4-5 years ago or something, resulting in my unexpected bonus. > > Anybody else receive this one? I got $16.77! As I recall, the allegation was that DRAM was deliberately overpriced, or something like that. Thus if you bought any during a certain timeframe, whether directly or indirectly, you were entitled to a refund. I bought a computer, which is how I got into the pool. I had totally forgotten about it, until my check arrived. Anybody got a time machine? I want to go back about 100 years, so that I can REALLY party! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/6 "2016-07-09T17:06:24Z")
Looks like I got fucked over twice as hard as you, Flyer. Or they just like me more. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/7 "2016-07-09T17:28:11Z")
I got $92! I didn’t remember applying for it, either. I knew it was a settlement check because I’ve gotten them before, but I was only expecting a few dollars. I’m still waiting for my $50 of free tuna, but the company is fighting that one, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/8 "2016-07-10T02:11:11Z")
I once got $10 credit on a mortgage fee for something the mortgage comapany did bad on and had to pay people back for. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/9 "2016-07-10T02:42:12Z")
A tutoring company I used to work for had to pay up because it didn’t give workers the breaks it was required to. I got about 90 bucks out of it. If I had been there longer during the time window covered by the lawsuit, I’d have made bank! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/10 "2016-07-10T03:07:08Z")
I got $15.11 in the recent TracFone settlement. I just took a picture of it with my bank app and electronically deposited it. I also received about $13 in a suit about CD price fixing. If I recall, I used it to order a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/11 "2016-07-10T03:55:45Z")
I’ve received several checks in the $10 or so category for class-action suits (don’t have my tuna money, either). On a brighter note, a couple years ago I got a $100 check from AOL and I have no recollection of filing a claim for that. That was a pleasant surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/12 "2016-07-10T04:35:17Z")
Maybe 4-5 years ago I randomly got a check from AOL for some class-action suit that I didn’t even remember signing up for. It was for about $1,000, after taxes I think I got around $600-700. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/13 "2016-07-10T11:45:28Z")
$72.41 sweet DRAM windfall here! That’s better than the six cent check from a eBay settlement from a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-damn-my-34-35-check-for-the-dram-anti-trust-settlement-came-in/759473/14 "2016-07-10T22:47:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I also received about $13 in a suit about CD price fixing. If I recall, I used it to order a pizza. That one sounds familiar as well. I always fill these things out when I receive them. I figure if they’re sending it to me, somebody has determined I am due money and they even helpfully provide the return postage. 🙂