# I Got My Google Class Action Suit Settlement Check Today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447 "2012-07-06T18:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/21 "2012-07-10T03:33:38Z")
Mine was $3.97. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/22 "2012-07-10T05:21:25Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > Mine was $3.97. 😛 Whoa, whoa, whoa–check out the 1%er! ---
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/23 "2012-07-10T08:01:11Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > It is a check for 55 cents! > > I have no idea how to spend this windfall. > Suggestions welcome. Brother, can you spare a dime? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/24 "2012-07-10T11:06:34Z")
**DMark** , I think you should frame it, but make sure the frame is just the right size for step 2: sticking 55 pennies on the frame itself. Purpurine and other glittery decorations optional. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/25 "2012-07-10T11:22:19Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > Mine was $3.97. 😛 “Pay to the order of … Batsinma Belfry … three dollars AND NINETY-SEVEN CENTS!” ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/26 "2012-07-10T15:12:50Z")
If not frame it, scrapbook it along with a printout of this thread. Also jot down some estimates of the costs of printing it out. Put it with other oddities of this era. If trying to do the same for my descendants, the way people hang onto green stamps and confederate bills. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/27 "2012-07-10T15:39:08Z")
[OT] **Elemenopy** , I adore your username.[/OT] ---
**Author:** ![TSRMI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSRMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSRMI)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/28 "2012-07-10T18:38:19Z")
My was one cent! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/29 "2012-07-10T22:10:40Z")
Can someone refresh my memory on what the lawsuit was about? ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/30 "2012-07-11T13:25:18Z")
I got one for .04. After googling to make sure it wasn’t some sort of scam to get my associated bank account number I decided I’m going to cash the darn thing too. Can’t believe they’d go to the expense of mailing out all those micro checks, I would imagine they count on millions of people just tossing them out. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/31 "2012-07-11T13:31:25Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I have no idea how to spend this windfall. > Suggestions welcome. Darn, you missed Mitt’s shindig in the Hamptons. Oh, well, I’m sure you’ll have other opportunities. (Tip: Inquire as to the location of the VIP Entrance prior to arrival.) ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/32 "2012-07-11T13:45:57Z")
I got one for .04. After googling to make sure it wasn’t some sort of scam to get my associated bank account number I decided I’m going to cash the darn thing too. Can’t believe they’d go to the expense of mailing out all those micro checks, I would imagine they count on millions of people just tossing them out. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/33 "2012-07-11T16:10:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Can someone refresh my memory on what the lawsuit was about? That’s the beauty of my 55 cent windfall - I am not all that sure either. I think it has to do with way back when, I used GoogleAds to hype up a website I used to run. The way it works is you pay a certain amount each time someone clicks your ad. If I am not mistaken, there was a bit of a scandal about people (often competitors) running up your costs by maliciously clicking on your ad, thus costing you more money, and Google not doing anything to stop this. Then again, maybe this is for the times I Googled for “free money” and they finally took pity on me. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447/34 "2012-07-12T03:07:01Z")
Yep, it was about the Google ads. I had a retail clothing site back then. I had to pay .10 per click, just to keep it within the first 5 pages of search results. But my advertising budget was only $20 per week. Needless to say, Google ate through my profits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-google-class-action-suit-settlement-check-today/627447.md?page=1)