# I Haven't Collected A Dime! (From the CD Overcharge Class-Action Lawsuit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480 "2004-01-03T16:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/1 "2004-01-03T16:13:01Z")
So where’s the money? I was promised some of the millions collected/extorted from the recording industry. I filled out the form, mailed it in, and…nothing! How come the law firm gets THEIR money first? Im was planning on using that money…so when am I going to GET it? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/2 "2004-01-03T16:25:30Z")
From what I recall, we’ll all be getting a coupon to allow us to buy three CDs for a few bucks off. Also, the recording industry will be donating some of their older CDs to libraries and schools and such. In other words, the companies will be able to sell even MORE CDs, and will be able to dump their older stock onto the public. Yeah, I feel all recompensed, too. ---
**Author:** ![CartoonSuperHero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@CartoonSuperHero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CartoonSuperHero)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/3 "2004-01-03T17:46:09Z")
I was wondering the same thing. I was waiting for the damned check to arrive and it never did. Cripes… ☹ CSH ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/4 "2004-01-03T17:47:55Z")
IIRC, is too many people signed up, then they just had to donate a certain sum to school music programs. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/5 "2004-01-03T17:50:46Z")
I was just thinking about that a couple days ago. And the way **Lightnin’** described it sounds Oh so fair!!! Those CD selling buttholes! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/6 "2004-01-03T18:33:52Z")
[Google is your friend](http://www.thebostonchannel.com/technology/2685153/detail.html). From December 3: > [@](#): > > Millions of consumers should soon expect to receive checks in the mail for $12.60. > > That’s the individual payout for 3.5 million U.S. residents who were overcharged for buying compact discs between 1995 and 2000. > > The entire settlement, as approved by a federal judge, is worth $143 million. After attorneys’ fees, the actual cash payout is expected to be around $44 million. > > In addition, $75.7 million worth of music CDs will be sent to libraries and schools throughout the nation. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-collected-a-dime-from-the-cd-overcharge-class-action-lawsuit/222480/7 "2004-01-03T20:22:43Z")
Whoa down there buckaroos. I posted this last week, till a law suit filed by a Georgia inmate is settled, no one is getting a dime. And when we do, it will be a check, we will not be getting money off coupons. [The Straight Poop on the CD refund.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=231632)