# I've been thinking it over for a week now, but there's no way around it: justice simply demands that I sue the Klondike bar company **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946 "2025-07-16T23:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/41 "2025-07-17T15:57:00Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > My dad scored a case of canned chilli in similar circumstances. When I was making spaghetti sauce with canned tomato paste once when I opened the can there was a big air bubble in it. Comparing the weight with another can it was almost an ounce short, pretty significant in a 6 oz. can and the sauce turned out a little anemic. Maybe they don’t check for weight but I was surprised it had gotten through the process. I complained to Hunts, including a photo of the opened can, and I got coupons for a half-dozen. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Once for spoiled dried fruit. The only other time I sent a letter was when I opened a package of Rana fresh ravioli and found mold spots on a few of them. Another photo and an email this time. I got back an answer that said it had likely been mishandled in transit they were not responsible for how the product was handled after it left their plant. I emailed back saying, “So, the only way I can be sure of your product is to open and inspect it at the store. I’m sure the retailer will be okay with that.” Got coupons for two on that one. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/42 "2025-07-17T16:07:01Z")
I recently opened a package of Thomas’ Bagel Thins that was supposed to contain eight bagels, but only had seven. Do a have a case for a lawsuit? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/43 "2025-07-17T16:13:37Z")
You might. But let my cite below be a caution. The cite is 5 years old now, and despite the blogger’s then thinking that the case was about wound down, much _much_ more stupidity has happened since. Most of it documented on that site. If you (or the OP) file such a suit you may be laughed at by the internet for decades while you tilt uselessly at the windmills of satisfaction-by-lawsuit. > **[The $65-Million-Pants Case: Year 16](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2020/06/lost-pants-case-year-16.html)** > > I’m glad this is probably the end, because I may actually be out of things to say about it at this point. But this’ll give you a flavor of consumer-been-wronged jurisprudence. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/44 "2025-07-17T16:17:50Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > He was profiled in the New Yorker some time ago, but he’s based in New York, not California. Thanks! I clearly had that part wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/45 "2025-07-17T16:27:33Z")
I just want everyone to know that there’s a big Oreo cookie mint ice cream sandwich that puts Klondike bars to shame. I’ll have to do some research to see if they have chocolate chips. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/46 "2025-07-17T16:31:47Z")
FYI this [It’s-It](https://www.itsiticecream.com/products/ice-cream/mint-its-it) is pretty good, too (albeit no chocolate chips). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/47 "2025-07-17T18:23:07Z")
Anybody who knows more about ice cream than I want to hazard a guess how the chips went missing? I wonder if they sink to the bottom of the vat if the temperature during the churn gets too high. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/48 "2025-07-17T18:27:11Z")
I say they were never in there. Its “chocolate chip” flavoring. Klondike probably spent tons of money having one tested, trialed and manufactured. Yeah, that is what I think. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/49 "2025-07-17T18:52:47Z")
I’ve looked at the Target reviews, which contain pictures, on this. It seems their quality control isn’t great or something. There are pictures of bars with little chocolate “chips” in them, and there’s some people complaining how the chips were missing completely on one side. Another person had the same complaint as the OP, with a picture of a completely chip-less chocolate bar. A rep from the company responded and said you could sent complaints to [consumer.services@unilever.com](mailto:consumer.services@unilever.com). ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/50 "2025-07-17T18:58:34Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Maybe $90,000 for that? At least! Hey, for a mere five Large, I’m willing to testify that, in our LONG friendship, I’ve never seen you so upset and depressed and how I’m SO concerned that your lack of sleep is affecting your health. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/51 "2025-07-17T19:18:05Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > This attack on America’s frosty confections goes deeper than you think. The reddit thread associated to that picture provides a reasonable explanation. When the machine kicks on and starts packaging ice cream, the mint ice cream starts coming out before the chocolate chips do. The first few tubs of ice cream in each run are supposed to be pulled for this reason, but sometimes they screw that up. I bet that’s what happened with the Klondike bars, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/52 "2025-07-17T19:20:17Z")
This might explain why my (knockoff) raisin bran is always missing raisins. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/53 "2025-07-17T20:01:33Z")
Now I must go buy these for myself. Will report back. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/54 "2025-07-17T20:34:54Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > A rep from the company responded and said you could sent complaints to [consumer.services@unilever.com](mailto:consumer.services@unilever.com). Thanks for this. Altho I am unaffected by the OP’s problem, I may stand to gain from it! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/55 "2025-07-17T20:38:12Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Now I must go buy these for myself. > Will report back. Your sacrifice is noted! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/56 "2025-07-17T20:44:21Z")
I bought castor oil belly button patches. It’s a “woo” belief that it helps with cramps in the belly region. Hey, I’m game. It was prime week, they popped up in my “keep shopping thing” on Amazon haul. Pretty cheap. Then the 50% off added. Free shipping. Yeah, for $2, I’ll bite. They came. Clearly says on the front; Castor oil, belly button patches. Ingredients: Cotton. No oil to be found. So…I basically got a package of large bandaids. Duh. I made a report on Amazon. They refunded me. Said toss the _Not_ Castor oil bandaids. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/57 "2025-07-17T20:47:58Z")
We should all probably do some “research”. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/58 "2025-07-17T21:02:06Z")
In the spirit of scientific inquiry… ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/59 "2025-07-18T11:17:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah..email 'em. > > You’ll likely get some coupons. Back when I was a lad in the 60s, Mom got a bee in her bonnet about a six-pack of 7-Up she brought home from the grocer that had a single empty (but sealed) bottle. She fired up her pen and cranked off a letter to the company expressing her outrage. A week or two later, she was horrified to see a very large 7-Up truck pull up to the house and the driver emerge with 6 cases of soda pop as recompense. mmm ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946/60 "2025-07-18T11:32:52Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > The reddit thread associated to that picture provides a reasonable explanation. When the machine kicks on and starts packaging ice cream, the mint ice cream starts coming out before the chocolate chips do. The first few tubs of ice cream in each run are supposed to be pulled for this reason, but sometimes they screw that up. > > I bet that’s what happened with the Klondike bars, too. Thanks! I had been wondering what was actually going on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946.md?page=4)