INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
website.Earlier this month, Judge P
Casey Pitts for the US District Court of the San Jose Division of the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval [PDF] of
a settlement agreement regarding a class-action complaint first filed against HP on October 13, 2021
The complaint accused HP's website of showing "misleading" original pricing for various computers, mice, and keyboards that was higher than
how the products were recently and typically priced.Per the settlement agreement [PDF], HP will contribute $4 million to a "non-reversionary
who filed the initial complaint may also file a motion to receive a settlement class representative service award for up to $5,000 each,
which would come out of the $4 million pool.People who purchased a discounted HP desktop, laptop, mouse, or keyboard that was on sale for
The full list of eligible products is available here [PDF] and includes HP Spectre, Chromebook Envy, and Pavilion laptops, HP Envy and Omen
desktops, and some mechanical keyboards and wireless mice
Depending on the product, class members can receive $10 to $100 per eligible product purchased.An amended complaint filed on July 15, 2022
Among the examples provided was Rodney Carvalho's experience buying an HP All-in-One 24-dp1056qe in September 2021
listing reportedly had a strike-through price suggesting that the computer used to cost $999.99
advertised strike-through price of $999.99." The filing claimed that the PC had been going for $899.99 since April 2021.
