Re: Ancestry.com Watch Out!

cobbcity@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Funny you should post this. They just lost a class action suit and I
received the following e-mail a week ago. Not sure if they were sued
for the same reason, but I would dispute those extra charges with your
credit card company...

"In the class action titled Ramer and Neer et al v. MyFamily.com, Inc.
and Ancestry.com, a class was certified and a settlement has been
reached. According to the records of MyFamily.com, Inc., you are a
member of the class and are entitled to the settlement benefit. The
benefit consists of full access to the family history internet
resources at Ancestry.com for the month of May, 2006, the equivalent of
a month's Ancestry World Deluxe subscription. This benefit is
available to you without any action on your part (you need not call or
email us), and without any payment or any other condition except
following the proper log on procedures described below This
Court-ordered notice is to inform you that the Class has been certified
for settlement purposes, that you may be a member of the Class, and
that a settlement agreement, which has been preliminarily approved by
the Court, (the terms of which are described briefly below) has been
reached between MyFamily.com, Inc. and Ancestry.com (the "Defendants")
and the Class representatives. This notice is also sent to inform you
of the various steps you can take to participate in this settlement,
object to its terms or to remove yourself from the Class. If you fit
the profile above and do nothing, you will remain in the Class and your
rights will be determined by any judgment entered in the case."

Ed Foster did a couple of articles about them, one a couple of
years ago and again last year. I'm happy to hear that someone
finally sued them, but I wonder if they're actually going to
change their practices, or if the only winner will is the
lawyers?

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2004/6/3/8525/19769

http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/5/6/04215/90242

Bill
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