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Man discovers friends were NOT looking for him, sues Classmates.com
You know all those ads you see all over the internet telling you that your old friends from high school, or the lonely half-naked girl down the street are waiting for you to call? Yeah, it turns out they're not always telling the truth. But one San Diego man figured that when he signed up for a free Classmates.com account and was then told that his friends were trying to contact him and he could find out who they were by paying $15 to upgrade his account, it couldn't hurt to shell out a few bucks.But once he did, Anthony Michaels discovered that nobody he knew or had gone to school with was actually trying to contact him. And the only users who had viewed his profile were people he had never heard of.
Most people would probably just figure they were out $15, because it would take more time and effort to try to recover the money than it was worth. But Michaels decided to try to put together a class action suit. Presumably, he's hoping to get more than $15 per user out of this, but the bigger point is that he's trying to get a court to show that Classmates.com used deceptive practices to convince him to become a paying member.
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Subscribe to commentsBillNov 13th 2008 11:57AM
I had a feeling Classmates.com was pulling this kind of crap, because I started getting emails from them about once a week telling me that someone have left a message on my profile. Fucking wankers! I knew it was crap because all of the people from school I want to be in touch with I actually am already.
BernieNov 14th 2008 4:49PM
Brah ! You go for it, they a bunch a bull-shit anyways !!!
swimref1Nov 14th 2008 8:03AM
i was a fuckung geek in high school. if someone is looking for me it would be a huge miracle. no one looked for me then and not now. hope you win your law suit.
BradleyNov 14th 2008 8:04AM
Interesting concept for a law suit. IMHO he should be successful. Deceptive practices to separate people from their money should be discouraged.
kellyNov 14th 2008 8:17AM
I tried it until it seemed to have run its course. I didn't see any problem with it, maybe a little gimmicky, but I did actually get in touch with a couple of old mates that I hadn't heard from in years since we are all spread out over the country from coast to coast. So, I see no problems with it. If you are hoping it will connect you with an old lost love, you will most likely be disappointed.
JenNov 14th 2008 8:32AM
Facebook.....
donNov 14th 2008 3:17PM
PROBABLLY NO ONE LIKED HIM THEN AND THEY STILL DON'T
donnaNov 14th 2008 9:16AM
classmates com sends me e-mails saying people are looking at my profile.
i open it and is people i have never seen before.then they ask me to pay 15.00 dollars and we will open your profile .i think it is very dissapointing and hope you win law-suit.
CAROLYNNov 14th 2008 7:42PM
I SIGNED UP AFTER SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO REACH ME AND HAVE NOW BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TWO OLD CLASSMATES AND ONE OLD CLASSMATE OF MY COUSINS WHO WAS LOOKING TO CONTACT HIM.
LaunNov 14th 2008 10:41AM
I am glad that the scam artists are getting what do them. As for ruining others friendships and contacts, remember "do unto to others as you would have done to you." As for the heartless comments on this blog, maybe someday you'll be on the streets somewhere with noone to contact. Yes, meanies and bullies, what goes around comes around. I'm glad that our Heavenly Father sees all this and answers our cries. People can be so mean, it doesn't impress me. Remember your friends and the people who were on your side.
AdrienneNov 14th 2008 10:51AM
I might need to join in his class action suit. I joined under the free offer and now almost every week you get something saying someone is trying to reach you. I chose not to pay but I continue to get e-mails from them saying 3 people are trying to reach you. My school has its own website that all my friends patron and we never discuss, "hey, I was looking for you on Classmates" . I'm surprised its still around also...In hope he has luck. They ae miss representing themselves when they , in writing, suggest that people are trying to reach you. At least they could give you a name and you could chose if you even knew the person. So any way get you a great litigator and give them hell. You at least deserve compensation for even thinking of a class action suit against them. I would have just cancelled the membership but this way they can even loose other potential customers.
Randy WaltripNov 14th 2008 11:25AM
I like Classmates. There's no guarantee that you will reconnect with anyone, but once your name is listed there's a good chance someone you knew will see it and make an attempt to contact you. And you can be listed for free. But where else could you discover, through profiles, what became of that guy or girl you knew 30 years ago? Only a fool would take that "someone is looking for you" advertising line literally....although, in all liklihood, someone is scanning the old class lists to see if people they knew are there, and if they knew you, then yes, they're "looking for you". I suspect this fellow is out to make a quick buck. Pity our litiginous society.
Clinton Thomas, Th.D.Nov 14th 2008 7:05PM
I agree with this guy. I get e-mails all the time based on my free Classmates account stating that people are "signing" my guestbook. Naturally they want my money so that I can see who has signed. There are people signing just about once each quarter.
Now, I'd love to think that I was so popular in school(s) that people love me, but the reality is that I was just getting by like most of the people I knew and most of the people I knew know how to reach me now. So, why the heck would they go and sign a book on a classmates? For those who don't know where I'm living now, a basic internet search for my name at google would give the answer.
MireahNov 14th 2008 1:06PM
Kudos!
Stating false claims to take money from you is (or definitely should be) illegal. Its a con, its like telling someone their automobile needs a new transmission when it doesn't to take a couple thousand dollars from them...its WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
The person responsible for sending out these lies should face criminal prosecution and those deceived should be issued a full refund PLUS accrued interest.
There is right and there is wrong, that simple.
DanielleNov 14th 2008 1:12PM
If you believe those emails that somebody is looking for you and you fell for it well obviously classmates.com knows there are gullible naive people out there who will be dumb enough to fall for that trick just like those other emails out there I get em too Example-Your iphone is being delivered ! come on now use your common sense!!
csomcse2006Nov 14th 2008 1:31PM
Although I can understand why he is miffed , I think the dude should decline the charge from his credit card company on the basis that they did not deliver what was promised and call it a day. Of course when people have sonething to sel lthey will lie to you that common knowledge
Tired of ScamsNov 14th 2008 11:07PM
I agree.
MikeNov 14th 2008 1:39PM
Send me $20.00, I'll let you know who want's to contact you!!
JimNov 14th 2008 2:40PM
I joined to hook up with a girl I dated in high school. What a mistake. She had hit the wall long before I contacted her. She pounced on me after I sent a current photo and sent me photos of herself that were years old. We agreed to meet in Laguna Beach CA. and OMG! We had dinner and I excused myself a quickly as possible. Moral of the story, just because you take care of yourself, doesn't mean everyone else does! Oh, and Classmates sucks too.
shockedNov 14th 2008 8:55PM
I was shocked when I read these comments and read the F word in many of them. This is disrespect to many of us. Please do not use profanity in your comments. Thank You