Washington state sues Comcast for $100M

[SlyPokerDog]

SEATTLE -- Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a $100 million consumer lawsuit against Comcast.

The lawsuit accuses Comcast of "engaging in a pattern of deceptive practices." It asserts that the company’s own documents reveal a pattern of illegally deceiving its customers to pad its bottom line by tens of millions of dollars.

The lawsuit alleges more than 1.8 million individual violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act. The Attorney General's Office says 500,000 Washington consumers were affected.

A spokesman for Comcast said the company had not seen the lawsuit but will likely have a full statement after Ferguson's news conference on Monday

The lawsuit also accuses Comcast of violating the Consumer Protection Act to all of its nearly 1.2 million Washington subscribers due to its deceptive “Comcast Guarantee," Ferguson said.

“This case is a classic example of a big corporation deceiving its customers for financial gain,” Ferguson said in a statement. “I won’t allow Comcast to continue to put profits above customers — and the law.”

http://komonews.com/news/local/washington-state-to-sue-comcast-for-100m

 

[Natebishop3]

Fuck. Yes.

Screw Comcast. Such a shit company.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

hahahaha burn it down. while they are at it, sue sprint, direct tv, dish network, century link, hell any tv/cell/internet provider. they are all scamtastic fuckenzizers

 

[Jade Falcon]

 

[MARIS61]

Too bad our non-elected governess Kate BLOOMBERG Brown lacks the balls to protect Oregonians from real criminals.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Too bad our non-elected governess Kate BLOOMBERG Brown lacks the balls to protect Oregonians from real criminals.

She's a Liberal Democrat. What did you expect?

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Blows my mind what these companies get away with. So much false advertising, hidden fees, surcharges with no explination, random price hikes. Oh bht if your service goes down are you going to get reimbursed? No thats just part of the service, besides, you pay a month in advance. The only services where you have tonpay regardless if service is delivered. Oh you want to cancel cause youre sick of out shit? Thatll be $900 or we'll attack your credit score. You signed a contract kyle, suck the sultans balls.

And dont get me started on data fees and data caps. The infrastructure is there, it literally costs them nothing for you to use more than the alotted data.

 

[crandc]

But, don't you all believe in free market? If a company does things you don't like, don't buy from them? Government interference in business is bad?