U.S. peeps, you get that big credit card refund mailer today?

wait, what? i was outside the US 3+ years of that time.

Dear Mackro Mackro,

We are writing on behalf of the U.S. District Court because you are eligible to receive a Court-approved refund of fees charged to your eligible cards, which are Visa, Mastercard, and/or Diners Club credit, charge, and/or debit/ATM cards. The fees were based on foreign transactions, including both purchases and ATM withdrawals, from February 1, 1996 to November 8, 2006.

Please red the enclosed Notice explaining the proposed $336 million settlement and all of your options under the settlement.

If you choose to request a refund, you may use *one* of three Refund Options. Each of these Options will pay a single refund charged for foreign transactions on *ALL* of your eligible cards. You may choose only *ONE* Option from the following:

REFUND OPTION 1: Request an *Easy Refund* of $25. This Option is recommended if you traveled outside of the U.S. for less than one week or had foreign transactions of less than $2,500 using your eligible cards during the 1996 to 2006 period. (Green Form); OR

REFUND OPTION 2: Request a *Total Estimation Refund* based on typical spending during travel and your answers to a few questions about your own travel outside of the U.S. This Option is recommended if you traveled outside of the U.S. for more than one week or had foreign transactions of more than $2,500 using your eligible cards during the 1996 to 2006 period. Refunds will be the maximum of 1% of estimated foreign transactions. (Blue Form); OR

REFUND OPTION 3: Request a refund based on information that you provide concerning your *Annual Estimated* foreign transactions during the 1996 to 2006 period. This Option is recommended if you had extensive foreign travel or foreign transactions and are willing to provide year-by-year information. Refunds will be a maximum of 1% to 3% of foreign transactions. This is the only Option you can use to get a refund for corporate card use. (Red Form)

Enclosed are three forms, one for each Refund Option. You may also file online at the Settlement Administrator's website www.ccfsettlement.com, using your Refund ID on the top of this letter. Please note that if the volume of claims is unexpectedly high, it may be necessary to adjust refund amounts.

Please disregard any earlier Notices that you have received. Additional information is available online at www.ccfsettlement.com or by telephone at 1-800-945-9890

Sincerely,

Settlement Administrator

sorry, http://www.ccfsettlement.com/

yes! i got one of these too. i was out of the country for a year.

i'm going for the 1% option as i know that i spent more than $2500 abroad in that ten year period.

GIVE ME MAH MONEY.

fuck, my card i used in the uk in 2002 is no longer with me...

If you get the settlement form in the mail, you won't need your card number. I just filled out my quick $25 form online and all I had to enter was a code # at the top of my letter.

Reason #4,589 to visit Canada a lot!

choose the green form
choose the blue form
choose the red form
choose the green form
choose the blue form
choose the red form
choose the green form
choose the blue form
choose the red form

I got one, but I don't think I spent more than $50 through AmazonUK. Free money, yay.

what do i spend my $25 on?

European porn?

When I lived in Buffalo, I used to drive up to Toronto once a month for things like concerts, records, clothes, ikea, etc.

YAY SETTLEMENT.

fuckkk

Catsup, you don't need a card number for the Blue Form. 1% is better than nothing... possibly much better than 25 bucks.

Of course, all the fine print you need to know:

Please note that if the volume of claims is unexpectedly high, it may be necessary to adjust refund amounts.

...or basically the "syk lol" clause.

940 days (i went blue form)

I was only gone for six weeks total. $25, I guess.

I'm still geeked about that $15 I got from the rekkid companies.

i was thinking of that today, how i'd tried to talk friends into--"seriously, they'll just send you money"--and none of them would do it

filled this out today; any idea how they're going to estimate how much money you get if you fill out the second (blue) form? the green form assumes you were out for a week...so is it foolish to hope for four times the $25 if you were out for four weeks? yeah probably.

WHERE'S MY MONEY

yeah WTF

as I warned above...

SYK LOL

lxy got $18 the other day from this

WHERE'S MY MONEY

― joe 2 (jergins), Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:09 PM