Woman Sues Burger King for Textual Harrassment

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]Renegade_Warrior[/nom]At least this is one way to send the message that "We Don't Want SPAM of Any Sort" whether it be text messages, email, snail mail or telemarketers.Just because we sign up for an promotion does not mean we want SPAM.Even wore is getting charged for the spam as in the case of cell phones.Companies that SPAM need to learn a lesson the hard way.[/citation]
If you sign up for something you should read ALL of it, it usually says they will send you messages (e-mail, mail, texts) and that you agree to receive them by signing up. It's not really spam if you say yes go ahead and send it.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]enyceckk101[/nom]5 million dollar !? thats 500 million whopper !![/citation]
Wow 1 cent Whoppers, when did that happen?

 

[jonpaul37]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]If you sign up for something you should read ALL of it, it usually says they will send you messages (e-mail, mail, texts) and that you agree to receive them by signing up. It's not really spam if you say yes go ahead and send it.[/citation]

I'm sure that's not the only subject the Plaintiff has failed...

 

[maximus20895]

she is a bitch. she's just looking for money.

 

[liquidblue]

I bet you she spends 1m of it at burger king. Lulz

 

[plasmastorm]

Give her the 5mil and i'll wager she will be in BK within a week.....

 

[choujij]

She must be a former Apple employee...

 

[cruiseoveride]

Viva la America!!!!!!

 

[enyceckk101]

5 million dollar !? thats 5 million whopper !!

sry typo =x

 

[waikano]

I hope the Judge laughs her case out. There is no way 3 text messages can amount to 5 million dollars. Oh and Sometimes being the King has it's privileges.

 

[Guest]

She's a fucking joke!

 

[Shadow703793]

Wow...... people need a life. Just block the DAMN NUMBER!

 

[rean24]

Oh My GOD...
Why does America has a Cultural of Sueing people all the time.
And They wonder why is the ECONOMIC so bad...
They waste to much money on small issue ...there is an Answer.

 

[apmyhr]

I hate law suites almost more than I hate Apple. But I kind of want to side with her on this one (although I don't buy her shit about being harmed). I'm of the opinion that cell phones ought to be off limits for spammers and solicitors. Granted she probably was a dumb ass and signed up for some promotion. But still, I'm sure we have all received spam texts that we definitely did not subscribe too. Sure you can say that its only 10 cents, but that's still money. Spam is bad enough already with out us having to PAY for the honor of being annoyed, no matter how small the fee. In the end though, I would rather see this issue resolved through legislation rather than frivolous law suites that only benefit a few greedy lazy sacks of welfare shit.

By the way enyceckk101, 5 million dollars does not equal 500 million whoppers. I usually don't like to harp on peoples math mistakes, but you really shouldn't screw up a simple 1 : 1 conversion ratio (then again I guess whoppers are 2 dollars or something, but whatever).

 

[cracklint]

I wish I was that beach towel

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]If you sign up for something you should read ALL of it, it usually says they will send you messages (e-mail, mail, texts) and that you agree to receive them by signing up. It's not really spam if you say yes go ahead and send it.[/citation]
No one wants SPAM and when you sign up for a promotion, there almost Never is any box to Opt Out of such SPAM.

Also, such wording allowing them and their associates to send you SPAM are almost always hidden in the user agreement. They deliberately make them long and difficult to read so most people won't bother to read the agreement.

At the very least, maybe a lawsuit such as this could force a change in the law to mandate an Opt Out box be included on all such promotions.

 

[apmyhr]

I just realized! We were all so caught up in how much of a dumb ass this woman is, we all forgot to ask why the hell Tom's is giving us an article on a woman suing for spam. Honestly, this story's irrelevance reminds me of the "Technology" news reported by Tom's in which the Chinese prostitute was beaten by the police. I think the link to technology in that article was a camera or something stupid.

 

[jgiron]

lawsuit seeking class action status

I think this is more of a Class Action Lawsuit were there are multiple parties involved. More people = bigger pot of gold and more you have to share. Even though she started it, they are probably look at other people.

 

[wiyosaya]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]If you sign up for something you should read ALL of it, it usually says they will send you messages (e-mail, mail, texts) and that you agree to receive them by signing up. It's not really spam if you say yes go ahead and send it.[/citation]
While technically I agree with you, having an agreement to receive advertising buried in a promotion or something else is, IMHO, an extremely subversive way of getting information to spam you.

IMHO, all such buried subscriptions should be put in plain sight on all offers that include them, and there also should be a way of opting out.

With e-mail, there are services like www.sneakemail.com that, essentially, make you immune to "spam attacks." Not being a cell phone owner, I have no idea whether the equivalent is available for text messages, but there's a business opportunity for someone.

 

[sunflier]

"caused actual harm"

What that her butt is now huge because of too many Whoppers?!!