Class action lawsuit settlement for cardholders of Visa-, MasterCard-, or Diners Club-branded cards.

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If you held one of these cards and were charged to make transctions in a foreign currency or with a foreign merchant between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006, you may file a claim.

Full information on this case and the settlement can be found at http://www.ccfsettlement.com.

You may have received a pre-printed form in the mail. If you have not, you can go to this website: https://www.ccfsettlement.com/claim/?action=choose which will provide you with three options, an Easy Refund, a Total Estimation Refund, or an Annual Estimated refund.

The deadline for filing a claim, which had been in early January 2008, has now been extended to May 30, 2008. The deadline for opting out of the settlement damages class or objecting to the settlement has been extended to February 14, 2008.

Comments

[missmoreland.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll look into this!

[emilymorgan.livejournal.com]

This is only for credit cards, not debit cards, right?

[quezz.livejournal.com]

ANY foreign currency?!?! That's like, half my transactions in that time period!!!!

[tla]

Huh. I was charged in November 2007 most recently (by MasterCard in the States). If this has been the subject of a class action lawsuit, why are they still doing it?

[irielle.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the information. I never did get any information in the mail about this.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Huh. That period definitely covers when I went to Singapore, never mind the times I've bought things online from overseas vendors. But I have no idea where to get documentation, as I closed my old bank accounts when I got married and opened new ones with new name. I don't think I even *owned* a card that wasn't debit until then ... but the applicable charges would've been on the bank debit cards. Do you think the bank would give me that old info if I went in person?

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Having large-ish amounts of time outside of the US in that 10 year period would seem to make Option 2 far easier than Option 3 and likely to be worth more than $25 (Option 1.)

(<lj user=zubatac has used his credit card outside the US, *and* lived outside the US for 9 months in that time window. Didn't spend much money in the military, but if they estimate using *their* algorithm....)

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'll have to look into this. I knew there was a reason to have 10+ years of bank statements still hanging around...

[jannelleefo.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6M_6qOz-yw