(bowing head in submission)  I, too, received a check for $13.86, much to my
cynical surprise....:-)   I had completely forgotten that I had filed the
claim!  Kudos to Fritz for finding the ever-elusive free lunch!!

            <---Sherri--->
--
Sherri L. Hobart, CPS
Administrative Assistant
Southeast Center for Education in the Arts
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue - Dept 6706
Chattanooga, TN  37403
offices at: 723 McCallie Avenue
Phone: (423) 425-5204
Fax:    (423) 425-4632
http://www.utc.edu/SCEA


-----Original Message-----
From: Fritz Efaw [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 14:54
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] free lunch


subject category: I told you so

Just wanted to let everyone know the Sacco-Vanzetti chair of excellent
edu-babble  received a check for $13.86 yesterday in connexion with this
offer.

At 01:25 PM 2/27/2003 -0500, Sherri L. Hobart wrote:
>Only one problem....in the fine print it says:
>
>"The cash paid by the Defendants, after the payment of attorneys' fees,
>litigation and Settlement administration costs, shall be distributed to
>consumers who purchased Music Products.........If the number of claims
filed
>would result in refunds of less than $5.00 per claimant, there will be no
>cash distribution to individual consumers. Rather, the cash portion of the
>Settlement shall be distributed to not-for-profit, charitable, governmental
>or public entities to be used for music-related purposes or programs for
the
>benefit of consumers who purchased Music Products."
>
>Which means, of course, that very likely millions of folks here in America
>are going to be filing claims in an effort to get that free lunch, and
>nobody will get anything.  In other words, its a wasted effort to file a
>claim...your share is going to come out to less that $5.00 and the cash
>portion of the settlement will go to some non-profit organization
somewhere.
>
>So, the old adage that "there's no such thing as a free lunch" STILL holds
>true....sorry....:(
>
>              <---Sherri--->
>--
>Sherri L. Hobart, CPS
>Administrative Assistant
>Southeast Center for Education in the Arts
>615 McCallie Avenue - Dept 6706
>Chattanooga, TN  37403
>Office: 723 McCallie Avenue
>Phone: (423) 425-5204
>Fax:   (423) 425-4632
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>Web:   http://www.utc.edu/SCEA