Dell overcharged customers millions in taxes
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:34 am
DELL ended up in court in May charged with ripping off its customers in Washington State, USA for $24 million in sales tax. The court ordered that every penny should be repaid.
The overcharging occurred from 1999 to 2005, during which period some 470,000 customers in Washington State were affected.
And one lawyer in the affair reckons that when cases in other states are looked into Dell could be looking at a final bill in the order of $100 million.
The Washington State class action is the only one yet settled. Further class actions could follow in a number of other states, although one suit in Maine has already been dismissed.
S: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33130
that must suck to pay more for a computer that already pretty ecpensive.
The overcharging occurred from 1999 to 2005, during which period some 470,000 customers in Washington State were affected.
And one lawyer in the affair reckons that when cases in other states are looked into Dell could be looking at a final bill in the order of $100 million.
The Washington State class action is the only one yet settled. Further class actions could follow in a number of other states, although one suit in Maine has already been dismissed.
S: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33130
that must suck to pay more for a computer that already pretty ecpensive.