500,000 cows killed to jack up prices

[packman]

In a price-fixing scheme, a dairy co-op killed 1/2 million cows to short the supply of raw milk and inflated the cost of a variety of dairy products - doubling the price in many cases - of things such as milk, cheese, yougart, 1/2 and 1/2, etc.

"If you live in one of 15 states and you buy milk, you could be entitled to some cash back. USA Today reports that some people who bought dairy products since 2003 are due refunds as part of a $52 million settlement spun out of the alleged mass slaughter of 500,000 cows. The class-action lawsuit filed in 2011 charged that Cooperatives Working Together paid its members—dairy farmers who produce 70% of the nation's milk—inflated prices for their dairy cows, which were then prematurely killed"

http://www.newser.com/story/237097/bought-milk-you-could-be-due-a-refund.html

[HoneyBadger]

1. How weird

[ciaobaby]

3. Not really weird -

It's called greed and animal abuse.

[ciaobaby]

2. Effing Dairy Producers

[Sherman A1]

4. Just checked the website

boughtmilk.com as referenced in the USA Today story and the claims will only generate $10 - $20 payment for those affected and filing (Down from the story listed numbers of up to $70.00).

At this point, hardly seems worth the effort.

[packman]

6. Yes, I got a mini-check for some nonsense a few years back

100's of millions in a suit (printer ink, I think) and I got a $4 check. The money , of course, went to the lawyers.

[mopinko]

10. think i recall the epson suit.

yeah, those suckers make way more than $4 on their protected ink.

i remember about that time that there started to be generic carts available for epsons. after buying them a couple time, i went to a big box office supply and found a note on the empty shelves that said something about a decision of the wto. i walked out shaking my head, and went and got my own lube.
none provided.

[FSogol]

8. Make them pay. If you live in one of the affected states, submit the form. n/t

[MoonRiver]

5. BASTARDS!

[FSogol]

7. They are offering consumers $10-20*. The affected states are here:

Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin

http://www.boughtmilk.com/

* Entities can get $280-$560

[MFM008]

9. He assholes

Animals are off my menu so drop dead.