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[kmanmx]

Fired up my 3D printer for the first time in about three years. I had dissassembled it partly about a year ago to try steal a part from it for another project, but didn't need it in the end. So I reassemebled it without following a guide. Go to do the autohome when I first turn it on.. turns out I f'd up the Z axis and the printer head smashes into the bed and punches a hole straight in my heated print bed and the motors make a horrible sound. Somehow nothing was damaged, I swapped out the damaged print mat with a glass bed I bought ages ago, and all is good.

I spent like 2 hours doing this because i've lost a 10 center plastic lid for these small 150ml glass yoghurt jars I bought, and I want to print a replacement.

 

[Joe C]

Today.... I got $19.00 on an optical disk drive settlement! I guess I can almost get 5 gallons of gas/petrol (close but not quite)

 

[PP Mguire]

I'm curious, what was the case?

 

[Joe C]

Oh geez... it was years ago, 2009 when I got a notice about this class action suit, but I found a link that explains it.

A group of electronics companies have agreed to pay a total of $180 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused them of engaging in a conspiracy to fix the prices of optical disk drives. These settlements affect indirect purchasers of optical disk drives. Several named defendants remain in this class action lawsuit including: BenQ Corporation, BenQ America Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp., Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. Korea, and Quanta Storage Inc.

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit...e-indirect-purchaser-class-action-settlement/

 

[PP Mguire]

Funny, I have a BenQ optical drive right now and two Samsung DVD burners.

 

[Joe C]

Yea... actually I forgot all about this. I would have mentioned it back then but I don't think I was posting here at that time. The cut off date was :

Class Members must file a Claim Form no later than Oct. 30, 2017 as well as provide the total number of products containing an ODD purchased between Apr. 1, 2003 through Dec. 31, 2008.

 

[PP Mguire]

I've had the one Samsung drive since 2005ish, but I honestly wouldn't have cared about such a thing back then.

 

[Nukem]

Got mine today as well. Amazon gift card for 19.03

Today.... I got $19.00 on an optical disk drive settlement! I guess I can almost get 5 gallons of gas/petrol (close but not quite)
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[Joe C]

Got mine today as well. Amazon gift card for 19.03

It must be a max on what you can collect because I bought a boat load of drives in that time frame, I can't recall how many but I'm thinking at least a dozen

 

[strollin]

After reading that you guys got your settlements from the optical disk Drive Settlement, I went looking for mine, Sure enough, found it in my junk mail folder, a whopping $15.23! Damn, I'm rich!