Termination fees ruled illegal

[Bravo Zulu]

California judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal
Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:48PM EDT

In one of the most significant legal rulings in the tech industry this year, a Superior Court judge in California has ruled that the practice of charging consumers a fee for ending their cell phone contract early is illegal and violates state law.

The preliminary, tentative judgment orders Sprint Nextel to pay customers $18.2 million in reimbursements and, more importantly, orders Sprint to stop trying to collect another $54.7 million from California customers (some 2 million customers total) who have canceled their contracts but refused or failed to pay the termination fee.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/99655

[robinlynne]

1. hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Truth4Justice]

2. Methinks the price of those new contract cellphones is going to go up.

If I know anything about the industry.