Paypal/Ebay class action lawsuit.. are you in on it?

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In my email yesterday, I received an email telling me about a class action lawsuit against the auction giant and its payment company. The suit alleges that Paypal did not treat all Paypal only (NOT backed by credit card transactions) buyer complaints/claims as credit card transactions (like it should have)when there was a problem with the transaction. To put it simply, you bought something on Greedbay using Paypal and you did NOT back it with a credit card. Then there was a problem with the item (ie.. you never received the item, it was damaged, etc...) If you filed a complaint with Paypal and then escalated it to a claim and did NOT receive a refund; you may be eligible to participate in this lawsuit. See, Paypal is required to follow the same rules as if you were paying via credit card. If you had a valid credit card at time of the transaction that you could have used, (but didn't) to back the transaction, you would have been able to file a chargeback on your credit card and get your money back. The same rules should have been followed when NOT backed by a credit card. In my case, I bought a shirt from a guy on greedbay on Dec 14th 2007, paid via Paypal through my bank account, I received it, and left positive feedback. I ordered the exact same shirt from the same guy, 9 days later. I let him know I ordered another one... never received it, he never responded to my emails. When I filed the claim, he gave the delivery confirmation (as required), but that was for the FIRST shirt. Paypal closed the case. I appealed, and lost. I was out $30 . So, you better believe I am jumping on the bandwagon. If I can get just $25 bucks from it I'll be happy. To get more info, and to see if you qualify to participate, go here www.steelesettlement.com. It is the sponsoring website. Are you participating in this class action suit? If not, have you ever been a part of ANY classaction suit and how much money, (if any) did you gain?