Home Depot, GE Capital Settle Lawsuit Over Credit Card Charges
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Depot, GE Capital Settle Lawsuit Over Credit Card Charges
is reporting today that Home Depot and GE Capital have agreed
to pay $672,000 to settle a Connecticut lawsuit accusing the
companies of deceptive credit card practices. At issue was whether
the Home Depot Consumer Credit Card's promise of a "no interest/no
payments" program had been broken when the cards charged
payments to the "no interest" portion of balances
instead of newer purchases without notifying cardholders.
Both
the state and 8,000-plus Connecticut customers will receive
restitution in the settlement, although consumers will receive
small sums as their share of $322,000 while the state gets $350,000.
As
might be expected, Home Depot did not admit to wrongdoing, but
instead said it agreed to the settlement to avoid lengthy and
costly litigation.
Published 04/28/06 (Modified 05/07/12)
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