When my daughter was younger she loved Polly Pockets. She's almost 11 now, so she's outgrown this stage. Sad, but true! As a result of her loving them, and being great playtoys we had many in the house. There was a recall on a number of the sets back in 2006/2007 due to tiny magnets coming out of the toys.
I put together all the pieces from each set that was recalled (not an easy task if you know how small they are!) and ended up returning them, postage paid, and received a credit voucher to be used towards other Mattel products in the value of $53.00.
A year ago, I received both an email and regular mail about a class action lawsuit that was happening regarding this recall against Mattel/Fisher Price. Since my name was in the database from returning the toys, I was already a part of the lawsuit. (Who knew?)
I wrote about this last August, in a blogpost on my personal blog.
I'd pretty much forgotten about all of this, but today, 6 years after the initial recall, and one year after hearing about the class action lawsuit, I received a cheque for $26.50, which is 1/2 the value of the original credit.
Mmmm! I wonder if I will get something? I returned a little engine from one of their toys back then. LOL
ReplyDeleteHopefully you have the same mailing address as back then! You have to wonder how many cheques will go unclaimed due to people moving.
DeleteWow! That must have been a surprise!
ReplyDeleteI'd pretty much forgotten about it completely, since the only info I'd ever received about it was over a year ago! I'm going to use some of the HUGE payout ;) to buy some banana clips at Ardene to wear and give out for the 80's party next month!
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