Attention Sprint Treo 600 owners: you're owed $27.50

Sure, Sprint and Palm are hoping the Pre turns the page on their relatively dark recent past, but karma's a bitch sometimes -- the other Palm news this week is that Sprint and Palm have settled a class-action lawsuit alleging the two companies misled customers into thinking there'd be WiFi and Bluetooth accessories for the Treo 600. Remember how crushed we all were when nothing ever hit the market? The pain was almost immeasurable -- unless you're a class-action settlement attorney, in which case you instinctively know anyone who bought a Sprint Treo 600 before October 27, 2004 is owed either a $20 Sprint service credit or a $27.50 credit to be used in Palm's online store. So, anyone still have their Treo 600 receipts from 2004? Yeah, we didn't think so.

[Via TamsPalm]

[Nathan Otis @ Jun 5th 2009 3:59PM]

I do.

[Dave @ Jun 5th 2009 8:45PM]

What...they get some money back...where is my money and accessories for the Hitachi G1000 PocketPC phone I bought from Sprint back in the day???

[Joe H @ Jun 5th 2009 4:00PM]

I got an email from Sprint about this, didn't need any receipt or anything from then.

[joe23521 @ Jun 5th 2009 4:10PM]

So can anyone claim this then?

[Joe H @ Jun 5th 2009 4:14PM]

They gave me a claim code and confirmation number or something like that, so I guess if you don't get the email directly then you might need more proof of some sort.

[mabhatter @ Jun 5th 2009 5:09PM]

I bet they also remembered to take you off the "Premiere Customer" list to get a new Pre tonight as well.. Coincidence?

[Joe H @ Jun 5th 2009 5:53PM]

Nope, I'm also a Premier customer.

[anon @ Jun 5th 2009 4:00PM]

Now if I could only get a rebate for all those Palm apps that I've bought over the past 10 years that are incompatible with the Pre...

[joe23521 @ Jun 5th 2009 4:10PM]

There's an app for that.

[patriotsn1 @ Jun 5th 2009 4:43PM]

I thought the pre ran all palm programs through an emulator type dealy...

[cocoviper @ Jun 5th 2009 4:45PM]

Yea- check it out sir:

http://www.motionapps.com/classic/

[cocoviper @ Jun 5th 2009 4:47PM]

Yea- check it out sir:

http://www.motionapps.com/classic/

[chanmanplanet @ Jun 5th 2009 4:00PM]

these ppl deserved to bring their Treo's to crash the Pre launch party

[Idlemind @ Jun 5th 2009 4:00PM]

Sweet... just enough to pay a crackhead to stand in line at the Apple store for me...

[Idlemind @ Jun 5th 2009 4:01PM]

Sweet... just enough to pay a crackhead to stand in line at the Apple store for me...

[Idlemind @ Jun 5th 2009 4:02PM]

cocaine is a hell of a drug....

[Chris W. @ Jun 5th 2009 4:04PM]

Do we even have those anymore

[Awjvail @ Jun 5th 2009 4:06PM]

-head desk-

[mpage @ Jun 5th 2009 4:14PM]

How much do the lawyers get?

[Joel @ Jun 5th 2009 4:30PM]

1.2 million plus some other expenses for the lawyers.

[joe23521 @ Jun 5th 2009 4:23PM]

They get a $500 shopping spree at astraware.com.

[Matt @ Jun 5th 2009 4:32PM]

I thought Engadget was in the pocket of Sprint and/or Palm? Don't you guys know you aren't supposed to write anything negative about your overlords? Or is it Apple that pays the bills? Or MS? How do you guys keep it strait?

/Sarcasm

[LiqwidZero @ Jun 5th 2009 4:40PM]

No, their overlords are the most evil of evil.... AOL. Nothing comes close to this evil corporation.

[Chris Are @ Jun 5th 2009 6:30PM]

Right, except AOL no longer has any power, so really we don't have to look at them as evil anymore. Kinda like Saruman after Isengard was destroyed. :-)

[fistpittingnork @ Jun 5th 2009 4:35PM]

T-Mobile Treo 600 vs Ceiling fan.

Ceiling Fan: 1-0
Treo 600: 0-1 (KO)

[mabhatter @ Jun 5th 2009 5:11PM]

but "does it blend?"

[Neoprimal @ Jun 5th 2009 4:41PM]

Palm Treo, Palm Pre....hmm.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice...I'll take that $27.50 now.

[swib @ Jun 5th 2009 5:14PM]

I like how the headline implies that folks aren't Sprint customers anymore (if you are you'd only get $20 service credit), I wonder if that was intentional or just a happy coincidence.

[superberg @ Jun 5th 2009 8:30PM]

You joke, but six months ago I found the receipt for my first CD Recorder. Purchased in 1998 and running at a blazing 2X, it was external SCSI and $799.99.

My, how the world has changed.

[lduvall @ Jun 7th 2009 9:28PM]

If you remember where you bought yours, call them up and ask if they can give you another receipt. I got one for my laptop after it died, 2 years after purchase. I had the receipt faxed to me within an hour or so of tracking down the right office to call.