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Yeah, sue them. And make sure you get them for pain and suffering (from the stress and worry they put on you). They gave your card to the wrong person, and they charged a bunch of money on it. Why wouldn't you sue?

Get every penny you can out of them. That's what they get for having lousy service and bad food. But, yeah, you might want to go over this with a lawyer.

At 4/18/09 11:41 AM, TheLameSauce wrote:
the thing is, at least in my experience, organizations like this(banks, insurance companies, the like) are incredibly obstinate and try to wait out claims to money/policy change. the best way to get their attention is through legal means. just lawyering up and talking to their lawyers could get your credit score changed or compensation. but, for a clearer picture you really ought to talk to someone in the know.

It usually costs even more for a company to hire a lawyer on their behalf than it is to just pay the guy in a case like this. If I decide to call a lawyer I am almost certain that it will be settled out of court.

At 4/18/09 11:21 AM, Eggys wrote: Sue their asses off and make us proud.

Yeah, they deserve it. Part of any job, or being a waiter, is knowing what the hell you are doing and treating customer's money with respect. I could be your lawyer. That'll sizzle their steaks.

Contact the restaurant with what happened, blah blah blah, say you will sue. Sometimes a big company wouldn't want to get a bad reputation so they will could just pay you a lump sum of cash, or you could just attempt to sue anyway.

At 4/18/09 11:47 AM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 4/18/09 11:21 AM, Eggys wrote: Sue their asses off and make us proud.

Yeah, they deserve it. Part of any job, or being a waiter, is knowing what the hell you are doing and treating customer's money with respect. I could be your lawyer. That'll sizzle their steaks.

I doubt that you actually have a law degree.

At 4/18/09 11:47 AM, Conspiracy3 wrote:

At 4/18/09 11:41 AM, TheLameSauce wrote:

It usually costs even more for a company to hire a lawyer on their behalf than it is to just pay the guy in a case like this. If I decide to call a lawyer I am almost certain that it will be settled out of court.

i was referring to the credit card company. but, i guarantee that applebee's has a team of lawyers on retainer. this is the common practice of big business, as they do a lot of contractual work.

Sue them, but before that get a great lawyer like Phoenix Wright

fucking sue them man!

Sure Applebees had it coming.

At 4/18/09 12:11 PM, Conspiracy3 wrote:

Yeah, they deserve it. Part of any job, or being a waiter, is knowing what the hell you are doing and treating customer's money with respect. I could be your lawyer. That'll sizzle their steaks.

I doubt that you actually have a law degree.

I will be the one asking the questions here, Mr., Conspiracy3, is it? Don't lie to me or to the court. May I remind you that you are under oath?

I think you should. Maybe try to get your credit card provider in this so you can raise your score again. But i don't know if you're mad and wanting money, or your perfect credit score.

After reading that, I decree that the restaurant were being a bunch of thick twats. Sue them all to hell.

After reading the topic title I thought this was going to be one of those ridiculous stories about fat americans sueing mcdonalds for making them fat or something, but after reading I'm convinced. Your case is legitimate.

Sue the motherfuckers!
Make them pay for what they have done!

Literally.

It sounds like you have the decent case for it. Personally, I wouldn't recommend going overboard with what you ask for. Since you know the set amount you'll be paying extra, I would try to get only a set amount for that or even work something out where they send you 2000 dollars every year. I'm all for righting a wrong, but I hope you don't be like most other people who would just try to get way more than they need. Good luck with that.

At 4/18/09 11:20 AM, Conspiracy3 wrote: Okay, here is what happened. I was eating with some friends at an Applebees. When we were done I gave my credit card to the waitress so that they could charge my meal to it. The waitress came back later to give me back my card so we could leave. They handed me the wrong card. I gave them back the card and told them to give me mine. The waitress came back but this time with the manager. The manager apologized to me and said that they already gave my card to someone at another table. That person already left.

They called the phone number connected to the wrong card they gave me, but they didn't get a response. I cancelled my credit card but the people already charged $10,000 for a new TV on it. I called the company to ask them to remove the card, and eventually the police found and arrested the people and the charge was dropped. Now, normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but I had an absolutely perfect credit rating. That credit rating dropped in half. This means that I have to pay an extra $2000 in bills every year because the restaurant lost my card.

Now, should I sue the restaurant?

Defiantly! Charge them to pay those $2000 for you! It's not your fault, it's theirs! That, or sue the restaurant AND the other guy for not realizing that it was your card. But someone needs to get dropped here. GET YOUR FUCKING MONEY BACK!

Sounds like you definitely need to sue.
And to the mranarchy dude, you need to realize how seriously fucked up this is. If a business gave you the wrong card, and someone spent a whole shit of money on your card causing your credit score to drop, you would't care if the company's reputation was ruined, you would want to sue them for ruining your life. There are mistakes employees make, but this is one of the fucked up ones in which they need to have their asses beat.

At 4/18/09 11:22 AM, ifureadthisdie wrote:

At 4/18/09 11:21 AM, Eggys wrote: Sue their asses off and make us proud.

And then give us the money for telling him to do it

I'd like a cookie please...

At 4/18/09 11:20 AM, Conspiracy3 wrote: Now, should I sue the restaurant?

Definitely, this would be a good case. $2000 is a lot of money, especially each year. Think about your age, and multiply it by the number of years you thing you have to live.

If that number doesn't piss you off, think about the guys that took your credit card. They were ready to go on a million dollar shopping spree before you stepped in, the scumbags.

I would sue the restaurant, this is mainly their fault for not being careful with customer property.

I'd say you should sue them 100%. They messed up your perfect record, causing you to pay much more per year, and it wasn't even your fault. If that isn't worthy of a lawyer then I don't know what is.

Sue the restaurant:

No. It was an honest mistake.

Make the other guy pay for the added bills:

Fuck yes.

yes you definitely should sue them for however much your now going to have to pay to get your credit back on track.

Heck yeah dude, are we having a vote or something, because I count as four hundred cuzzzzz I am special.

Sure why not, it was their fuck up not yours.

Should I sue Mary Sue?

At 4/18/09 11:35 AM, mranarchy wrote: So? why should the an entire company suffer because of one small mistake, why should people lose their jobs because they mixed two small pieces of plastic up? you carry your entire life savings around on one temperamental object of course you're going to risk shit like this.

Obviously a communist. And a troll. Don't listen to anything he says.

yes. if you look at it from a weird angle you could sue them for theft.

Yeah you should sue them.

o, if you're really really that worried about your credit rating instead of ENACTING SWEET REVENGE on the person who mixed up your cards, you should have your lawyer look over your credit policies and see what he can do, because, shit, if you've got a frickin' lawyer in your family's pocket, I'm pretty sure you're not stupid enough to sign up for a card that offers absolutely zero theft protection. And it sounds like that's what you're getting. I'd look into that.

Also, how long did you wait to cancel your card after you found out? Because where the FUCK do you find a $10,000 dollar stock television, let alone one where you can walk in, buy one, and leave, all between the amount of time it took for you to pick up your phone and cancel your card.

At 4/18/09 02:34 PM, scottmale24 wrote: Also, how long did you wait to cancel your card after you found out? Because where the FUCK do you find a $10,000 dollar stock television, let alone one where you can walk in, buy one, and leave, all between the amount of time it took for you to pick up your phone and cancel your card.

I canceled it once I found out that the restaurant couldn't contact the person that took the card. I was on hold with the credit card company for a half hour. They bought an HD LCD screen that was something like 60 inches.

Well I sure would. Or explain to the credit card company that it was the restaurants fault.