Canadians could be owed more than $300 by Rogers as part of class action lawsuit
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Have you ever been forced to pay an exorbitant and (seemingly-arbitrary) early termination fee to get out of a cellphone contract? Was your provider at the time Rogers?
You could be owed up to $327.91 thanks to a Canadian judge s ruling in a class action lawsuit against the Big 3 telecom.
Nearly 80,000 former Rogers customers are still believed to be eligible for the reimbursement of abusive cancellation charges demanded by the company between February of 2008 and June of 2013.
Around 80,000 former Rogers customers who live in Quebec are still eligible for compensation through a $26 million class-action lawsuit filed against the carrier.
In December 2014, Rogers was ordered to reimburse its former customers for the Early Termination Fee (ETF) of contracts paid between February 2008 and June 2013, following a judgement from the Quebec Superior Court.
The court found that the payments were abusive and stated that customers should be informed of the plan to provide compensation. Rogers then made the sum available to members of the class action lawsuit. However, 80,000 eligible people have not claimed their reimbursement.
Eligible former customers can get $42.70, $102.86 or $327.91 in compensation depending on the type of service they had.
| Updated February 2, 2021
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A pedestrian walks by a Rogers store on Dundas Street West in Toronto on Aug. 15, 2013.
Did you pay a big cell phone cancellation fee to Rogers a decade ago? You might be eligible for over $300 in reimbursement thanks to a class-action lawsuit.
And time is running out to claim the money.
The Quebec Superior Court ruled Dec. 5, 2014 that Rogers Wireless Communications must reimburse former customers for early cancellation fees paid between February 2008 and June 2013.
The fees were paid by people who cancelled their Rogers plans early, but the court ruling deemed the cancellation fees “abusive.”