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An elderly couple were billed £200 for pay-per-view adult films they claim they never ordered(c.l3n.co)

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Dasus@lemmy.world
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants

In the end it was apparently $640 000, so I honestly don’t know whether it would’ve covered medical costs and attorneys fees in America.

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BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net
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It was in the 90s. It was bad then but not nearly as bad as it is now.

640k was worth a lot more.

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Twig@sopuli.xyz
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“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”

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Maeve@kbin.social
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Hi thank you. I was wrong about the polyester pants, and I edited my post, to reflect that.

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