If you returned merchandise purchased online to a Babies “R” Us or Toys “R” Us retail store, and received return credit less than the actual purchase amount, a class action lawsuit settlement may affect your rights.
A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit pending against Toys “R” Us, Inc. and Toys “R” Us-Delaware, Inc. (“Toys “R” Us” or “Defendants”) in the California Superior Court for the County of Santa Clara (styled Kedem, et al. v. Toys “R” Us-Delaware, Inc., et al., Class Action Case No. 109CV141570) alleging, among other things, that Toys “R” Us, which owns and operates Babies “R” Us, Babiesrus.com, Toys “R” Us and Toysrus.com, engaged in unlawful business practices by failing to provide full refunds for merchandise credit to customers who returned gifts to a retail store that were purchased online through the internet, according to the Toys R Us online internet gift return refund class action settlement notice.
The Toys “R” Us gift return refund class action lawsuit settlement class members reportedly include the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:
All persons residing in the United States who, between May 4, 2003 through October 29, 2010, returned merchandise purchased online to a Babies “R” Us or Toys “R” Us retail store, and received return credit less than the actual purchase amount.
The Toys R Us online internet gift return refund class action settlement reportedly provides that those Class Members for whom Toys “R” Us can determine from their records timely returned to a retail store gifts purchased over the internet from Babies “R” Us, Babiesrus.com, Toys “R” Us or Toysrus.com and did not receive full merchandise credit refunds, shall automatically receive by e-mail or First Class Mail a $10 Merchandise Certificate to be used at any Babies “R” Us or Toys “R” Us retail store or online at Babiesrus.com or Toysrus.com. Toys R Us settlement class members also have the option of making a Claim for the actual amount shorted after a gift return, which is equal to the purchase price of the item returned less the actual amount previously refunded.
Those Class Members for whom Toys “R” Us cannot determine from their records whether the individual timely returned to a retail store gifts purchased over the internet from Babies “R” Us, Babiesrus.com, Toys “R” Us or Toysrus.com and did not receive full merchandise credit refunds, may reportedly make a Claim, by submitting a valid Claim Form to Toys “R” Us, for a $5 Merchandise Certificate to be used at any Babies “R” Us or Toys “R” Us retail store or online at Babiesrus.com or Toysrus.com. These Class Members also have the alternative option of submitting a documented Claim establishing the actual amount shorted after a gift return, which is equal to the actual purchase price of the item returned less the actual amount previously refunded, by providing documentation along with the completed Claim Form (no later than February 3, 2011) to establish the amount previously refunded on the gift return.
A final hearing is scheduled to be held before the Honorable Joseph H. Huber on February 18, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 8C of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, California 95113 to determine whether the proposed Toys “R” Us gift return refund class action settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate and should be finally approved by the Court.
For more information on the Toys “R” Us gift return refund class action lawsuit settlement and/or for updates on the Toys “R” Us gift return refund class action settlement, visit the Toys “R” Us internet online gift return refund settlement website: