We should get compensation from the companies. Where is the money going to go?

To the lawyers, who else?

and to Washington to waste on our behalf...

From Sharp minds come...price-fixed products.

Yet more HR departments that do not screen for EIQ.

Will any one be put in jail? No.
Will anyone personally pay a fine? No.
So why not do it again?

They could slash the price of a million large screen LCD TV by $585.00. That would force prices by every company to drop for LCDs big and Small.

Gee good question...let me guess...they will give the consumers a $10.00 off coupon towards another purchase of their products.

the consumers were robbed...they should give it back to us

"Sharp was accused of involvement in three different price-fixing conspiracies where it sold LDC panels to Apple, Dell, and Motorola, LG and Chunghwa were accused of conspiring to set mutual LCD component prices."

LDC? And should there be a period instead of comma after Motorola?

I have received checks in the mail from a variety of lawsuits like this, when I didn't even know I had been "wronged". Among them, insurance and CD price-fixing. A class-action lawsuit is usually filed on behalf of all the wronged customers. You may yet receive a mailing asking you to verify that you bought a certain LCD-containing product between certain dates, and if you can, you might get some money back in the form of a check. It DOES happen.

GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These items are not necessities so why any of us deserve compensation. They can charge whatever they want. If one advertises for a certain price then the other follows so what's the difference. Much like gasoline. Hence the reason why they charge a certain amount in a given area and a different amount where competition is higher.

Dumb ass! Learn to write before you complain about someone else.

Class action lawsuits give a handful of people a small amount of money while the cost of which is passed down to every other consumer.

Dumbass is one word.

Once again the public gets taken, but who will be the first whiner to stand up?

Let's face it the majority of Americans can't get off their backsides and take any action other than whine.
We deserve what we get, SORRY if this is you.

What happens when all goods sold in the US are made by companies like these? Lie, cheat, steal. It will be very expensive for the US consumer to have the Korean and Japanese manufacturers be our daddy.

I'd be happy if this court case just allowed LCD's to come down to a price where they were affordable to lower-income families. LCD's create significant electircal savings and have a much sharper picture than tube (projection TV's) and often the only reason people don't update their technology is because of price. With the DTV conversion coming up hot on our heels, it would be nice if the prices dropped sharply enough so that people who would normally have to purchase a converter or who normally wouldn't upgrade to a digital TV could now afford to upgrade to a shiny, new, digital LCD...

I want my money back!

No one forced you to buy LCD screens. Spare me the whining about evil corporations mercilessly taking advantage of consumers.

Pick your battles, idiots.

I didn't buy one.

Unions keep the prices of US products too high. People in the US do not work on the cheap. Again we get what we deserve.

the money is going to go to bail out numerous fortune 500 companies... duh!

Why would low-income families 'need' an LCD? Why don't we just raise taxes so I can buy one for theri non-working asses.

The Free Market is dead companies cant be trusted and greed will always overcome good. The Answer? I dont know but there should be some automatic method we could come up with other then 7 years of litigation every time we get screwed!

I picked my nose

You forgot Chinese (Chungwa). These people are patently unethical. The Japanese copied everything for decades and are very dishonest with their intentions to put US manufacturing out of business. The Koreans started as cheap labor for the Japanese but now do the same thing as them. And the Chinese steal and copy everything they can, all the while employing defacto slave-labor.

gas compared to LCD screen price fixing.....you are comparing apples and tulips you tool. Gas has state, local and federal taxes which help dictate the price of gasoline... PC parts do not.

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The Free Market is dead companies cant be trusted and greed will always overcome good. The Answer? I dont know but there should be some automatic method we could come up with other then 7 years of litigation every time we get screwed!

How little you know about how the free market works. The free market is constantly hampered by government regulation and lawsuits like this that increase costs for businesses and ultimately get passed on to the very consumers those controls are designed to protect.

Get this through your thick heads- companies do not exist for your benefit. They exist for the benefit of their shareholders. It's not greed, it's the way the world is. They are not obligated to do ANYTHING for you or anyone else besides generate profit. They are not your friend, and they are not your caretaker. Don't like that? Don't buy their products. No one forces you to.

Booya! Take that!

"where it sold LDC panels to Apple, Dell, and Motorola, LG and Chunghwa"

Maybe a dash, or a semicolon, or a period would make the article actually make some sense. Utterly unreadable as published and a waste of time even upon re-reading.

Dumbass is most definately one word.

Capitalism and communism are ultimately the same thing because there is an upper class and a lower class either by delegation or by pay grade, and because... Humans aren't perfect and benevolent and good natured and giving toward each other. Imagine that!

Because it would be more profitable not to get fined than to get fined again (if the fine is large enough). And the profitable company is the happy company

Why? Don't you agree to the price, fixed or not, when you buy their product? It sucks, but that's the way it works. Nobody owes you anything.

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Dumbass is one word.

Seriously, why do people feel the need to be anal about the spelling of words like dumbass?

I picked my nose again

Is a family of eight with two degreed employed parents making less than a 100,000 per year low income or sorry or whatever else is assumed about a family's financial situation? The family (consumer) is not the problem. The regulators being paid to prevent these types of actions are the problem. That is who is sorry or in this case a wellfair recipient who is getting a check for not working. Think about it objectively and the truth becomes clear.

Guest Quote: "gas compared to LCD screen price fixing.....you are comparing apples and tulips you tool. Gas has state, local and federal taxes which help dictate the price of gasoline... PC parts do not."

Ha Ha! This dude called the other dude a Tool.

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"where it sold LDC panels to Apple, Dell, and Motorola, LG and Chunghwa"

Maybe a dash, or a semicolon, or a period would make the article actually make some sense. Utterly unreadable as published and a waste of time even upon re-reading.

This is a blog, geniuses. Blogsphere is as close to publishing and/or journalism (with qualified, educated journalists) as a fart is to romance. Proofreading and knowledge of basic grammar are not required when you consider that 90% of those reading wouldn?t know a well-written piece if it crawled up their ass.

"Seriously, why do people feel the need to be anal about the spelling of words like dumbass?"

Hehe, he said ANAL.

And greedy US corporations can not wait to do business with cultures that do not have an understanding or defintion of "unethical", or for that matter ever historically viewed equality and fairness as a component of advanced or advancing society. While Corporations know full well that any business engagement with one of the cultures in question could end up in litigation. Hence, the increased or elevated prices for their goods as litigation fees and class action lawsuits payouts laughably are conscientous (professional) points of product pricing.

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"where it sold LDC panels to Apple, Dell, and Motorola, LG and Chunghwa"

Maybe a dash, or a semicolon, or a period would make the article actually make some sense. Utterly unreadable as published and a waste of time even upon re-reading.

This is a blog, geniuses. Blogsphere is as close to publishing and/or journalism (with qualified, educated journalists) as a fart is to romance. Proofreading and knowledge of basic grammar are not required when you consider that 90% of those reading wouldn?t know a well-written piece if it crawled up their ass.

I fart on my girl, and the romance is on

It costs less than a $1.50 to bring a gallon of gas to the pump and that includes ALL taxes as well as end distribution point profit. So comparing gas as well as this price fixing scandal is an execellent point of comparison. In fact, gasoline price fixing is exactly what OPEC does and the US again eagerly awaits to do business with cultures that could not care less about fairness, equaliy or ethics.

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"Seriously, why do people feel the need to be anal about the spelling of words like dumbass?"

Hehe, he said ANAL.

Seriously, why do you have to be so childish. Don't you know that it only tears down this highly intelligent debate we adults are haveing. GO play in the street or something and get off my lawn!

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It costs less than a $1.50 to bring a gallon of gas to the pump and that includes ALL taxes as well as end distribution point profit. So comparing gas as well as this price fixing scandal is an execellent point of comparison. In fact, gasoline price fixing is exactly what OPEC does and the US again eagerly awaits to do business with cultures that could not care less about fairness, equaliy or ethics.

Ok. Gas is a great comparison. But we're done talking about gasoline now. We're talking about how everyone who bought an iPhone during the time of this LCD heist got screwed. I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT THAT I BOUGHT AN IPHONE!

This is SO yesterday's news. AP posted it yesterday.

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It costs less than a $1.50 to bring a gallon of gas to the pump and that includes ALL taxes as well as end distribution point profit. So comparing gas as well as this price fixing scandal is an execellent point of comparison. In fact, gasoline price fixing is exactly what OPEC does and the US again eagerly awaits to do business with cultures that could not care less about fairness, equaliy or ethics.

Ok. Gas is a great comparison. But we're done talking about gasoline now. We're talking about how everyone who bought an iPhone during the time of this LCD heist got screwed. I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT THAT I BOUGHT AN IPHONE!

I appreciate your accuracy. We are really talking about the utter corruption that we trust to represent and conduct the direction of our (the US) annual consuming dollars. And how that trust is disrespected

Gee at least they haven't loaded the LCD's with lead paint or anything else toxic, like the children's toy's that have been shipped here from oversea's...hmmm?
Think About It...America

Will this bring down the iPhone prices before Thanksgiving?
I would like to see companies like Apple that were affected suing SHARP, LG and others. If Apple takes lead others will follow and consumers can have the last laugh.