According to the website of TurnTo10.com have several owners of a Playstation 2, filed a class action suit against Sony. The people are claiming their Sony PlayStation 2 units stopped working. The units displayed a "disc read error," usually after the users tried to play a DVD. They will sue Sony because they say the company has deceived thousands of consumers by marketing PlayStation 2 as a DVD player in addition to a video game unit.
 The Consumer Unit found dozens of Web sites where people are either chatting about or complaining about problems with PlayStation 2. One of them is Sony's own Web site. And there's a notice, saying Sony will delete postings about the "disc read error" problem because the Web site isn't the proper forum for technical support. The class-action lawsuit mentions the large number of Internet postings as an indication that Sony knew about the problems. "Our allegation is that Sony has been aware of problems and that they are not being honest with the consuming public about their awareness of the problems, and that they are indeed widespread," Shub said. Sony declined our offer for an on-camera interview, but a spokeswoman said Sony is fighting the lawsuit, which has yet to be certified as a class action. Sony "feels there is no merit to the plantiffs' allegations that Sony deceptively advertised the Playstation 2," the spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman also said the representative plaintiff in the suit testified he never experienced game problems or a "disc read error." |
Source: Turnto10
