How to Know If You’re Eligible for a Piece of the $2.5 Billion Amazon Prime Settlement, and How to File a Claim
The settlement requires Amazon to stop those alleged practices and pay heft fines—as well as offering “full relief for the estimated 35 million consumers impacted by unwanted Prime enrollment or deferred cancellation.”Amazon has denied any wrong-doing. "Amazon and our executives have always followed the law and this settlement allows us to move forward and focus on innovating for customers,” the company said in a statement following the settlement announcement. Who's eligible?To be eligible for a refund under the settlement, you must be an AmazonPrime customer in the U.S. who “unintentionally” signed up for the service through a “challenged enrollment flow” or attempted to cancel your subscription but were unable to between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025.
- ▪The settlement requires Amazon to stop those alleged practices and pay heft fines—as well as offering “full relief for the estimated 35 million consumers impacted by unwanted Prime enrollment or deferred cancellation.”Amazon has denied any
- ▪"Amazon and our executives have always followed the law and this settlement allows us to move forward and focus on innovating for customers,” the company said in a statement following the settlement announcement.
- ▪Who's eligible?To be eligible for a refund under the settlement, you must be an AmazonPrime customer in the U.S. who “unintentionally” signed up for the service through a “challenged enrollment flow” or attempted to cancel your subscription
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The deadline is fast approaching for eligible Amazon Prime subscribers to file a claim to receive a portion of a historic $2.5 billion settlement the company reached with the Federal Trade Commission.Amazon agreed to the deal last September to settle a lawsuit over allegations that “millions of customers into “unknowingly” enrolling in its paid Amazon Prime service and then made the subscriptions difficult to cancel. The settlement requires Amazon to stop those alleged practices and pay heft fines—as well as offering “full relief for the estimated 35 million consumers impacted by unwanted Prime enrollment or deferred cancellation.”Amazon has denied any wrong-doing.
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