The $54 Million Laptop

[Hazirak]

Think your laptop is pricey? One woman is suing Best Buy for $54 million over hers, and even started a blog over it to boot.

Campbell, who could not be reached Tuesday, filed a negligence lawsuit suit against the company in Washington Superior Court on Nov. 16, seeking fair compensation for replacement of the $1,100 computer and extended warranty, plus expenses related to identity theft protection.

Best Buy spokeswoman Nissa French said in an e-mail that Campbell "was offered and collected $1,110.35" as well as "a $500 gift card for her inconvenience."

Anyone keeping track of economic trends will notice that this case makes laptops roughly equal in value to a pair of pants.

I think most of us acknowledge that $54 million is just a little unreasonable (even she admits the enormous figure was only to "attract attention to her case"), but is she entitled to -any- kind of extra money, even if it is simply in the form of a settlement? Should Best Buy have said something sooner instead of trying to cover its tracks? Or is this woman just another crazy old loony we've all grown (somewhat) accustomed to living with in our daily lives?

[Smith6612]

Geez, people sue for the craziest things. It's also another reason why I mainly have desktops. If something goes wrong or dies with the software or hardware, I can fix it on my own in a few hours, unless hardware died, guaranteed. :p

[Livewire]

Irony is her putting a $54mil tag on it will attract attention.

The problem is it's also attracting an insane amount of "are you f***ing nuts" attention which can eventually result in her getting her case thrown out on the grounds of stupidity.

[oiwio]

I really hate people like this that sue even though what they wanted came just a little bit later than expected.

What an idiot

[Sohail]

That's crazy :O:O. I heard someone in McDonald spilt coffee on her self on purpose and sued McDonalds. Now whenever you buy a coffee from there it says be careful - hot on the cups...!!

[sunils]

This is crazy, sueing millions for a laptops.

[Hazirak]

I really hate people like this that sue even though what they wanted came just a little bit later than expected.

What an idiot

Please do us a favor and read the article. She waited three moths for what she wanted (her laptop to be fixed), but never got it back. It took three months for them to say "We lost it, tough luck."

I believe this pretty much invalidates your statement. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Foxhound]

She has a right to sue because god knows what was on her laptop. Maybe important information was on it and hell if my credit card number was on it I'd sue for possible identity theft. Did you know that at places like geek squad people download what you have on your pc or even browse through it? It's why I do my own repairs. The point of the matter is the laptop should not have been lost because it's a fricken laptop not a remote control. It would be like losing a mini television how do you lose a televesion? The reason ridiculous lawsuits have to occur is because if you get no media coverage the company won't take you seriously.

[Twinkie]

I think that she has no right to sue that much for a laptop no matter how much information was on it. She should only sue for the value of the laptop, and maybe a little more for the trouble. Maybe she is doing this as a publicity stunt to get herself in the news, who knows.

[jaredlp]

I'm totally agree with Twinkie. It seems like a publicity stunt xD