Figures. I filed in a timely manner to get a rebate due me for a product that failed before it should have, and like any other mail in rebate out there, it'll take forever to get my rebate. I'd virtually forgotten about it as it is and now they want to give themselves an extra YEAR? This was approved and ready to go and I am owed a significant sum of money. I'd like to start charging interest. I'd have DOUBLE the amount by the time they finally get off their asses and cut a check. If anyone wanted to argue, the time was long passed.

A year? Unacceptable. The people who were sold inferior product should be repaid NOW.

First. This is *not* a rebate. Rebates come from the manufacturer or reseller, and usually involve filling out a form and waiting, *not* yet another person who sees an opportunity to go to a lawyer who sees an even bigger opportunity to make money on false claims.

Second. There was NOTHING WRONG with your or anyone else's iPod in the sense of there being a mass and known quality or operation!!! Gah! If you're confused now, go to someone with an I.Q. higher than a frisbee, and have them explain what it means when a lawsuit claims the iPod "did not have the battery life represented and/or that the battery's capacity to take and hold a charge substantially diminished over time." Don't know how it could be any clearer. Nor do I believe ANYTHING substantiates this claim - people didn't and still don't understand how to take care of the battery in iPods. And uh, ***show me the rechargeable battery that, over time, does not substantially loose capacity and ability to hold a charge.*** Because if you can, you know a secret that ***not one rechargeable battery manufacturer in the world knows.*** Hey, hi there! Why don't you come over here, and live with me, in the REAL WORLD, okay?!?!

Third. Who is your *they*?!?! It's not Apple. This is a *lawsuit*! It's your government, overburdened by spurious lawsuits brought to the courts by profiteering lawyers and consumers who thing the world owes them EVERYTHING when they buy a product and don't have a clue how to use it, not Apple holding up this *settlement*. And it's being held up by an appeal - that Apple DIDN'T file. And Apple admits no wrongdoing, because, of course, they did nothing wrong, and is only giving you your undeserved money to avoid paying out even more fighting against this frivolous suit, a setup that oh so many lawyers love to exploit.

You are no different than anyone else. Not one person entering the Apple Store understood one thing about this lawsuit. They saw... money. The questions were NEVER about any detail of the suit - since they all skimmed and readonly "When/how do I get my money for *all* iPods being *defective* and how much do I get?"

Now, go on back out there, and pretend to fall at work, or find a lawyer to exploit some imaginary product defect, or patent some basic everyday action, like making lists of songs, and get busy screaming at the top of your lungs for *THEM* to pay for your HORRIBLE pain and suffering. Because like I think you're really going to read this AND understand it either. Me, for tea, and tea for me... me, for me, and me for me...

The people who were sold inferior product should be repaid NOW.

You are absolutely right!

So, all we have to do at this point is find those people.

Because, you're not one of them.

I wouldn't have filed the suit, personally, but a judge decided that the claim had merit, or it wouldn't have been approved. Under the terms I'm eligible for a repayment for less-than-expected utility. So I filed. As APPROVED BY A COURT.

Now, I am going to be given even less than I would have before because by the time the manufacturer gets off its a** and issues my refund (and I actually DID have less-than-expected lifetime EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HOW BATTERIES WORK) inflation will have made this amount worth ... what ... half a tank of gas? Instead of one and a half?

Apple should not only have to pay the originally ordered amounts but inflationary penalties imposed due to their taking even longer than agreed tu cut the checks.

If you don't like it, it's your right not to file, but don't whine if someone else feels that they are entitled to a LEGALLY AGREED UPON refund.