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This is what small claims court is for.
And small claims won't accomplish what you want it to. They will settle or, again, drag it out, and chalk it up as a cost of doing business since the cost will be less than the profit they earn from this shady shit
I say this from a position of experience. The courts rarely if ever are an effective way to produce systemic change in matters between corporations and consumers. They just aren't designed to work that way
They'll almost certainly settle in small claims. It costs more to get the attorneys involved than the max scc judgement.
The biggest barrier to filing in small claims is the time investment. Depending on location it's only like $100.
Yup. Small claims is great if you just want compensation for yourself. But it is not an effective means of influencing these companies. If you have enough people filing small claims for them to care then you have a class action which is not small claims.