[Nfbc-info] Blingo follow up just sent

Mon Jan 12 23:06:05 UTC 2009

Hi All,
I am new to this list. There is something that needs to be clarified. The 
NFB v. Target Law suit was settled due to an out-of-court settlement that 
was reached through negotiations. In those negotiations the Target 
Corporation never admitted to any wrongdoing although they agreed to the 
terms of the settlement. Due to the fact that these negotiations were 
reached without a trial of fact there is no precedent set by this 
settlement. As a result unfortunately there are no ramifications for any 
other companies. This is standard legal procedure when an out-of-court 
settlement is reached and this is one of the drawbacks to settling cases 
before a full trial. The only hope is to possibly negotiate with other 
companies for web accessibility compliance or to encourage another law suit 
against another web site for similar reasons.
Chuck Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Peterson" <its_mike at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:58 AM
Subject: [Nfbc-info] Blingo follow up just sent


> Hi all. I still haven't heard from blingo concerning my fourth $5 amazon 
> prize.
>
> I sent them the following email this morning.
> I won another $15 on winzy recently so if this continues and I get all my 
> prizes I can buy a camcorder for my classes because they require us to 
> send in video interviews.
> I might have to rent a camcorder this week because the firstinterview is 
> due next week.
> But like scholarships amazon gift cards sometimes buy needed stuff.
> And this is just the beginning practimI still have the advanced practim 
> and not sure if other uper level grad courses will require video tapes.
> But this is distance education so it's not like I can go to my local study 
> lab and borrow a camcorder.
> If anyone knows which camcorders are easiest to use and record ontoe dvd 
> or vhs and aren't to expensive  please let me know.
> Back to the matter at hand I degressed
> and most of you can stop reading at my next signature because below that 
> is what I wrote to the list concerning my target question
> Mike Peterson
>
>
> Hello. I am Michael Peterson its_mike at sbcglobal.net. I won a prize a 
> choice of a fandango movie ticket or an amazon gift cert and this would be 
> my fourth prize as you can see below you have recorded three prizes.
> You have won 3 prizes since you registered on 3/30/05.
> Prize
> Won
> Status
> $5 Amazon.com Gift Card
> 6/1/08
> get it now
> $5 Amazon.com Gift Card
> 12/24/07
> get it now
> $5 Amazon.com Gift Card
> 10/19/07
> get it now
> Unlike the prior times being blind I didn't have someone to read the 
> special code so I contacted you at least twice once that night and once 
> the following wednesday.
> Because there was a major accessability lawsuit concerning accessability I 
> wrote to the national Federation of the blind.  I don't want to Sue blingo 
> or pch but I do want to be able to continue winning prizes. I purchase 
> from PCH all the time. Perhaps my inquiry letter can help you get the site 
> made more accessible. I am sure I can assist with connecting you with the 
> technology committee and we can help in providing feed back.
> Here is what I wrote just below signature.
> Pleas help.
> Michael Peterson
> Ramifications of the target lawsuit
> Hi all.  Because I am in to sweepstakes and because sometimes I like there 
> deals
> I often use the publisher's clearinghouse website.
> I order sometimes through them sometimes via their email sometimes through 
> the mail
> and more often just play the search and win game at pch and blingo.
> In fact I've won $15 from blingo.
> Here's the problem.
> Many of the pch games are inaccessible but even the ones that are aren't 
> accessible
> when you win.
> In the past Terra read me the code to claim my prizes but her glacoma has 
> gotten
> worse and the site has changed it's background.
> Last saturday night she couldn't read it so I wrote to Blingo immediately 
> and on
> Wednesday morning about this time.
> still no answer and still no prize.
> I wrote them again explaining the problem and received the same your 
> message is being
> reviewed.
> Still no answer yet.  And, in the meantime some people I know in 
> sweepstakes groups
> won and claimed the same prize.
> BTW those prizes are instant because they are amazon gift certs but if you 
> win a
> bigger prize like a flat screen tv  a dell lap top etc I guess they ship 
> to you.
> PCH allows you 25 searches a day on each site and the first search enters 
> you in
> the $5,000 a week for life sweep.
> If it were just a sweep I wouldn't be asking most likely but because like 
> target
> publishers clearinghous sells products online in volume are their actions 
> covered?
> Thanks
> Michael peterson
> _________________________________________Followup addendem
> I forgot to mention just about every day PCH (publishers clearinghouse, 
> sends me
> an email.
> It is very similar to the mail version you look through their stuff and 
> order if
> you like or just submit for entry but sometimes like two days ago I was 
> sent an email
> where a gold seal or something had to be transferred.  To order you had to 
> move that
> seal Terra couldn't see it and I couldn't find it using the screen reader 
> after reading
> countless times through four pages of products.
> Even had I just wanted to order using that email I couldn't do it.
> That's a hit and miss not every email just spiradically inaccessible.
> Something I never complained about because at least it's a whole lot more 
> accessible
> than those big print envelopes with the gold ticket and the transer stamps 
> that made
> relatives and friends run away in fear every time they saw me.
> But still, more accessible isn't truly accessible.
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