Papa John's Allegedly Sent 500,000 Illegal Text Messages To Customers

[trailmonkee]

Source: huffington post

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Papa John's declined on Tuesday following news of class-action certification for a lawsuit that claims the pizza chain had unsolicited text messages sent to cell phones.

THE SPARK: The lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle claims Papa John's violated state and federal law when they had the marketing company OnTime4U send unsolicited text messages on its behalf to cell phones advertising their pizza products. The lawsuit says that 500,000 illegal text messages were sent to Papa John's customers across the U.S.

Papa John's faces potential damages of more than $250 million. The plaintiffs may each potentially receive $500 or more in damages for each text message.

Messages left with Papa John's seeking comment were not immediately returned.

SHARE ACTION: Papa John's International Inc.'s stock fell 34 cents to $49.10 in afternoon trading after dropping as low as $46.72 earlier in the session. Over the past year, the shares have traded in a range of $35.21 to $56.41.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/papa-johns-text-messages_n_2123937.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

[OkieGranny]

1. Karma's a bitch n/t

[lsewpershad]

3. A bitch no

A fair judge.

[underthematrix]

12. yeah you're in a black robe

[defacto7]

18. Karma or not...

things catch up with you when you play bully...

This would have probably gone unnoticed had he not decided to play big guy bad ass.

[CatWoman]

2. delicious

put that on your pie and eat it, fucker

[JHB]

4. So how many cents per pie will StupidExecutive cost?

And he was so worried about ObamaCare. But there's no curing stupid.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. Uh oh

Looks like the price of pizza really just went up!

[Journeyman]

6. So fine him 14¢ per message and there'll be plenty of money to pay for his employee's health care...

[mac56]

10. This

[SoapBox]

7. Obama's fault!

[KamaAina]

8. Were they all pizza ads?

Could some of them have been anti-Obama swill?

[johnp3907]

9. "Messages left with Papa John's seeking comment were not immediately returned"

Shoulda texted 'em.

[Enrique]

11. Papa John's, now with more spam!

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. Eeeeww. Don't give 'em any ideas!

[Contrary1]

13. Bet he won't have a problem raising pizza prices to cover this. n/t

[Berlum]

14. Dude needs to abandon the demented degenerate Republican "values"

and finally embrace American values -- honesty, integrity, respect and such.

[lady lib]

15. Uh oh. Time to raise the draw bridge and hide inside the castle. nt

[Thrill]

17. STAY OUT OF POLITICS BITCH

LOL

[Delmette]

19. Damn, I wish I had ordered pizza from him just to get in on the class action!

[sarcasmo]

20. Karma kicked his A$$.

[HuckleB]

21. Boycott Peyton Manning And The NFL, too.

Manning just bought 21 of their crap franchises, and the NFL just resigned them as "the official pizza" of the league and Super Bowl.

Scumbags flock together.

[George II]

22. "Papa John's faces potential damages of more than $250 million."............

.........that's a lot more than 14 cents a pizza! He should have stuck to Obamacare.

[efilon]

23. My response from Papa John's

My name is , I am Director of Operations for Papa John's Pizza of Iowa, an independent franchisee of Papa John's International, headquartered in Johnston, IA. We opened our 1st store in Cedar Rapids in early 1996, currently we operate 24 stores throughout Iowa and employ over 600 Iowans. As we speak our stores are searching for nearly 100 individuals to fill positions in management, delivery & production. I appreciate your comments and hopefully we continue to earn your business.

Regards,

[libdem4life]

24. Is it so hard to just not buy the pizza? Grocery stores have many selections...cheaper.

But then I don't eat pizza...high fat, high carbs, high sodium, high price. Heart attack in a box.

[boobooday]

25. It's a conspiracy....or something

President Obama sent the pizza text messages to make Papa John look bad.

[Hubert Flottz]

26. Rich republicans fart in the law's general direction.

And they ALWAYS get away with it.

[RantinRavin]

27. The plaintiffs get $500

The rest of the class gets a 10 dollar coupon.

The attorneys get 25 million....

[sellitman]

28. Now we know why they can't afford Obamacare

They will be spending it on lawyer fees and fines for being dumb as a stump.