People who got more than one text message from BuyAlerts after replying “stop,” or while their number was on the Do Not Call Registry, can claim up to $42.16 from a settlement. The claim deadline is February 16, 2027. The fund is up to $3.6 million, and each person may file only one claim form.
Which BuyAlerts texts qualify
The settlement covers texts sent from January 1, 2022, through August 7, 2026, by Live Stream Technology Services, Inc., which does business as BuyAlerts. It is a Miami fintech company, according to the long-form notice. The company denies wrongdoing, and the court has not decided who is right.
The case is Reyes v. Live Stream Technology Services, No. 2026-010685-CA-01, in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County, Florida, before Judge Robert T. Watson. It alleges violations of two laws: the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, known as the TCPA, and the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act, or FTSA.
The notice sets up three groups. The first is U.S. residents who received more than one text within any 12-month period about BuyAlerts’ goods or services and who replied “stop” or a similar opt-out. The second is Florida residents who texted “stop” at least 15 days before a later text arrived.
The third group is U.S. residents who got more than one sales text in a 12-month period while their number had been on the National Do Not Call Registry for at least 30 days. It applies where BuyAlerts claims no prior express written consent. A person only has to fit one group, and only one claim form is allowed.
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Geography matters. The first and third groups are open to people anywhere in the United States. The Florida group is limited to Florida residents, and it requires that the “stop” text came at least 15 days before the later message. A resident of another state can still qualify through the other two groups.
What up to $42.16 means
The $42.16 is a ceiling. The notice says each class member with a valid claim can receive up to that amount. If valid claims add up to more than the fund can pay, every payment is reduced in proportion.
The fund of up to $3.6 million does not all reach claimants. It also pays for notice and administration, attorneys’ fees and expenses, and service awards. Class counsel will ask the court for 33.33 percent of the fund, about $1.2 million, and the judge may award less.
Service awards of up to $5,000 per named plaintiff are on the table too, and the court may reduce them. Any money left over after claims are paid goes back to BuyAlerts, according to the notice.
The settlement website does not say how payments will be delivered. It also does not list what the claim form asks for, so a person who still has the phone number that received the texts and any screenshot of a “stop” reply should keep both handy.
The settlement site’s FAQ page says the claim form is the only way to receive a payment, and lists the claim filing deadline as Tuesday, February 16, 2027. A person who does nothing gets no money. Staying in the class also means giving up the right to sue over the same texts.
The text period runs more than four and a half years, from January 1, 2022, to August 7, 2026. A person who received messages across that span still files one claim, not one per text. The up-to-$42.16 figure is per class member, not per message.
February dates, and who can object
The claim form can be filed online or mailed, postmarked by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on February 16, 2027. The final approval hearing comes first, on February 1, 2027, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern. Judge Watson will hear it by Zoom, attendance is optional, and the date may change.
Requests to be excluded and objections are due January 4, 2027. An exclusion request is a mailed letter with a name, address and phone number, the number that received the texts, a statement that the person wants out, and a signature. Phone, fax and email requests are not accepted.
Objections are filed with the court at 20 NW 1st Ave., Miami, FL 33128, with a copy to the administrator. The notice lists eight required elements, including proof of class membership and a list of prior class objections in the last five years.
The administrator is Kroll Settlement Administration, at BuyAlerts TCPA and FTSA Settlement, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391, or 1-323-237-8770. The notice says not to contact the court, the judge or BuyAlerts with questions about the claims process.
The class counsel named in the notice are Christopher Gold of Gold Law, PA, Garrett Berg of Garrett Berg Law, P.A., and Anthony Paronich of Paronich Law PC. The one question left for a person who got those texts is whether the number that received them is still in use.
Still have the phone number that got the BuyAlerts texts?
A claim for unwanted texts rests on small facts: the phone number, the dates of the messages and whether a “stop” reply was sent. With a February 16, 2027 deadline that is months away, those details are easy to lose, and a late form pays nothing.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System gives the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice, which separates the January exclusion date, the February hearing and the February claim deadline. It also includes a step-by-step filing walkthrough and a claim log and payment tracker. It is a paid RetireShield guide, not the claim site, and it does not file or decide eligibility.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
