 Mom sues Century 21 for 80 cents, argues department store ripped her off 
 
 Lono for News Tova Gerson says Century 21 ripped her off when she returned an item using a coupon. Tova Gerson, a 32-year-old Bergenfield mom of four, yesterday filed the lawsuit, claiming the department store “unjustly enriched” itself and ripped off customers with a coupon-fraud “scheme.” 
 
 In Manhattan federal court papers, Gerson claims she used a coupon, good for $5 off a $50-or- 
 
 more purchase during a Jan. 10 shopping spree at Century 21’s Paramus, NJ, store. Gerson plunked down a total of $106.82, before tax, for items that included faux-suede moccasins, a child’s dress, stuffed toy and little girls’ lace tights, underwear and T-shirts, according to the filing. Century 21 refunded her money — minus the 80 cents she’d saved, on a pro-rated basis, by using the discount coupon. Reached at her suburban home in Bergenfield, N.J., Gerson refused to answer any questions about the case. When she returned one item a week later, Gerson claims she got back $17.17 instead of the $17.97 she had been expecting because the coupon had been pro-rated over all the goods she purchased. Gerson's lawyer, Harry Katz in Fresh Meadows, Queens, did not return repeated calls to his office. Gerson’s suit was filed by her lawyer dad, Harry Katz, who has a history of going after retailers in federal court.
– A New Jersey mom is suing a department store for $5 million, claiming she got ripped off 80 cents over a coupon, reports the New York Post. Tova Gerson used the $5 coupon to buy more than $100 worth of merchandise from Century 21, then returned one item. The store refunded her money, minus 80 cents from the pro-rated coupon. Gerson's lawsuit, filed by her lawyer-dad Harry Katz, says the store "unjustly enriched" itself with a coupon "scheme." The Daily News notes that the pair has tried this tack before, suing Modell's sporting goods chain over a $25 coupon and a subsequent return. It's not clear how that lawsuit got resolved. Reached for comment and told a newspaper article was being written, Gerson responded, "I'd really rather you didn't."