In Weinberg v. Hertz Corp, 116 A.D.2d 1 [1st Dep't 1986], aff'd, 69 N.Y.2d 979, the court was not swayed by the defendants' assertion that a class action was inappropriate because the cost of ascertaining the class was "unduly burdensome." ( Weinberg at 4). Weinberg cited authority from California where the court ruled that the benefits of the class action for small consumer claims "outweighed any legal, administrative or economic burden on defendant in defining the class." ( Id. at 5.)