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From the Oregonian, Elderly Eugene woman accuses Wells Fargo of overbearing, unlawful bill collection tactics
Full story here.
The jist: an 85-year-old woman was being hounded by a debt collector to the point that she mentioned these kinds of collection practices would make people lose their homes or even lead others to suicide. The collector called the police, who forced the woman to go to suicide watch at the hospital and she is having to fight the nearly $2,000 in 'medical' bills.
It's interesting reading the comments too, ranging from Occupy people that want to string up the collector to others blaming the old woman for not paying her bills. I for one believe her side of the story completely, as a fellow Oregonian with a sizable student loan through Wells Fargo. Two years ago after I graduated from college and hadn't found my job yet, these people were breathing down my neck a dozen times a day, and I once asked one in frustration how he expected me to pay: rob a bank? Ended up having a very uncomfortable conversation with some nice PPB officers. I think the FCDPA could use a tune up.
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Anne Sessions of Eugene has filed a civil lawsuit seeking $1,055 in economic damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.
i hope she wins and uses the money to hire a hit man to "whack" the debt collectors
that would be funny
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FineYoungCannibals posted:
Anne Sessions of Eugene has filed a civil lawsuit seeking $1,055 in economic damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.
i hope she wins and uses the money to hire a hit man to "whack" the debt collectors
that would be funny
yep that sure would be funny.
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hope she win, should ask for way more.
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Why does it matter that old fart is old? The collector is either an asshat or entirely within its legal rights whether she's 25 or 125. Stop trying to tug heartstrings instead of providing evidence that leads to an actual point, please.
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Bitch shoulda paid her bills. She's lucky he didn't crack her kneecaps with a bat old school.
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Moral of the story, don't joke about suicide in those situations. It can easy backfire on you.
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Aerlinthian posted:
Moral of the story, don't joke about suicide in those situations. It can easy backfire on you.
I doubt she was "joking" she was likely making a point. Old people have enough to deal with being old and on a limited income, without debt collectors hounding them twenty times a day, it gets old really fast. She is likely already doing nothing but sitting around worrying about her financial well being.
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Arc_DT posted:
Why does it matter that old fart is old? The collector is either an asshat or entirely within its legal rights whether she's 25 or 125. Stop trying to tug heartstrings instead of providing evidence that leads to an actual point, please.
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Arc_DT posted:
Why does it matter that old fart is old? The collector is either an asshat or entirely within its legal rights whether she's 25 or 125. Stop trying to tug heartstrings instead of providing evidence that leads to an actual point, please.
85 or 125 year-olds are significantly less able to dig themselves out of debt situations.
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If she killed herself, everyone would be screaming at the bank for not intervening...
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the elderly are judgement proof, most reputable collection firms dont go after those that subsist soley on Social Security
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I don't care.
When you give money, you stand a chance of losing it all if they can not repay. This is why Debt Collectors can all kiss my ass and the "you should always pay your debt" people are losers that need a bullet in the head.
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deadcactus posted:
If she killed herself, everyone would be screaming at the bank for not intervening...
Not me. I have no soul, and not even a red head.
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-Mithan- posted:
I don't care.
When you give money, you stand a chance of losing it all if they can not repay. This is why Debt Collectors can all kiss my ass and the "you should always pay your debt" people are losers that need a bullet in the head.
/removes Mithan from the "People to Loan Money to" list.
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-Mithan- posted:
I don't care.
When you give money, you stand a chance of losing it all if they can not repay. This is why Debt Collectors can all kiss my ass and the "you should always pay your debt" people are losers that need a bullet in the head.
This.
Interest rates are there in part to reflect the risk of non-repayment of loans. If you don't like that, then raise your interest rates or GTFO the lending business.
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JD_HOGG posted:
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I don't care.
When you give money, you stand a chance of losing it all if they can not repay. This is why Debt Collectors can all kiss my ass and the "you should always pay your debt" people are losers that need a bullet in the head.
/removes Mithan from the "People to Loan Money to" list.
And that is your choice isn't it.
Don't lend it out to dead beats and you wont have a problem.
This is why the Criminal Code also doesn't put people in jail for not repaying debt unless they were fraudulent.
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Aerlinthian posted:
Moral of the story, don't joke about suicide in those situations. It can easy backfire on you.
as well as always honor your obligations, no one forced her to use the card ...
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Brother_Tempus posted:
Aerlinthian posted:
Moral of the story, don't joke about suicide in those situations. It can easy backfire on you.
LOL, poor elderly people ...
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