Damn, I just witnessed a neighbor's truck getting repo'd

[MagickMuffin]

The only reason I watched is there was a loud diesel sounding vehicle outside our house. I thought perhaps it could have been the fire dept. coming to check on my next door neighbor who is an elderly lady who lives alone and not in the best of health.

So, I open the door and notice a vehicle with their headlights on and numerous yellow lights on it. Behind it was another vehicle with there headlights on. I notice that there are people going to the neighbor's yard with flashlights shining. Still not certain if it's the fire dept. so I keep watching from the front door. I decide to look out my bedroom window and notice the car behind the big noisy truck is a cop. I head back to the front door, and the cop speeds away into the dark. The truck is still attending to his "business" I start to hear chains clanking and the ramp being lowered and raised again, more chain clanking. Someone comes out from somewhere and takes pics.

I watch the truck as it leaves with someone's truck riding piggyback style. I generally don't get involved in other people's troubles but like I said wasn't sure what was going on and so I watched till it was all over. I feel soooo sorry for my neighbor:cry: I don't know his situation, but I'm sure this isn't going to help. What a way to start the New Year. :-(

Man, there is NO WAY IN HELL I COULD BE A REPO person. My heart and soul would never allow me to pursue that line of "work" period.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. How sad

My car was towed one time to a lot where repos were taken. When I went to get it out of the lot, it had been stripped. My CDs, all my belongings were gone. When I went in the office to ask about my belongings, I noticed a post card a friend had just sent me and that was in my car was hanging next to the receptionist's desk. I grabbed it and asked why the receptionist had my personal belongings on her desk. First she claimed it was her postcard, then I turned it over and said "then why is is addressed to me?". The boss came out, all apologetic and the receptions said they thought my car was a repo. Blew me away. I asked if they rifled through all the repos for the good stuff people had in their cars and said I had a feeling that was illegal.

So I called the cops. They acted like I was making a big deal out of nothing. But they did admit I was right, the personal belongings in a car were supposed to be held for the owner to come pick up.

Anyway, I think of that every time I hear about a car being repossessed. It has to be a horrible experience and it's even worse thinking anything in your car is fair game to the people who repossess your car.

[malaise]

2. Did they return your CDs and other stuff

What a bunch of criminals.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Yes got it all back but it took a few days

And the guy who managed the tow lot called and apologized.

[malaise]

13. Lucky you

The first thing to check when you pick up your car after its been towed is your tires. The criminal staff take your good tires and give you theirs. One of my friends had his car towed to one of these tow lots and noticed four smooth tires on his car. The morons didn't realize that he marked all his tires. He knew a few people and the criminal was fired.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Bastards are everywhere

[MagickMuffin]

4. I had a car repo'd when I was a teenager, but never again since then

although I bought a car from a Toke the Note car lot, once again as a young adult. Used my income tax check for it, and it was a LEMON. Broke down the first week. I went to see an attorney about recouping my down payment and was told that they couldn't help me :grr:

I had a friend who had filed for bankruptcy and the bank along with the government took his only means of transportation. Boy was he pissed off about that.

So, did you get ALL your belongings back?.?.?

I hope my neighbor's situation was that the truck was a piece of shit and he didn't mind letting it go back, even though that will be bad for his credit.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Yes got them all back

But probably only because I was such a bitch about it. As I was leaving the lot, I told the next customer coming in to be sure to check his car cause these people were thieves. Cop told me to shut up and stop making a scene.

I also wrote a LTTE but it wasn't published.

Still pisses me off to this day - 15 years later.

[cboy4]

3. But the auto makers are the ones who get bailed out.

:puke:

If you were a half way decent neighbor, you would have shot out the tires of the tow truck. (kidding).

Kinda.

[MagickMuffin]

5. I guess that's why I don't own a gun ;=)

I didn't even realize that cops tag along for repo'r.

We need a Citizens Lobbying Group so we can go crying to congress for our bailouts.

[watrwefitinfor]

10. Repo men carry guns.

At least the one I encountered did.

Wat

[tsuki]

18. Here, they pay off-duty cops to show up in uniform. nt

[Double T]

8. There are plenty of 'people' without a conscience; they have no idea what it is like to be human.

How is this guy going to get to work? This economic depression will claim many more of US before it is over which is why we need to help one another like never before!!!!

[MagickMuffin]

11. We do need to watch out for one another, however, I don't really "know" my neighbors

except for the ones that live across the street and next door. We lived in our house since 1980. Our house belonged to his parents and hubby was raised in it until he was 5 y.o. We now own it, but rented it from them until 2003.

So, we know most of our neighbors who have lived around here for as long or longer. I trust them enough to keep an eye on our place if we go out to town and call me in an emergency.

I don't know he lost his job, therefore couldn't afford the payments. I would hate to pry into his business, but if he needed food to eat then I would do what I could. We usually wave at each other whenever we see each other, so maybe they wouldn't think I was being a nosy Nellie.

How does one approach someone about this?.?.?:shrug:

[folksinger]

9. REPO

That is pretty sad. With global corporations like Caterpillar, and GM, just to mention two, who give our technology away worldwide and could care less about the American middle class worker, and crooked government officials that seem to stick in office like gum on the American shoe, not to mention these banks that have managed to steal bailout funds that should have gone to the American people, You're going to see more of that.

[watrwefitinfor]

12. Welcome to DU, folksinger.

:hi:

[SpiralHawk]

14. Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen...

And as through your life you travel,
Yes, as through your life you roam,
You won't never see an outlaw
Drive a family from their home.
http://www.musicline.de/cover/Guthrie,Woody_Pastures+Of+Plenty_636943274224.jpg

Welcome to DU, folksinger

[MagickMuffin]

15. Yep, we don't even get to know how the "bailout money" is being spent

I said at the time that this was nothing but more Looting by the Fat Cats. Apparently I was right. No oversight, No accountability. No questions ASKED, period.

You take bread to feed your family and you're considered a criminal. Fat Cats take Billions from taxpayers and they are considered Law Abiding Upright Citizens, but in actuality they are the Criminals. Stealing while the Criminal in Chief is still in office.

Remember during Katrina and the people who got caught "stealing" food. They were treated as criminals. The food would have gone to waste anyways.

[lonestarnot]

16. Sadness when one lives in an upside down world.