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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 06:41 PM Original message |
New York Couple Harassed by Creditors Trying to Collect Debt Their Dead Son Owed |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just "news" to skirt around the REAL issues our country faces. |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Often times it is the local news of our country that makes the true news of the country! |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Let me retract what I said |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. Consumer's rights is a very important issue. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. people don't know its illegal and collectors lie |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is GD and I don't share the opinion of the above poster. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I knew one once |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Did the son leave any assets and were the parents executors of the estate? If yes & yes then the |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It says right in the article that he didn't. n/t |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I know but I also know reporters often make statements that are wrong. My guess is that he had some |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Really. The article is not that long. Go ahead and read it. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You are so funny! If you believe the son had credit cards and zero assets you are also naive. n/t |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. People die with zero assets all the friggin time. Happens every day n/t |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. My point is valid and if the parents are executors of the estate they have specific responsibilities |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Unsecured debt is not inherited. You are quite simply wrong. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I said nothing about "unsecured debt". My question was about the disposition of the son's assets if |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. But it's irrelevant. The creditors harassing him are credit card companies. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Do you have a credible link proving a deceased person's credit card debt is not paid from the estate |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Well, I'll be happy to go look some up for you. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. In the meantime I found the following, "However, your credit card debt can, and most likely would, |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It was the secured vs unsecured that got me. Secured debt does take precedent. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I asked "Did the son leave any assets and were the parents executors of the estate? " |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Then why even read the news? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Thanks for the exchange and have a wonderful evening. n/t |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Yep. That's what I thought. You've got nothing. n/t |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Dupe deleted. n/t |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I've been through this - it's not fun. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thanks, your story mirrors my own experience. n/t |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Even with credit cards n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. they give credit cards to college students- what assets do they have? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. "where are the assets?" I'll bite, where? n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. that's the point- there are none. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I made no such claim. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. "You are so funny! If you believe the son had credit cards and zero assets you are also naive. n/t" |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. In other words, you have no idea what the hell you're talking about. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I know but you obviously don't . n/t |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Let's see: |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. If the parents are executors of the estate, then when they comply with state law the matter will be |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Assuming they are and that they have complied with the state law, |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The article is incomplete without addressing who the executor of the estate was. n/t |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. They said he had no assets, so no. It's not incomplete. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. LOL. n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. I fail to see the humor. -nt |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. He probably had a photo album... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. In some states your act of giving her car to her son could be a crime. n/t |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I don't give a shit. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Don't blame you for what you did. Many of these debt collectors are blood suckers |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Seems as if the gunslingers love 'em though. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. You had to be the executor of the estate to legally give the car to the son. Some states might view |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. No kidding? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Are you bragging about committing a possible crime? n/t |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. You betcha. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Some crimes are misdemeanors and others felonies. n/t |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Okay, then here's a bunny with a pancake on its head. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. you fucking rock! |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Fuck them. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Jesus H. Christ, is there any instance of RW assholiness you won't like? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Read the link. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. See my #8. n/t |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Sure, and debt collectors get it wrong frequently. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Agree re debt collectors. n/t |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I hope you're in a one-party consent state and taped that... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I told him he was violating FDCPA |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
73. Some idiot has called me twice |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
76. No that's wrong |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. I didn't have a will when I was 27 and single. Screw the creditors. nt |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. Debt Collectors Are More Bark Than Bite |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #42 |
65. I find it so odd that people let these vermin harass them when they are so easy to get rid of. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. I believe it's a law that if somebody tells a collection agency not to call anymore they have to |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
71. there are laws regarding fair debt collection practices (FDCPA) |
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WillieW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
62. I paid a medical bill last year via on line banking, but I am |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. These people are EVIL. Show no mercy. -nt |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. is this the original creditor, or is it a 3rd party debt collector? my husband |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. you should remove that address ASAP |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
68. Why would parents be responsible for their adult son's bills? |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
69. I want too trust my fellow americans |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
74. Collection Agents are scum. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I do the receivables at the dealership I work at |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Sounds like you were more than fair with him. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. They're lower than scum |
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