I'm being sued!

footfootfoot · 01-11-2006, 06:01 PM

The new bankruptcy laws have taken all the fun out of racking up huge debt.
Dave Barry once cited the two most common taxpayer mistakes as being
1. Failure to include a return address along with your tax return, and
2. Failure to be a large corporation making huge doantions to key, tax–law writing congressmen.

I would say you problem is a variation of the second.

SteveDallas · 01-11-2006, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I would say you problem is a variation of the second.

Too true... there's a saying: If you owe the bank $1,000 and you can't pay, you have a problem. If you owe the bank $1,000,000 and you can't pay, the BANK has a problem.

01-11-2006, 08:44 PM

Well, this was my experience in Colorado several years back for what its worth. Right when I got sick, my bank account blew up which is another long sad story that I won't go into. However, I paid off my creditors as best as I could at the time, but neglected to take care of a check to Domino's Pizza for $12.00. Domino's came back at me two years down the road with fines, fees, penalties and accessments that morphed the original $12 into something like $200! They took me to court over it, and I filled out a form pleading abject poverty which was a 1000% true. The judge looked the whole thing over, got a really annoyed look on his face, glared at the Domino's representative and threw the entire case out. I never even was required to pay the original $12.00!

As far as I know, new laws or no, the US still doesn't have debtor's prison. As far as I know.

itsjulie · 01-11-2006, 09:14 PM

Don't ignore it!

They just sued me and ended up taking the money directly out of my checking account!!! They did send me letters and I kept giving them to my ex - it was in both our names, but his debt. Foolish me assumed he took care of it and the week of xmas they withdrew $750 out of my checking!

Again, Don't ignore it!!

tw · 01-11-2006, 11:56 PM

What do you think those who loot and pillage do while they are not making commercials? Now that so many people have shifted to Capital One, they have all new jobs ....

It does no good fighting with a company that hires professional warriors. What lawyer's in your pocket?

01-11-2006, 06:01 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The new bankruptcy laws have taken all the fun out of racking up huge debt. Dave Barry once cited the two most common taxpayer mistakes as being 1. Failure to include a return address along with your tax return, and 2. Failure to be a large corporation making huge doantions to key, tax–law writing congressmen. I would say you problem is a variation of the second. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-11-2006, 09:14 PM	#4
itsjulie Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 190	Don't ignore it! They just sued me and ended up taking the money directly out of my checking account!!! They did send me letters and I kept giving them to my ex - it was in both our names, but his debt. Foolish me assumed he took care of it and the week of xmas they withdrew $750 out of my checking! Again, Don't ignore it!! __________________ I like to know stuff!

01-11-2006, 08:44 PM	#3
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Well, this was my experience in Colorado several years back for what its worth. Right when I got sick, my bank account blew up which is another long sad story that I won't go into. However, I paid off my creditors as best as I could at the time, but neglected to take care of a check to Domino's Pizza for $12.00. Domino's came back at me two years down the road with fines, fees, penalties and accessments that morphed the original $12 into something like $200! They took me to court over it, and I filled out a form pleading abject poverty which was a 1000% true. The judge looked the whole thing over, got a really annoyed look on his face, glared at the Domino's representative and threw the entire case out. I never even was required to pay the original $12.00! As far as I know, new laws or no, the US still doesn't have debtor's prison. As far as I know.

01-11-2006, 11:56 PM	#5
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	What do you think those who loot and pillage do while they are not making commercials? Now that so many people have shifted to Capital One, they have all new jobs .... It does no good fighting with a company that hires professional warriors. What lawyer's in your pocket?

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