Wanna shake your head in disbelief??

[busterbrown]

Someone get this gal a lawyer.. This is all about the pain and suffering plus add a strong dosage of
horrible humiliation...Unfucking believable...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/24/1226218/-Ohio-bank-steals-woman-s-possessions-by-mistake-then-refuses-to-pay-up

[Control-Z]

1. One of the comments posted:

"She should also take up a collection for a billboard, right across from one of their biggest branches. I'd chip in a few bucks."

I would chip in. I hope someone organizes and starts up a colection.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. And I realized after I read the story that I was actually shaking my head in disbelief.

[KansDem]

3. Banks are corporations and corporations are "people"

Have the "person" arrested for burglary and theft.

[awoke_in_2003]

18. To steal from a bumper sticker...

I will believe corporations are people whe Texas executes one.

[KansDem]

21. So true...

[denverbill]

4. I wonder what would happen to the woman if she 'accidentally' took the bank's property?

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Yeah..it is sitting right across the street in the house they foreclosed on.

She might be wise to contact any local Occupy folks..they have been very effective in blocking banks from taking people's homes.

[Bay Boy]

5. Did they offer her something?

I saw it mentioned that they weren't going to pay her 'retail' (even though they should be embarrassed enough to do that) but wondering if they offered her something.

[Rebellious Republican]

8. From the article...

"When Barnett gave the bank president an estimate of $18,000 for her lost possessions". Sounds low ball at best to me, dont you think.

[busterbrown]

24. plus who exactly handled it? Where did go? Where is it being stored..?

Listen they were the ones who drove it off the lot...

[Rebellious Republican]

26. Here is the way it probably went down.

Barnett: Hey XYZ auction house, we have just foreclosed on a house. If you go clean it out for us, you can keep whatever you take and auction it off in lieu of payment. Can you do this?

XYZ Auction House: Sure, we will be there right away.

Barnett: Hey XYZ Auction House, we made a little faux pas, do you still have the stuff?

XYZ Auction House: Hey Barnett, thanks for the job, we made a quick turnover and a tidy little profit off the goods. No we do not have anything left. Have any more jobs let us know, great doing business with you.

Barnett: LOL, guess we will make an offer that they can not refuse, we will be in touch for future jobs.

[whopis01]

31. Barnett is the victim here - not the one auctioning stuff. n/t

[Rebellious Republican]

32. I know, all those little people constantly bombarding them with false claims, how annoying!

[whopis01]

34. What are you talking about?

You do realize that Katie Barnett is the victim, right?

Katie Barnett is the victim here. She is the one who had her stuff stolen (and probably auctioned off) by the bank.

At first I thought you were just just mistaken about which party was which - when you wrote your post about Barnett calling up the auction house to have the stuff auctioned off...

I tried to point out that Barnett is the victim - she isn't the one who stole the items from the house and (most likely) had then auctioned off.

But your new response has me totally confused. Would you mind explaining what point you are tryjng to make?

[Rebellious Republican]

35. Yes, I am wrong!

I understand your confusion, I am to old and have lived through to many name changes in banks. Barnett was a bank in Florida, from years ago. I assumed that they were involved, I was wrong. I am with the person (victim) on this issue, believe me, it was a mistake on my part. My humble apologies!

RR

[whopis01]

29. That's what she (Barnett) asked for... Not their offer

They were not even willing to settle for giving her just $18k for her stuff. It doesn't say if they even came back with a counter offer or just said no.

[Rebellious Republican]

30. You are correct it is not clear is it. N/T

[enlightenment]

28. From a link in the article:

No one from the bank would go on camera with 10TV about the incident. The bank president told 10TV News that the bank is trying to come to terms with Barnett.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/07/22/athens-county-woman-wants-possessions-back-after-bank-tried-to-repossess-wrong-house.html

Terms? The only terms they should be coming to are "We're very sorry we made this mistake" and "Here is the $18,000 plus extra for the problems and distress we have caused you" and "Again, we are very sorry".

Unbelievable.

[progressoid]

6. ...

[AtheistCrusader]

9. probably wants to be sued

so it'll come out of insurance instead of pocket money.

[The Wizard]

10. Horse whip the bank president

in front of the bank. Sell lashes to the public for a dollar each. I'd be in for at least 20.

[FiveGoodMen]

13. I'd have gone for hanging.

[Bettie]

11. Disgusting

Re: the bank president, what kind of person could know that their organization fucked up and still refuse to make it right?

It is this stuff that makes me worry that I'm handicapping my children by raising them to be decent, honest people.

[KamaAina]

12. Much, much more here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3329070

[EC]

14. Police won't help because they say it wasn't a burglary

How did they get into her house? If they BROKE IN AND TOOK STUFF that's breaking and entering and burglary. Charge them.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. Here's the rub...

According to the fifth amendment no person can be denied their property except by due process nor shall property be taken without just compensation.

Oh wait.

That's if the GOVERNMENT takes it and uses it for the public.

I guess it's fine if a corporation takes it and doesn't pay back a dime.

Right?

(Ya know, I can see Scalia actually arguing that point.)

[Orrex]

16. What would happen if I broke into the bank president's house and sold his stuff?

Everyone involved in this "mistake" should face criminal prosecution for breaking and entering, burglary, and grand larceny at the very least.

[davidn3600]

17. Yeah, I've seen this a few times...

It's because the banks hire these repossession businesses to do this work. And then when a mistake is made, it ends up being a bunch of finger-pointing.

But a lot of these crews they hire are incompetent.

[RiffRandell]

19. So fucking disgusting. nt

[Ilsa]

20. Dial up their 877 toll free number.

First National Bank's contact info Wellstone branch:
877-684-2146

Keep it busy, run the tab. Block real business calls.

[Rebellious Republican]

27. Ilsa, you are absolutely evil, I like!

Yes this is a very good suggestion. Done!

[mbuch64]

22. Legal theft

This is not an isolated incident. Banks are doing this all over our country and have been for several years. Makes me want to puke.

[matthews]

23. Okay, so we now have no right to privacy and we have no right

to our possessions either. Not if a bank is involved anyway?

She needs a good lawyer and a writ of mandamus if the could figure out a way to weasel around the issue. Maybe initiate a lawsuit and the go to the court with the writ? Then sue the shit out of them?

I'd start with Trespassing, I.I.E.D.. and theft and/or fraud.

Not sure it would work but I'd be down at the Courthouse so often they'd give me an office of my own.

Remember, since the bush years, there is really no such thing as precedent. New rules are made and old ones broken every day. We need to start playing hardball just like they do.

Who knows anymore?

[undergroundpanther]

25. maybe

we should start taking stuff from banksters homes and refuse to replace it.

[bvar22]

33. Hold on to your memories, SUCKERS!

[font size=4]Because we're TAKING everything else,
and ain't NOBODY gonna Stop Us!
Hahahahahahahahaha![/font]

[Hydra]

36. "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS."

Interesting times...