"Better Off Deadbeat" - an interesting tactic to fight the banksters and other corporate parasites..

[T Wolf]

Better Off Deadbeat: Craig Cunningham Has a Simple Solution for Getting Bill Collectors Off His Back. He Sues Them.

http://www.dallasobserver.com/2010-01-21/news/better-off-deadbeat-craig-cunningham-has-a-simple-solution-for-getting-bill-collectors-off-his-back-he-sues-them/

... While most Americans with unpaid bills dread the collector's call, Cunningham sees them as lucrative opportunities. Many collection and credit card companies, intentionally or not, violate little-known consumer rights laws, and Cunningham's favorite pastime is catching them doing so and then suing them. In fact, it's a profitable side job. ...

Using the few weapons we have against those fucking us over can evidently work. And while it could be abused to duck "legitimate" debts, I think it's about time we, the people did some abusing of the enemy.

[SoCalNative]

1. So he games the system

then cries foul when he's expected to pay up?

Sorry, I have no sympathy for him and find his actions reprehensible. HE is part of the problem that we're in now, not the solution.

[T Wolf]

2. I acknowledged that this example is not a poster child for responsibility. The question is whether

the tactic is a useful tool.

Along the same lines as the "produce the paper"

http://plainview.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/produce-the-paper/

tactic to forestall mortgage foreclosures.

I say, ANYTHING that fights against the corporate takeover of the US is a good thing.

[bemildred]

4. There is nothing wrong with exploiting the flaws in a rigged and dishonest system.

It is true that it is not morally uplifting, but this is a dog-eat-dog economy, self-interest run amok, claiming your opponent is "cheating" when he cleans your clock is dishonest unless you are up for real reform.

[CanonRay]

6. The system is gaming us

fuck them, fair is fair.

[izquierdista]

3. I have to laugh

It's nice to see someone using the system to throw shit back in the face of the major shit-tossers, but he is still gaming the system. Of course, if the system was fair in the first place, there would be no need to game it.

[girl gone mad]

5. Ha! I was just reading this in the print Observer over dinner.

It was the cover story.

[OneBlueSky]

7. from my perspective, give the man a medal . . .

anyone who can beat mega-corps at their own game (which they've rigged in their favor at every opportunity), I say more power to them . . . I'm saving this article just in case I ever end up in a similar situation . . .