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Get the Police to collect for you.....how nice.
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Get the Police to collect for you.....how nice.
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I'm sure she simply didn't have any money to pay it back. In other words, she had NO choice but to not pay it back.As a sheriff's deputy dumped the contents of Joy Uhlmeyer's purse into a sealed bag, she begged to know why she had just been arrested while driving home to Richfield after an Easter visit with her elderly mother.
No one had an answer. Uhlmeyer spent a sleepless night in a frigid Anoka County holding cell, her hands tucked under her armpits for warmth. Then, handcuffed in a squad car, she was taken to downtown Minneapolis for booking. Finally, after 16 hours in limbo, jail officials fingerprinted Uhlmeyer and explained her offense -- missing a court hearing over an unpaid debt. "They have no right to do this to me," said the 57-year-old patient care advocate, her voice as soft as a whisper. "Not for a stupid credit card."
....It was a choice however, when she signed up for that credit card. That's the part we all so easily forget - isn't it?Experiencing an aquatic renaissance! -
Agreed, no one forced her to use the credit card or even apply for it for that matter, but I am also very much disturbed by the fact, that a police dept may now be in the collections business, and those they collect for, do not even pay them....how sweet is that.....it's like having your very own enforcer(s) that you don't have to pay for.
Sweet deal for those who buy bad debts from the credit card companies....
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Isn't this kind of the same as writing a bad check? I mean, at the core of it, isn't it kind of the same thing? I'm not saying I think it's right or wrong, it's just what popped into my head when I read this.Our Fishhouse
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She got arrested for missing her court hearing over the unpaid debtComment
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will someone explain to me why there is a court hearing over an unpaid debt ?
who pays the court costs ?
If bail is the same as the debt owed, does the bill collector get half and the judge get half ?
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According to the video, a debtor may use any and all legal means to collect, which now included filing with the local courts for satisfaction on a debt, if one ignores a court order to show and dispute the debt, a warrent will be issued for those who miss their court hearing dates.
Again, nice to have free "muscle" out there collecting for you....
I suppose some folks write bad checks unintentionally, others commit fraud....
This still drives me up the wall how our "protect and serve" employees can now be used against us...
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