I feel guilty about something that I did tonight.

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ESP47 said:
Your bank wont be there to lend you tools or help you with projects or call the cops when it sees someone breaking into your house. A neighbor will.

Don't ever be more loyal to a multi billion dollar business over a friend, family, coworker or neighbor. These are people that you might not know very well or might not be friends with but could come to your aid when you least expect it.

A bank isn't going to do **** for you.
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and if you screw up and get your truck repossessed you should not hold your neighbor at fault, only yourself!
 
Badart said:
Well normally I stay out of other people's business.

I have a neighbor that lives 3 houses down the street. He is in construction and drives a newer Ford F350 Power Stroke for his business. We have talked on a few occasions, but are not what I could call friends. Anyway I see a big lifted black Cummins Dodge parked in front of his house for a while, then all of the sudden I see him pull in my driveway. He gets out and says "Nice Mopars you have over here" He looks at the dart, barracudas and Dart Sport for a while and we shoot the breeze. He then asks me how much I know about my neighbor that drives the white ford and when was the last time that I saw the truck? At this point I figured out he was a repo man. I told him that I haven't seen the truck in a few days, but was familiar with it. He gave me a card and said that there is a $500 finders fee out on the truck and call him if I saw it. I thought yeah, whatever.

Well 10 minutes after he left my neighbor pulls in his driveway in the truck. I had a moral dilemma. So I called the repo man and told him. He said that he would be back in a few minutes. In the mean time my neighbors friend hops in the truck and takes off. I call the repo man and tell him what direction that he is going. He says that he is sitting around the corner waiting.

Anyway about an hour later he calls and said that he got the ford. He followed the guy to his house and the driver actually left the keys in the ignition. He said it was too easy. He backs up and hooks up to it with a lift on the back of his dodge and knocks on the door and tells the guy to come get his stuff out of it.

He gets my info for the reward and the company will be cutting me a check this week. He also thanked me a few times, because sometimes these repos can drag out for weeks when the person is hiding a vehicle like my neighbor was doing.

I told my wife to use the money for new shoes for her and all of our kids and work boots for me. What do you think???????
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whats tough about it the bum dosen't make payments and because of guys like him the rest of us bill paying A#SHOLES get charged more when we make a loan to help pay for the bills other don't want to pay HANG THE BUM OUT TO DRY AND HANG HIM BY HIS WELL YOU KNOW WHAT TO HANG HIM BY just my $ .02
 
My wife was out of work for over a year and we had to choose between food and rent, or the payment on the Caravan. We hid the car for several weeks, I kept my bike in the back and parked far from the house and rode back, till we could save for a car on Craigslist. The payment was $600 a month and we got an old Bonneville for $800 that looked like hell but cost nothing in upkeep for 2 years. We also declared bankruptcy during that time.

But to the question of if you did the right thing or not. I knew that the car could be found at any time, and would not have blamed anyone else if it was repoed. As it was we called the finance company when we were ready and they came and got the van. They were a little surprised though because they thought it had been repoed weeks ago.

Were are finally doing much better though, but it sure takes a long time to dig out of this kind of thing.

Tim
 
Patrykdart70 said:
dude was gonna lose the truck either way... Cash is cash...Its not like the bank was gonna "give up" lol...
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IMO the OP should have not helped the repo man but that is water under the bridge. What to do with the "bounty" is his bidness but I like the idea of giving it to the guy who lost the truck. The $500 may help him get over being snitched on and screwing a neighbor is generally a bad idea, at least around where I live.

Another repo story... a guy I knew put a aftermarket exhaust on a Avalanche in his back yard and the guy never came for it. They disconnected the battery so it would not go down and there it sat for a little over a year. One day they decided to reconnect the battery and start it and drive it around the block - no insurance or current tag. Next day a tow truck comes by and wants to tow the car - offers the guy $500 if he will get his stuff out of the way so he can connect - no deal but pay $1500 and you can take it (he was out a year of storage and the exhaust work plus he is a broke hustler). Tow guy leaves but later the guy gets a notice from the bank in the mail offering some moolah for the car. He gets in touch with the bank and explains the cost to store and the cost of the work done, they do some math and tell him he can keep the thing! he gets the title a while later and sells it to a "buy it now" place for $17K, book is over $20K.

Screw these banks.
 
Badart said:
I think that i will do that. :D
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I would be tempted to mail it to him instead (with his address as the return address as well) even if it is cash. If he wasn't honest enough to turn in a truck he couldn't pay for on his own, you probably don't want him asking the other neighbors if they saw anyone other than the mail man put something in his mail box.
I agree that if he hasn't paid for it then it isn't his to keep (basically stolen property).
 
airwoofer said:
IMO the OP should have not helped the repo man but that is water under the bridge. What to do with the "bounty" is his bidness but I like the idea of giving it to the guy who lost the truck. The $500 may help him get over being snitched on and screwing a neighbor is generally a bad idea, at least around where I live.

Another repo story... a guy I knew put a aftermarket exhaust on a Avalanche in his back yard and the guy never came for it. They disconnected the battery so it would not go down and there it sat for a little over a year. One day they decided to reconnect the battery and start it and drive it around the block - no insurance or current tag. Next day a tow truck comes by and wants to tow the car - offers the guy $500 if he will get his stuff out of the way so he can connect - no deal but pay $1500 and you can take it (he was out a year of storage and the exhaust work plus he is a broke hustler). Tow guy leaves but later the guy gets a notice from the bank in the mail offering some moolah for the car. He gets in touch with the bank and explains the cost to store and the cost of the work done, they do some math and tell him he can keep the thing! he gets the title a while later and sells it to a "buy it now" place for $17K, book is over $20K.

Screw these banks.
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not F-ING likely! then he bought some magic beans with the money and traded them for the brooklyn bridge !
 
ev2orange said:
If it would make you feel better, when (if) ya get the check, cash it. Give half to your wife, put half in a blank white envelope and leave it in his mailbox.
It wont fix anything, but maybe it would perk up his day...
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IMO dont do that, haft that money wont get his truck back, it could hurt him more cause knowing that neighbor involved
 
wow,

the truck was up for repo, repo men get paid between $2500-$5000 per vehical they repo,

you were paid $500 to rat on your neighbour, thats like calling crime stoppers for a reward,

to me, your a rat.

i dont know you, nor do i know your neighbour, but when he gets his paper work from the lease/finance company, the report will state that the repo was assisted by you, because they have to claim the $500 that was paid to you for assistance (ive done repos) so i hope your prepared for what the neighbour might do, your that nosy neighbour that everyone in the neighbour hates.

better off to mind your own buisness like the majority of people.....what if he had a family emergency that night and needed transportation to the hospital, are you going to say "well he should have paid his bills"? well maybe you should have "mind your own f**** buisness"

if there was harm being done to a person, or about to, then by all meens, but in this case no one was hurt, this had NOTHING to do with you personally, and its a good show in character knowing what you would do for a little money, guess you have no morals,
 
caferacerx said:
not F-ING likely! then he bought some magic beans with the money and traded them for the brooklyn bridge !
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Actually this guy was really hurting for money so it was a godsend. I watched this all happen - it is real. Remember, the banks are getting bailed out and the loan was probably GMAC, now called Ally.

However, after paying off his bills including back child support like I advised him to do, except a huge hospital bill I tsaid he probably should not pay - his ex got the child support people at the courthouse to take the moolah he had left in his bank acct to pay future child support payments!

No winning I suppose.
 
BadAss71 said:
If he wanted to keep his truck he should have paid for it. That's how $hit works. He was obviously way behind on his payments and he knew it. He can ride his dirt bike to work. Cry me a river.
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yes, but whos buisness is it to be a hero and rat out the neighbour?

who gives him the right to take control in a situation that does NOT involve him, nor harm him,

he obviously feels like he betrayed his neighbour, and feels guilt, he knows what he did was wrong, hence the post.

i hope his neighbour is linked to this forum and reads this.
 
604 thats the biggest bunch of bs ive seen let me ask u was the truck that guys to keep ...... now im sure if there had been some thing that they need like a ride in a life or death thing the op would have helped on that i know i would but ya thats just me .. if we had more guys like him arould we would be better off i knw when he posted this it was going to go bad ive seen u guys calling names like rat .... now let me think are we supost to be doing so on fabo ... last time i seen we was not hmmmm thing bout it yall mite not be here long ................. more to come when some posts
 
Listen guys I have slept on this and thought about it long and hard. Money or no money I did the right thing. I would have done it if there were no finders fee. He did not own the truck, the bank did. Maybe I should have stayed out of it, maybe not. If you ask me, my neighbor put me in this situation. Pay your bills then there is no problem. If he finds out I will deal with it.

Those of you calling me a Rat or a Snitch can kiss my ***. It's just tough internet talk. I know you wouldn't say **** if you were standing toe to toe with me.

For those of you that would hide a car from the bank, shame on you. Shows a real lack of character if you ask me. To me it is stealing. You are in possession of something that belongs to someone else? Easy decision if you ask me.

Well I am going to help one of my other neighbors install a tie rod end on his truck and help my buddy put a stripe on his 68 Dart before it gets dark.
 
Too bad we cannot have this lively a discussion over an actual MOPAR related topic.
 
My neighbors would have told him they dont apreciate him snooping around. BUT I treat my neighbors well and with respect.
 
Badart didnt go snooping, the repo guy came to him. What if the truck was sold thru a Ma and Pa used dealership and they financed the "deadbeat"??

Someone else posted on here a (and I quote) "a f***n snitch is a f***n snitch..."
Well then a thief is a thief and a liar is a liar...right??? Someone paid good $$ for work that was never completed so ya better not throw rocks at glass houses.... JMO
 
604 Racing said:
wow,

the truck was up for repo, repo men get paid between $2500-$5000 per vehical they repo,

you were paid $500 to rat on your neighbour, thats like calling crime stoppers for a reward,

to me, your a rat.
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yeah, because it's also wrong to report people who break the law.

do we have a 'facepalm' smilie here?
I guess I'll add my own.
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"Hey-did you see who committed the hit-and-run on that '604 Racing' guy's car last night?"
"yeah, I did, but it would be wrong to 'rat' out someone who broke the law, so I guess he can eat the cost himself"


p.s. Badart I imagine I would have done the exact same thing. And I would have felt bad about it too:D
 
Hey you RAT you want some cheese???

lol

I'm with you .... if you want to sign the dotted line then pay for it!!! Not try to hide the dang truck... that's cowardly.... thief like. That is the reason this country is in poor house now is because of transactions like this.
 
Badart said:
Listen guys I have slept on this and thought about it long and hard. Money or no money I did the right thing. I would have done it if there were no finders fee. He did not own the truck, the bank did. Maybe I should have stayed out of it, maybe not. If you ask me, my neighbor put me in this situation. Pay your bills then there is no problem. If he finds out I will deal with it.

Those of you calling me a Rat or a Snitch can kiss my ***. It's just tough internet talk. I know you wouldn't say **** if you were standing toe to toe with me.

For those of you that would hide a car from the bank, shame on you. Shows a real lack of character if you ask me. To me it is stealing. You are in possession of something that belongs to someone else? Easy decision if you ask me.

Well I am going to help one of my other neighbors install a tie rod end on his truck and help my buddy put a stripe on his 68 Dart before it gets dark.
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you say how " if you hide a truck from repo, shame on you and it shows character"
NO what shows character, is what you did, and the only word that remotley fits is snitch!
i still cant get over the fact that you still post " he should of paid his bills" WHAT, YOU SOME KIND OF REPO POLICE NOW?
i am glad you slept last night, as i could not.
you can say all you want how he had something that did not belong to him......................... it was none of your business. you ratted out a neibor. friends or not. you said that you were aquaintineces with him. right there should of been enough mutual respect not to be a rat-bastard.

and face it. you did it for the money, as you Stated, that you called the driver back, to let him know the guy was home. so you did more than just give the repo some info. you sat and stared out your window, hawking the guys house, for the percise moment that he came home, with the intention of getting 500.00 to snitch, and then sit here and talk yourself into believing you did right.
that my friend shows character!. you started the thread, and must live with everyone elses opinion also, good or bad.

DEAR LORD, I COME TO YOU TODAY, TO PRAY FOR MY FRIENDS IN NEED, TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR HEAVY HEART, AND TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR CHOICES. LET ME PRAY THAT I NEVER GET A NEIBOR LIKE THIS O.P, FOR I KNOW NOT WHAT I WOULD DO WITH THIS SITUATION AROSE AT MY DOOR. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN
 
This isn't snitching on a classmate who cheated on a 10th grade math test. This is helping the rightful owner of property recover the property. And the morally correct thing to do is to help the property owner, not the law breaker ( basically a thief in this case). There are some people here that need to grow up and learn the real difference between right and wrong.
 
95teetee said:
yeah, because it's also wrong to report people who break the law.

do we have a 'facepalm' smilie here?
I guess I'll add my own.
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"Hey-did you see who committed the hit-and-run on that '604 Racing' guy's car last night?"
"yeah, I did, but it would be wrong to 'rat' out someone who broke the law, so I guess he can eat the cost himself"


p.s. Badart I imagine I would have done the exact same thing. And I would have felt bad about it too:D
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how can you even compare the 2, property damage, compared to missed payments

i dont know about down south, but when people lease or finance cars here and dont pay, it does not effect anyone but the 1 persons credit

my opinion is my opinion, the transaction between the dealership and the repo company did not involve him, nor did the payment plan, or the lease/finance agreement, so therefore is none of his buisness, personal finance issues are none of his buisness.

if you want to be a hero, become a cop, some poeple back your decision, but theres some that dont, you asked for opinions, and you got mine, you should mind your own buisness,

rat, snitch, clown, informant, teachers pet....its all the same. i hope you gave yourself a pat on the back and said "good job" cause theres alot of people on this forum that have now lost respect for you.
 
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