by minimus 21 Replies latest jw friends
Identity theft is so prevelant now. I would think that would have to be the worst scam you could get yourself involved in. Thank God I haven't had something like that happen. I've had break-ins and certain things weren't insured and I lost a lot of $$$$$. :(
How have you been ripped off?
Does not having my pet lion yet count?
when I saw how ugly my wife was when she took her makeup off..........for years I thought I was a mafia guy.....I wakened up each morning to a horses head next to me......
Dinah & Ninja,
I hate saying this because it happened to recently but here goes.
I was moving out for the first time and i found a sublet. The guy was there with his girlfriend and seemed nice enough, we agreed on a rent and a deposit and I requested his lease ( to see if he was authorized to sublet his place) and my lease. Everything looked in order and the lease terms were agreed upon. I signed it off, got my copy, put in a deposit and he left. Not even a DAY into living there, someone shows up and lol & behold its the 'real' owner, who is pissed that someone is renting out his place without his knowledge. The person who i signed the lease to and gave the money to was a former tenant who couldn't afford rent, but wanted his money back, so cheated me off to get his deposit. Later on, i checked my state's judiciary system and learned that the person wasn't even born in the US and he had several court cases against him, ranging from child support suits to car payment collections. I never heard from him again, and of course i never got back my deposit. Luckily I had been saving for a few months and was able to move in to another place for cheaper.
Losing that deposit sucked, but in the way it life-changing in a good way. My new roommates are awesome and well connected so i've benefited from their contacts and i'm alot more conscious about where my money is going.
Being told da "truf" is da "truf"...
I'm with Quirky1 the lie we all got sucked into was beyond any loss of money or love. Sorry about your wife without makeup, Ninja, we all look a little different with or without. LOL.
car insurance. so many years of paying, then one stupid thing happens and they totally "F'd" me. It was almost criminal what they did...........
The first of many that comes to my mind is the guy that was a customer in the bank I worked at.
He was saying he did repair work so when my regrigerator just up and quit working I gave him a call..so he looks at it and says: "Generators shot..cost more to fix it then buying a new one". Fine I say he tells me he will move it out for $50. I say fine get it out of here. (This refrigerator is from sears and only a few years old but no longer under warranty and I am cussing Sears products out))
I go buy a new one for $700.
I am at work one day and this guy comes in and we are talking and he mentions how his Dad got this really neat deal for him..A really nice gold (Same as mine)refrigerator that only had a loose wire on the back..it had an icemaker and everything..he was so tickled..then I found out who his Dad was!
They say there is a sucker born every minute!...Yep!
Snoozy..
I have lots of stories..even a insurance one...still_in 74..
I'm with Dinah...losing the pet lion.
Still difficult to think about the years lost/given to a cult, with no payback. Nuttin. Not even a pet panda.
