My name is Robert * and my son went into the Army, basic, tech school, now after 2 or 3 weeks hes gone to Korea. I made sure he and I sat down one day to get his finances straight with the bank that holds the note on his car.
He hadn't been able to do anything til then and even then I was going to have to pay to catch him up. He was 130 days behind. $1400 and then they added $300. For not repo it.
My Debit card had to be approved by my bank to make that large a payment, but I sent $300 (as much as I was allowed) that day, and was to send the rest the next day.
I was discussing the extra $300, and they were angry and it all went south.
Two hours later they had someone rep his car, we barely got his uniforms out of it before it was gone.
I was in the service, my Dad and his Dad... I can fill a page with Uncles and cousins... We Serve! I see all this Bail out on TV and wonder how anybody, when back in the day we collected tin for the war effort, how any body can repo the only possession this young man had.
Some Yankee bank called First Third from Ohio or somewhere. They never would have found it if we hadn't of called to straighten everything out. Then my checks were not good enough for them, they needed certified money. Yesterday they had nothing, today it has to be handed to them on a silver platter.
I want them to bring that car back and apologize. I want the SCRA rolled up and shoved up their deposit slot! Do you know how hard it is right no to keep the faith with this country?
The big CEOs are scooping it all up after the Bail outs and my 22 year old son, stepping up to the plate DURING Wartime, gets his 2004 Malibu repocessed by a bank 4000 miles away.
It wouldn't be so bad, but now I understand that it could effect his security clearance. Who needs enemies from overseas, when we have Banks?
Right now, I don't exactly know where James is... Korea but not sure where. I don't even have an address.
He was gone to Georgia for 11 weeks and Alabama for 14 weeks or something like that, pretty close to 130 days all in active duty, mostly where he couldn't contact us much less his bank. I called his bank and they wouldn't talk to me, my Mother called them (she works at a bank) and they wouldn't talk to her. We really didn't know what was going on and James had not changed his address. I carried insurance on it for most of that time.
I don't even like that car but what I don't like more is when any service man newby, or Vet gets treated by a bunch of draft dodging money hungry Yankee Bankers without the appreciation and respect that he deserves for his unselfishness in our countries time of need.
James bought that car all by himself, he called me that night proud that he had'nt had to ask for a co-signer or a Dad Loan. He didn't want to see it go, but the Army doesn't pay enough during the first year or so. DON"T get me started about his sign on bonus.
He will never need it more than right now but they keep saying 4-5 weeks after tech school, or basic, or whatever, all I know is if he had gotten it before he left, he would still have his car.
I'm sorry to vent on you, bet you hear alot of this kinda crap.
They will want to tack on 700 or more now that they actually came got it, even though they said the wouldn't if I'd send the 300, which I did western Union I have the email receipt.
I asked them if they knew about the Serviceman's Relief Act and they replied, Sir, we don't need any history lesson. GGGrrrrr!!! I think they do, how bout you?
Maybe they'd be speaking Japanese, or German right about now..
I'd settle if they could just keep all this off his credit report, I'd like to see him come home and buy a house and a Pick-up get married and get started on them Grand Children, I aint getting no younger, and don't need this aggravation.
I think this LAMP thing is great, and the SCRA if they really can help.
Signed,
Disillusioned Patriot in North East Texas
Robert
Tenaha, Texas
U.S.A.
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