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Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Magda Hassan - 12-03-2010
They're happy enough to take housespeople that needs homes but....
Quote:Bank of America apologises for repossessing parrothttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7410896/Bank-of-America-apologises-for-repossessing-parrot.html
Bank of America apologised to a woman after one of its contractors allegedly trashed her house and took her parrot while wrongly repossessing her home.
Published: 4:37AM GMT 10 Mar 2010
Photo: REUTERS
Forty-six-year-old Angela Iannelli sued the bank on Monday.
She claims her mortgage was up-to-date when one of the banking giant's contractors damaged furniture, took her pet parrot, Luke, and padlocked her door in October.
In a statement, the bank said it ''sincerely apologises'' and has tried for months to resolve the issue.
The bank said it has ''zero tolerance for this kind of error'' and said it will quickly review the lawsuit's allegations and consider any hardship that resulted.
The woman, who lives in the Pittsburgh area, said she eventually got her bird back after repeated calls to the bank.
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Ed Jewett - 12-03-2010
Polly wants more than a cracker this time.
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Magda Hassan - 12-03-2010
Polly deserves more than a cracker in this case. :dancing2:
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Peter Lemkin - 12-03-2010
Why would a bank take a parrot and where would they keep it - in the vault? :egg: It is life imitating Monty Python.
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - David Guyatt - 12-03-2010
I saw the news about this a couple of days ago and had a giggle then.
But repossessing and trashing the wrong house. That's very unfunny and speaks of the deep power of banks to be able to authorize that without the intervention of the legal process. People today have been rendered helpless in such cases.
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Peter Lemkin - 12-03-2010
David Guyatt Wrote:I saw the news about this a couple of days ago and had a giggle then.
But repossessing and trashing the wrong house. That's very unfunny and speaks of the deep power of banks to be able to authorize that without the intervention of the legal process. People today have been rendered helpless in such cases.
Authority (sic) and Corporatocracy seem very 'careless' and with too much lack of 'oversight' there (and in my Land) lately, they repossess not only the wrong homes, but, at times, the wrong lives...the examples are too numerous to mention and well know to this crowd. :bebored:
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Magda Hassan - 12-03-2010
Yes, very unfunny. It is not the first time I have heard of this during this current housing bubble either. One would think they would be using legal channels for evictions and repossessions where by it should become clearly evident that they have the wrong property and mortgagee. Obviously not though.
Gives us the money or the parrot gets it! - Ed Jewett - 13-03-2010
This brings to mind the tremendous piece of work by a noted local author in these parts -- Andre Dubus III -- which found form in
- House of Sand and Fog (novel), a 1999 novel
- House of Sand and Fog (film), the 2003 film adaptation of the novel, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley.
I could not finish the book; it made my psychically and physically ill.