Bank Breaks Into Ohio Womanâs Home, Repossesses Her Belongings
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Now don't stick "agitating" in there and expect me to take your question seriously. Did I say "agitating"? No.
Yes, community involvement to that degree is rare (though more than a few put it on their resumes, vaguely, hoping you don't dig). For someone with Obama's ambition and skills, you cannot pay them enough to get them on your staff, they're either headed to public service, as Obama did, or they're going to start their own business.
You mean how Obama helped organize mass movements against banks in an effort to punish and intimidate them into making bad loans through disruption and agitation? And doing the same with other businesses he didn't like?
You are such a really, really dumbass, Rectum. How you manage to function day after day is a total mystery. Does someone help you put on your clothes?
THE PLOT THICKENS: BANK RESPONDS TO STORY OF WOMAN WHOSE BELONGINGS WERE WRONGFULLY REPOSSESSED
The president of a bank that accidentally broke into an Ohio womanâs home and repossessed her belongings has responded to public outcry â and his story contradicts some of the details that have been reported so far.
First National Bank in Wellston, Ohio, doesnât deny breaking into the wrong home. The bank doesnât even deny wrongfully repossessing Katie Barnettâs belongings.
However, according to a statement released Thursday by bank president Anthony S. Thorne, Barnettâs claim that the bank hauled away roughly $18,000 worth of goods is inconsistent with their estimates.
â[W]e communicated to the homeowner our desire to compensate her fairly and equitably for her inconvenience and loss,â the statement reads.
âHowever, the written list of items that she provided to us â and the value she assigned to those items â is inconsistent with the list and descriptions of items removed that was prepared by the employees who did the work, and with the list and values of missing items provided by the homeowner herself as recorded in an earlier telephone conversation with one of our representatives,â it adds.
The statement explains that although the bank employees got the wrong home â thanks to a GPS mistake â overgrown grass and turned-off utilities led them to believe that it was indeed the correct house. The statement adds that employees found the house unlocked when they arrived.
Barnett, who had been away for a few weeks when the bank broke into her home, claims the most expensive items taken were two car engines and parts worth about $9,000.
She adds two dressers, some clothing, pool cleaning supplies, patio furniture, and various goods outside the home were taken by bank employees. Some of it was hauled away, some of it was trashed, and some of it was sold.
The bank told her that she âwould probably need receipts for everything that they took and they were not paying retail,â she said.
âI told him I wasnât running a yard sale and asking them to make me an offer. I told him I donât keep receipts around for everything I have just in case a bank comes by and steals my stuff. And if I did, where do you think it would be? With the stuff that you threw away,â she added.
First National Bank did not respond to requests for comment from ABC News or The Huffington Post and bank employees refused to discuss the incident with 10tv.com.
Still, Thorne accused the media of failing to get the bankâs side of the story.
âNearly all of the news stories that you may have seen â regardless of whether on television or the internet â appear to have been taken directly from the local television report,â the statement reads.
âOther than CNN, no news media that has rebroadcast or reprinted this story has contacted us to get our side of the story or to verify the claims made on the local station,â it adds.
The statement goes on to say that it will continue to work to settle the issue with Barnett.
Hereâs the bankâs full explanation:
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The president of a bank that accidentally broke into an Ohio womanâs home and repossessed her belongings has responded to public outcry â and his story contradicts some of the details that have been reported so far.
First National Bank in Wellston, Ohio, doesnât deny breaking into the wrong home. The bank doesnât even deny wrongfully repossessing Katie Barnettâs belongings.
However, according to a statement released Thursday by bank president Anthony S. Thorne, Barnettâs claim that the bank hauled away roughly $18,000 worth of goods is inconsistent with their estimates.
â[W]e communicated to the homeowner our desire to compensate her fairly and equitably for her inconvenience and loss,â the statement reads.
âHowever, the written list of items that she provided to us â and the value she assigned to those items â is inconsistent with the list and descriptions of items removed that was prepared by the employees who did the work, and with the list and values of missing items provided by the homeowner herself as recorded in an earlier telephone conversation with one of our representatives,â it adds.
The statement explains that although the bank employees got the wrong home â thanks to a GPS mistake â overgrown grass and turned-off utilities led them to believe that it was indeed the correct house. The statement adds that employees found the house unlocked when they arrived.
Barnett, who had been away for a few weeks when the bank broke into her home, claims the most expensive items taken were two car engines and parts worth about $9,000.
She adds two dressers, some clothing, pool cleaning supplies, patio furniture, and various goods outside the home were taken by bank employees. Some of it was hauled away, some of it was trashed, and some of it was sold.
The bank told her that she âwould probably need receipts for everything that they took and they were not paying retail,â she said.
âI told him I wasnât running a yard sale and asking them to make me an offer. I told him I donât keep receipts around for everything I have just in case a bank comes by and steals my stuff. And if I did, where do you think it would be? With the stuff that you threw away,â she added.
First National Bank did not respond to requests for comment from ABC News or The Huffington Post and bank employees refused to discuss the incident with 10tv.com.
Still, Thorne accused the media of failing to get the bankâs side of the story.
âNearly all of the news stories that you may have seen â regardless of whether on television or the internet â appear to have been taken directly from the local television report,â the statement reads.
âOther than CNN, no news media that has rebroadcast or reprinted this story has contacted us to get our side of the story or to verify the claims made on the local station,â it adds.
The statement goes on to say that it will continue to work to settle the issue with Barnett.
Hereâs the bankâs full explanation:
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I think the bank should consider $18,000 a small amount to pay for what they have done. I think a jury will punish them much much more if they don't settle this soon. They've already lost more than $18,000 of goodwill for their brand by fighting this. New replacement value for items they damaged or can't return should be a given.
Un-mowed grass, unlocked door, GPS error are irrelevant. It's the bank's fault and they had better pay up really soon.
They should also consider themselves lucky if the state doesn't step in and start a criminal prosecution.
Un-mowed grass, unlocked door, GPS error are irrelevant. It's the bank's fault and they had better pay up really soon.
They should also consider themselves lucky if the state doesn't step in and start a criminal prosecution.
"I told him I wasnât running a yard sale and asking them to make me an offer. I told him I donât keep receipts around for everything I have just in case a bank comes by and steals my stuff. And if I did, where do you think it would be? With the stuff that you threw away,â she added."
Lol, that's great. : )
Lol, that's great. : )