View Full Version : ever had a video store debt pursued by legal agents?
outremont
20-09-2007, 01:33 PM
blockbuster wanted my $35 so badly they hired some gutter trash tax collecting scum from melbourne to collect my significant contribution to their multi-national organisation, and added $30 in the process.. threatening to add more if i didn't comply. the people in this offices air a barely disguised contempt for people who rack up fines, why? they must some of the most anal retentive, systematic souless human beings to do the job they do.
huhuhuhu
just pay it dude, they want your kneecaps
THA LOC II
20-09-2007, 01:38 PM
huhuhuhu
just pay it dude, they want your kneecaps
or dont...
it will end up costing them to take you to court..... whch they wont over $35...
ist scare tactics...
blockbuster rent out cut films.... its The American religious video chain...
smooth_ann
20-09-2007, 01:38 PM
My sister is pretty lucky then. She ended up paying $80 for one overdue dvd from Blockbuster.
At the moment she owes $120 to Optus, they've refered it to a debt collection agency and iinet ($220)are threatening to do the same.
Turbo
20-09-2007, 01:39 PM
Stop being cheap and just pay the freaking fine, simple! For whatever reason you did not return the movies back, you have to pay a fine. MOST shops offer a discount if you pay the fine when returning the dvd's.
blockbuster wanted my $35 so badly they hired some gutter trash tax collecting scum from melbourne to collect my significant contribution to their multi-national organisation, and added $30 in the process.. threatening to add more if i didn't comply. the people in this offices air a barely disguised contempt for people who rack up fines, why? they must some of the most anal retentive, systematic souless human beings to do the job they do.
hahaaaa
"i owe them money, and they sent people around to collect the money! that i rightfully owe them! the nerve!"
you owe them money dude. its $35, just pay it and return your videos on time you spaz :laugh:
Turbo
20-09-2007, 01:41 PM
or dont...
it will end up costing them to take you to court..... whch they wont over $35...
ist scare tactics...
blockbuster rent out cut films.... its The American religious video chain...
I am not 100% sure about this, but once you get referred to a debt collection agency and you don't pay that debt your name gets registered onto some "bad credit list"?
I think having a bad credit rating against your name can potentially screw you later in life?
Uisce
20-09-2007, 01:43 PM
It's hard to know where to begin with my response.
Sneeza
20-09-2007, 01:43 PM
There was some lady in the paper a couple of months back who got chased down for owing over a grand to a video store in overdue fees. She went to the newspaper and so they reduced to some hella small amount hahah those stupid fucks always negotiate with you 'ok just pay $5 then'
Masta.Jacobie
20-09-2007, 01:44 PM
hehehe
i got the same thing for $40
they must be doing a sweep of all overdue fees.
i organised to pay it back $2 a week
Corteks
20-09-2007, 01:46 PM
I am not 100% sure about this, but once you get referred to a debt collection agency and you don't pay that debt your name gets registered onto some "bad credit list"?
I think having a bad credit rating against your name can potentially screw you later in life?
Uhhh yeah to that, also I think it was in the news that unpaid video store fines can now end up on your credit rating (basically what you're saying there)...
And yeah it can screw you later in life, for say loans of say a house or car or such
outremont
20-09-2007, 01:50 PM
i organised to pay it back $2 a week
haha, gold.
THA LOC II
20-09-2007, 01:52 PM
I am not 100% sure about this, but once you get referred to a debt collection agency and you don't pay that debt your name gets registered onto some "bad credit list"?
I think having a bad credit rating against your name can potentially screw you later in life?
hahahaha
thats priceless...
i can just imagine going for a home loan...
sorry mr Tha Loc II.... we arnt going to give you money coz you didnt return sleepless in Seattle back in 2007....
id laugh in banks face.... walk out... turn around and laugh again..
blockbuster wanted my $35 so badly
you get that every day you have that movie, they lose money, right?
i've worked in a video store and you'd probably be surprised (or not) by how much money they lose from lost and stolen videoes. even overdue ones - every day you don't return that video, is a day they don't get profit from being able to rent it out again.
you're lucky they are going about it the formal way and sending you a nice letter from the debt collection department. the owner of my store used to personally pay a visit to the houses of people who had long overdue video. he was an ex-bouncer.
THA LOC II
20-09-2007, 01:57 PM
you get that every day you have that movie, they lose money, right?
i've worked in a video store and you'd probably be surprised (or not) by how much money they lose from lost and stolen videoes. even overdue ones - every day you don't return that video, is a day they don't get profit from being able to rent it out again.
you're lucky they are going about it the formal way and sending you a nice letter from the debt collection department. the owner of my store used to personally pay a visit to the houses of people who had long overdue video. he was an ex-bouncer.
see, id rather that then a snotty letter from a collection agency... id invite the guy in make him a cuppa tea... have a chat, then hand him said "fine" and the vid back.... its the personal touches that make me come back... ;)
psychiq
20-09-2007, 01:58 PM
I am not 100% sure about this, but once you get referred to a debt collection agency and you don't pay that debt your name gets registered onto some "bad credit list"?
I think having a bad credit rating against your name can potentially screw you later in life?
Yep pretty much.
My boyfriend didnt pay a Telstra bill in 2003, he paid it one month later. Since then his name his been stuck on the Baycorp list but it comes off next year. We wanted to get a joint personal loan but couldnt because of this one measly overdue bill in 2003. So the loan is completely in my name now.
Screwing up your credit rating just isnt worth it.
THA LOC II
20-09-2007, 02:00 PM
Yep pretty much.
My boyfriend didnt pay a Telstra bill in 2003, he paid it one month later. Since then his name his been stuck on the Baycorp list but it comes off next year. We wanted to get a joint personal loan but couldnt because of this one measly overdue bill in 2003. So the loan is completely in my name now.
Screwing up your credit rating just isnt worth it.
how long does your name stay on these said lists?
sketch
20-09-2007, 02:03 PM
id laugh in banks face.... walk out... turn around and laugh again..
without any money.
Masta.Jacobie
20-09-2007, 02:04 PM
you'll be laughing all the way to (out of the) bank
Sneeza
20-09-2007, 02:05 PM
how long does your name stay on these said lists?
its like 6 or 7 years. Also bad credit rating can stop you getting mobile phones, AGC etc. When I used to work for a mobile phone shop we had to refuse people contracts because they owed something dumb like $6 to western power
sketch
20-09-2007, 02:06 PM
how long does your name stay on these said lists?
5 years after you pay the default, 7 if you dont.
psychiq
20-09-2007, 02:07 PM
how long does your name stay on these said lists?
It was 5 years for this particular bill that he didnt pay.. but i'm not sure if it varies depending on how severe the debt is etc.
Uisce
20-09-2007, 02:15 PM
Yep pretty much.
My boyfriend didnt pay a Telstra bill in 2003, he paid it one month later. Since then his name his been stuck on the Baycorp list but it comes off next year. We wanted to get a joint personal loan but couldnt because of this one measly overdue bill in 2003. So the loan is completely in my name now.
Screwing up your credit rating just isnt worth it.
That sounds a bit extreme. I know lots of people who've let phone bills slide for more than a month (myself included) and I've never had problems with financial institutions. Typically your name will only go on the blacklist if you choose to default or don't acknowledge the collection letters.
musika
20-09-2007, 02:17 PM
i was told by the credit file people, and by my friend who did invoicing at The West Australian: the debt has to be over $100 to be registered on your credit file.
psychiq
20-09-2007, 02:17 PM
That sounds a bit extreme. I know lots of people who've let phone bills slide for more than a month (myself included) and I've never had problems with financial institutions. Typically your name will only go on the blacklist if you choose to default or don't acknowledge the collection letters.
Not Telstra.
blockbuster wanted my $35 so badly they hired some gutter trash tax collecting scum from melbourne to collect my significant contribution to their multi-national organisation, and added $30 in the process.. threatening to add more if i didn't comply. the people in this offices air a barely disguised contempt for people who rack up fines, why? they must some of the most anal retentive, systematic souless human beings to do the job they do.
ive got some debt collectors after me to get back video store debts that range from: $6.50 - $27.80
now you may think 'just pay it' but the prob is i never had a membership with them cause i woulda been (going from the date of these so called debts) around 12... my mum had a debt tho but cause they couldnt get hold of her they put my name on it and tried to come after me... not just one name tho they tried a few diff alternatives of my name but the same addy.... retards...
mum paid her fine but now there convinced i have one too....
pfft.
GrandMaster
20-09-2007, 02:20 PM
i went into the video store with scotty once when he was returning something like 5 videos that were overdue by well over 6 months
the fine was like $300+ and we both burst out laughing when the store clerk told us. hes videotaped it, wonder if he still has it
crave
20-09-2007, 02:21 PM
yah i'm being harrassed by one now... i totally forgot to return some videos and they accrued some fees... they're a bit more forgiving when you travel... lol.
Uisce
20-09-2007, 02:24 PM
Not Telstra.
What's not Telstra?
My brother racked up a $600 mobile phone bill with them and didn't pay for 6 months. They disconnected his phone and did just about everything except put his name on the credit blacklist. I know this because he was able to apply for a $5000 car loan a year later despite only working part-time. Additionally, I've often missed payments for my land line bill due to being overseas or interstate. They tend to just tack the amount owing onto the following month's bill with no extra charges.
psychiq
20-09-2007, 02:32 PM
What's not Telstra?
My brother racked up a $600 mobile phone bill with them and didn't pay for 6 months. They disconnected his phone and did just about everything except put his name on the credit blacklist. I know this because he was able to apply for a $5000 car loan a year later despite only working part-time. Additionally, I've often missed payments for my land line bill due to being overseas or interstate. They tend to just tack the amount owing onto the following month's bill with no extra charges.
Well our experience with Telstra was a lot different to yours then.
How long ago was it? Maybe he is on the black list... Our personal loan was quite a lot more than just $5,000.
Masta.Jacobie
20-09-2007, 02:32 PM
generally they just continue sending letters,
reminder, late notice, extra late notice, suspension notice, c'mon we really mean it notice etc.
and eventually they will suspend the service.
its all good once you pay the bill
hitmonlee
20-09-2007, 02:34 PM
i went into the video store with scotty once when he was returning something like 5 videos that were overdue by well over 6 months
the fine was like $300+ and we both burst out laughing when the store clerk told us. hes videotaped it, wonder if he still has it
why was he videotaping it?
GrandMaster
20-09-2007, 02:41 PM
for the lulz i suppose, he knew the fine was going to be huge
hitmonlee
20-09-2007, 02:44 PM
for the lulz i suppose, he knew the fine was going to be huge
i've seen larger. saw it talked down to $80 as well for an instant payment.
Interjecta
20-09-2007, 02:46 PM
i've seen larger.
That's what all the girls say :(
sketch
20-09-2007, 02:47 PM
That's what all the girls say :(
:laugh:
Graffekta
20-09-2007, 05:35 PM
What is with people lately?!
We've got you who's getting all huffy about paying fines that are due to your own inability to return something on time...
Then there's that douche who ran off from a taxi without paying...
Fucking pathetic!
RandomLogik
20-09-2007, 05:39 PM
i went into the video store with scotty once when he was returning something like 5 videos that were overdue by well over 6 months
the fine was like $300+ and we both burst out laughing when the store clerk told us. hes videotaped it, wonder if he still has it
your better off not returning them and paying the replacement cost
my dad took back romeo and juliet that i'd had out for over a year, and they added up the costs
Ralph Mellish
20-09-2007, 05:42 PM
alot less poeple seem to want you to go to jail than the taxi runner :dontgetit
flaunt
20-09-2007, 05:43 PM
just pay it you tightass
Phar King Al
20-09-2007, 05:45 PM
blockbuster wanted my $35 so badly they hired some gutter trash tax collecting scum from melbourne to collect my significant contribution to their multi-national organisation, and added $30 in the process.. threatening to add more if i didn't comply. the people in this offices air a barely disguised contempt for people who rack up fines, why? they must some of the most anal retentive, systematic souless human beings to do the job they do.
give them a break blockbuster in the US is going under because its owned by mormon who wont stock anything that has worse than a PG rating.
Seriously though I keep getting messages slipped under the door from someone acting on behalf of civic video applecross asking for payment for an unreturned DVD that an exflatmate once rented. Think last message I got said something about garnishing wages, issuing a bench warrant. I forward onto to the ex flatties last known address but i don't think they are paying it any attention either if they are in fact receiving the messages I forward.
They have 6 years to collect the debt, although if u keep returning all mail unopened and are slick enuff to dodge the door knockers they'd probably give up I guess.
Phar King Al
20-09-2007, 05:46 PM
blockbuster wanted my $35 so badly they hired some gutter trash tax collecting scum from melbourne to collect my significant contribution to their multi-national organisation, and added $30 in the process.. threatening to add more if i didn't comply. the people in this offices air a barely disguised contempt for people who rack up fines, why? they must some of the most anal retentive, systematic souless human beings to do the job they do.
give them a break blockbuster in the US is going under because its owned by the mormons who wont stock anything that has worse than a PG rating.
Seriously though I keep getting messages slipped under the door from someone acting on behalf of civic video applecross asking for payment for an unreturned DVD that an exflatmate once rented. Think last message I got said something about garnishing wages, issuing a bench warrant. I forward onto to the ex flatties last known address but i don't think they are paying it any attention either if they are in fact receiving the messages I forward.
They have 6 years to collect the debt, although if u keep returning all mail unopened and are slick enuff to dodge the door knockers they'd probably give up I guess.
akumas
20-09-2007, 05:48 PM
i ran off with out paying the $6 overdue fine once, but i left my wallet in the store on the counter?
what should i do? anybody had any similar experiences?
As a former video store whore, I think you should just pay your $30 and stop whinging.
Do you know how many people have late fines? Yes, this may be an insignificant amount to you (in which case I dont see why you just dont pay it) but you are denying them from further income from having kept the DVD for longer than you should have. All those people with the odd overdue fine add up.
If you go an buy your sausage roll with sauce and choc chill, you pay the man at the counter for those goods. Why is a video store any different?
When you joined you were shown the terms and conditions on the back of that piece of paper - remember that one? Its called a contract. You signed it. So just pay up.
Most places are willing to knock money off the amount owing if you ask them. If your that tight, stick to illegally downloading your movies.
flaunt
20-09-2007, 05:49 PM
i ran off with out paying the $6 overdue fine once, but i left my wallet in the store on the counter?
what should i do? anybody had any similar experiences?:laugh:
Phar King Al
20-09-2007, 05:51 PM
i ran off with out paying the $6 overdue fine once, but i left my wallet in the store on the counter?
what should i do? anybody had any similar experiences?
yeah switch off your computer and stop posting lame.
In fact I`ll follow my own advice.
:D
nighty night
i got one on monday, my brother never returned a dvd when he lived here for a good 4 weeks...he's oversea's now.
thanks, brother
my sister used to be terrible with her videos and such
when she first moved to freo she got out shitloads of movies from her nearest video store, racked up heaps of fines and returned them well late, never to use their services again. then she would do the same thing to a store a little further away, repeat the process again and again, expanding the radius of video stores she couldnt use
DiSaSSociateD
20-09-2007, 06:07 PM
I am not 100% sure about this, but once you get referred to a debt collection agency and you don't pay that debt your name gets registered onto some "bad credit list"?
I think having a bad credit rating against your name can potentially screw you later in life?
yup. I have done this to myself, on account of stupid amounts in my younger days, from having no family to help with the little shit and living beyond my means after moving out too soon
:sleepy: fuck credit anywho
RandomLogik
20-09-2007, 06:09 PM
my sister used to be terrible with her videos and such
when she first moved to freo she got out shitloads of movies from her nearest video store, racked up heaps of fines and returned them well late, never to use their services again. then she would do the same thing to a store a little further away, repeat the process again and again, expanding the radius of video stores she couldnt use
i remember when i had to go down to clarkson just to get videos out. i was living in joondalup :confused:
discount
20-09-2007, 07:05 PM
I had Planet Video get someone on to me a few years back about this, I thought it was a bit extreme 3 dvds which were a couple days late.
I told the debt collector I would have been willing to pay Planet Video the next time I went back, but I'm not paying for a debt collector to harass me.
slave
20-09-2007, 07:56 PM
In my old house in london, We were paying all bills money to one guy in a house and he was suppose to pay them. The money sat in his room as he forgot to pay them and I didn't realise to I opened a letter threatening to take me to court as we hadn't paid council tax. I think said person still messed the payment up as I still got a summons. As a result I now have a phone contract with 3, because 02 and vodafone rejected me based on the address. 3 actually has been ok though. Hence at my new flat I look after the bills. This is in the UK though.
over $35 I just paid it and be done with it.
Mesia
20-09-2007, 08:07 PM
I'm currently having some arsehole ring me everyday about a $3 fine owed to some videoshop. I just tell him I'm not home. I figure if his company can spend at least twice the amount on phone calls to me than what the debt is, it'll be worth it.
Numerous times, prolly racked up $200 in overdue fees.
Scotty
25-09-2007, 09:57 AM
i went into the video store with scotty once when he was returning something like 5 videos that were overdue by well over 6 months
the fine was like $300+ and we both burst out laughing when the store clerk told us. hes videotaped it, wonder if he still has it
It was closer to $800 I think, I have the lolz video at home somewhere along with the kabutz videos of your plastic (un)lucky cat getting blown to mars, lolz lolz
Gilbert Grape
25-09-2007, 10:01 AM
i remember when i had to go down to clarkson just to get videos out. i was living in joondalup :confused:
You know you've lived too far north for far too long when you think of going to clarkson as 'down' :look:
for me it actually is south haha
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