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Wells Fargo mistakenly forecloses on the wrong house - owners lose all possessions

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wells fargo should be forced to track down each and every piece of property and buy it back, then pay an absurd amount of money in punitive damages, money is the only thing these assholes understand.
 
Yes they are.

rh71 said:
nobody at the bank thought to double check before issuing the order? Like when someone is supposed to have their right leg amputated, they kinda make doubly sure it's the right leg and not the left before putting the saw in. You can't "blame the bank". This is all on one or two employees who suck at their job. But you can blame WF for showing no care afterward... till now.
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Phoenix86 said:
Yes they are.
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ok 1 idiot.

most are agreeing that the bank is at fault. hell of course the bank is at fault.

unless it comes out they hired a company to do it (wich they did) and sent over the correct paperwork (doubt it) and then they fucked up.

but that's not what happened. WF flat out fucked up
 
Wow, can't get anything done without getting the media involved. $260K sounds like WF is spitting in their faces.
 
waggy said:
ok 1 idiot.

most are agreeing that the bank is at fault. hell of course the bank is at fault.

unless it comes out they hired a company to do it (wich they did) and sent over the correct paperwork (doubt it) and then they fucked up.

but that's not what happened. WF flat out fucked up
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Sometimes all it takes is one idiot, just look at what happened at WF. Sometimes people don't realize they are being idiots and need a few others to slap them upside the head and say "dude you're an idiot". 😉
 
sunzt said:
uh ohs....

i have a sense of imminent derailment coming on...
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Nah, it will go nowhere because there is no part of capitalism which is inherently dishonest, neither is there for communism or any system - it's people which are dishonest.
 
Texashiker said:
When someone drinks, drives, gets in a wreck and kills someone, the person that did the drinking is still charged with a crime.

Just because there was on intent does not excuse the crime.
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That is criminal intent. Do you not understand that? I guess you could use the excuse "I was so drunk I forgot I wasn't legally allowed to drive", but find me a judge that will will accept that defense and I'll go down on Rosanne Barr.
 
pelov said:
I am. Burglary would entail willingly entering a property with the intent to commit a crime, so perhaps burglary wouldn't be the charge.



That seems kind of sleazy when you can just claim you thought it was yours the entire time. I can steal your car and claim you changed the plates because we own the same car. The issue is that you have to provide a good reason why you thought it was yours, whereas in this particular case their reason wouldn't hold any merit as whatever reason they can muster is a mistake on their end. "Oops, my bad" doesn't generally fly.
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That doesn't work in Indiana. I know because I was charged with possession of stolen property for stuff I bought from a co-worker. I bought a computer from him in front of my boss and had no idea it was stolen. My co-worker had stolen all the parts from the store we worked at. I was charged with and forced to plea to possession of stolen property. I was told by the judge that the law doesn't not care if you know the property is stolen, possessing it is enough to be convicted.

So in theory, if anyone who bought this property is in Indiana, they are criminals.
 
If I were them, I would issue an open offer to all lawyers to come and join a team that would go and fuck Wells Fargo and keep all the proceeds, keep it all I dont need a dime, just fuck the mofos like they have never been fucked before.
 
BUTCH1 said:
The saddest part was the fact that WF just ignored them for months until the local news got involved. I wonder if they could have called the cops and pursue criminal charges against these assholes. any way they deserve treble damages IMO, 3X what the home was worth..
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that's a start, but how do you put a price on dad's uniform? It's irreplaceable.
 
Wow, you guys are really out for blood in this case. Did Wells Fargo make a mistake? Yes. Should they pay for it? Yes. I think they should also attempt to get back any items that have sentimental value and are irreplaceable such as the grandfather's uniform. I assume law enforcement would be able to retrieve the items given they were technically stolen? I'm not sure how that works given the company took the items through the proper channels, but the order was misfiled.

I can't really comment on the fact that Wells Fargo was ignoring them, because I have no idea how the family was attempting to contact Wells Fargo. Were they going through some lowly customer service representative? Those peons are probably the last person you want to talk to, and speaking to a higher-up official probably isn't going to happen very easily. I don't recall the article mentioning who they were trying to contact or did contact.
 
Aikouka said:
Wow, you guys are really out for blood in this case. Did Wells Fargo make a mistake? Yes. Should they pay for it? Yes. I think they should also attempt to get back any items that have sentimental value and are irreplaceable such as the grandfather's uniform. I assume law enforcement would be able to retrieve the items given they were technically stolen? I'm not sure how that works given the company took the items through the proper channels, but the order was misfiled.

I can't really comment on the fact that Wells Fargo was ignoring them, because I have no idea how the family was attempting to contact Wells Fargo. Were they going through some lowly customer service representative? Those peons are probably the last person you want to talk to, and speaking to a higher-up official probably isn't going to happen very easily. I don't recall the article mentioning who they were trying to contact or did contact.
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the peon issue is no excuse. Someone along the chain either failed them (again) or ignored it. 3 months? bullshit amount of time.
 
waggy said:
the peon issue is no excuse. Someone along the chain either failed them (again) or ignored it. 3 months? bullshit amount of time.
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Honestly, you're passing judgment way too quickly. You know nothing other than that they attempted to contact Wells Fargo over the course of three months. That's all you know. It could have simply been a few phone calls to the support line over the course of three months and that's it. I'm not stating that the family is at fault here, but I'm not going to metaphorically call for the public hanging of this company without knowing exactly how things went down. That's the kind of shit that belongs in P&N, waggy!

I also realize that my opinion isn't going to be terribly popular, but I don't wish to vilify without having a true grasp on what went down.
 
Aikouka said:
Honestly, you're passing judgment way too quickly. You know nothing other than that they attempted to contact Wells Fargo over the course of three months. That's all you know. It could have simply been a few phone calls to the support line over the course of three months and that's it. I'm not stating that the family is at fault here, but I'm not going to metaphorically call for the public hanging of this company without knowing exactly how things went down. That's the kind of shit that belongs in P&N, waggy!

I also realize that my opinion isn't going to be terribly popular, but I don't wish to vilify without having a true grasp on what went down.
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rh71 said:
yes they are to what?
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waggy said:
nobody is saying that WF shouldn't be held accountable.
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Yes to this question, you basically said blame the employees not the bank.

edit: Can you imagine taking personal responsibility for every transaction at your job? Oops, your mistake caused $100,000 in losses, you gonna write a check for that or pay cash?
 
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