Debt pronWatching TV the other day we caught one of these "Bank of Mummy or the Wife" type shows and we thought, "This is Debt Pron." I.e. peoples financial problems exploited for the voyeuristic pleasure of others. Then we thought, "We bet lots of people on B3ta have massive financial problems. Let's exploit them." So, confess them all. Dodgy credit cards, lending money to some bloke in the pub, visits from the bailiffs, using one card to pay off another. We want to wallow in your fiscal pain. So, what is your biggest money fuck up?
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rob, Thu 23 Nov 2006, 19:50)
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I bought the house I live inas a cheapish repossession.
For the first few years I kept a letter confirming my purchase beside the front door to show to the constant stream of bailiffs and debt collectors who turned up asking for the previous owners. They owed money everywhere, in huge amounts, it seems.
They were all polite and left me alone after I proved that I now owned the house, so I was impressed.
I've been here 10 years now and I still open letters that come to this address but with the wrong name, in case 'they' are up to their tricks again.
I've had hospital bills, new bank account 'welcome' packs and even a new car insurance policy for the previous owners, all within the last couple of years. Lord knows what they're getting up to!
They must be getting away with it though, as the bailiff visits stopped years ago.
(, Tue 28 Nov 2006, 9:00, Reply)
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