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Court Reimburses Man for Watermelons
AP ^ | Jul 7, | no byline

Posted on 07/07/2005 1:55:59 PM PDT by Cowman

Jul 7, 10:26 AM EDT

Court Reimburses Man for Watermelons

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)

-- When Jackie L. Eley's pickup truck was repossessed, more than just her ride was taken away. The 130 watermelons in the truck bed also were repossessed.

Revenge, though, has been sweet.

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that the repo firm, Mid-East Acceptance Corp., must pay Eley $1,365 - three times the melons' value - as well as legal fees. Eley's truck was repossessed July 29, 2002, a day when the temperature would reach 98 degrees with 89 percent humidity. She had missed two payments.

The men refused to let her unload the produce. And their boss refused to let Eley retrieve her melons later that day from the yard.

Two days later, the company had second thoughts. "The watermelons are rotting, and the smell is polluting the storage lot," the company wrote to Eley, demanding that she take her melons or pay the cost of removing them.

Eley refused.

As she testified, "The melons were spoiled. They wouldn't do me any good. They took the truck, they took the melons. They were their melons then."


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I guess this is the man they reembursed

The truck was owned by a woman. (AP headlne error)

1 posted on 07/07/2005 1:55:59 PM PDT by Cowman
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To: Cowman

The life of a repo man is always intense.


2 posted on 07/07/2005 2:00:05 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Bork should have had Kennedy's USSC seat and Kelo v. New London would have gone the other way.)
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To: Cowman; JustAmy; Victoria Delsoul; doug from upland

Trebled Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon, Pickled.

The repo firm was NOT a Jolly Rancher, that day....


3 posted on 07/07/2005 2:00:36 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: Blurblogger
The repo firm was NOT a Jolly Rancher, that day....

And you thought your job stunk

4 posted on 07/07/2005 2:02:44 PM PDT by Cowman (Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
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To: cjshapi
Maybe you might get reimbrused for yours...

[ducking] ;^)>

5 posted on 07/07/2005 2:05:12 PM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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To: Cowman
The men refused to let her unload the produce. And their boss refused to let Eley retrieve her melons later that day from the yard.

Two days later, the company had second thoughts. "The watermelons are rotting, and the smell is polluting the storage lot," the company wrote to Eley, demanding that she take her melons or pay the cost of removing them.

Stupid-heads.

6 posted on 07/07/2005 2:31:44 PM PDT by ahayes
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