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Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral?
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Posted on 07/03/2009 5:25:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can. Such a deal is being offered by the Kontora loan company, whose public face is Viktor Mirosiichenko, 34.

Clients have to sign a contract, with the words "Agreement" in bold letters at the top. The client agrees to the collateral, "that is, my immortal soul." Mirosiichenko said his company would not employ debt collectors to get its money back if people refused to repay, and promised no physical violence. Signatories only have to give their first name and do not show any documents.

"If they don't give it back, what can you do? They won't have a soul, that's all," he told Reuters in a basement office, with one desk, a computer and three chairs. Wearing sunglasses, a black suit and a white shirt with the words "Kontora" (office) emblazoned on it, he reaches into his pocket and lays out a sheaf of notes on the table to show that the business is serious and not a joke.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: soul

Viktor Mirosiichenko, the public face of Kontora loan company


1 posted on 07/03/2009 5:25:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 07/03/2009 5:29:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Unless his middle name is Beelzebub, I’d like to see him try to collect.


3 posted on 07/03/2009 5:30:09 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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4 posted on 07/03/2009 5:31:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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You better check to see if his office has a wall that has faces of people on it and squirming bodies, first... LOL...


5 posted on 07/03/2009 7:47:32 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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