Posted on 09/06/2012 9:46:03 PM PDT by rawhide
The owners of a modest home near Twentynine Palms lost their cherished possessions after a bank mistakenly foreclosed their residence.
A crew broke into Alvin and Pat Tjosaas’ desert home and took everything after being directed by Wells Fargo to secure the structure.
The couple, however, didn’t have a mortgage on the home.
Alvin said the deputy sheriff said, “Good news, we know who took (your possessions)…Wells Fargo. Bad news, your stuff is all gone.”
All the married couple has now are three generations of memories.
Alvin, a retired mason, built the home with his father when he was a teenager.
“I know every inch, every rock…my mom mixed all the cement by hand,” he said
A spokesman for Wells Fargo released a statement apologizing to the couple.
“We are deeply sorry for the very personal losses the Tjosaas family suffered as a result of their home being mistakenly secured,” said Alfredo Padilla. “We are moving quickly to reach out to the family to resolve this unfortunate situation in an attempt to right this wrong.”
Alvin and Pat remain distraught.
“When you put your heart into something…it makes me real sad. I’m just glad I have my sweetheart. We’ve been together a long time,” said Alvin.
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Mike got whacked last week.
I have an idea??? What if everybody with a mortgage with WF stopped paying their notes until the company made these people whole, if that is even possible. What do the people want?
ping....
“Ka Ching”?
There are things that can’t be replaced. Anyone who’s lost their house to a fire will tell you that the pain never goes away.
Most of what we have can be replaced. But not my kids’ baby clothes, the photographs, my grandmother’s vanity or my husband’s great-uncle’s desk. Money can’t replace everything.
“Or took it back to Mexico.”
Yeah, to keep all those stolen vehicles company.
Agreed, my settlement would not be monetary!
Agreed, my settlement would not be monetary!
they sound like honest, simple people. They will be preyed upon.
Wells Fargo is without a doubt the worst excuse for a “bank” in the history of this planet. It’s a completely incompetent organization.
Agreed, and WF’s merger with Wachovia only increased the suckage exponentially.
They need to pay through the nose bigtime.
I doubt it. AFAIK, the house mortgage is legally secured by the house, not whatever possessions of yours they can find lying around. They can't repo your car or come to your office and take your briefcase or your shoes. Whatever shortfall might exist after a repo and sale they'd have to sue you for. Landlords can sell your stuff if they lock you out for non-payment, but I don't believe that applies to mortgage holders.
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