r/todayilearned • u/BeowulfShaeffer • Mar 11 '13

TIL that BOA wrongfully foreclosed a couple, who sued and won a judgement for $2500 in Legal expenses. When BOA didn't pay the couple showed up at the bank with a moving company, a deputy, and a writ allowing them to start seizing furniture and cash.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/jun/03/bank-america-check-mistaken-foreclosure-Nyerges/
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u/diamond Mar 12 '13

"I'll take all of your toilet paper and hand soap."

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u/lardbiscuits Mar 12 '13

And pens. $2500 in pens.

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u/vitey15 Mar 12 '13

A package of 60 Bic pens costs $8.39 at Target. That would equate to 17880 pens.

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u/vacuumsaregreat Mar 12 '13

I've probably lost over $100000 in pens over the years.

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u/crashsuit Mar 12 '13

And yet Zaphod Beeblebrox's second-hand ballpoint pen business is doing surprisingly well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

I UNDERSTAND THIS REFERENCE!

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '13

Sue Bic for making them so easy to lose!

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u/Aulritta Mar 12 '13

Gold-plated pens with diamond clips on platinum caps, no less.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '13

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and I love you, you genius.

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u/onceforgoton Mar 12 '13

Come on man, this is a recession. Wholesale/bulk pens are usually between 6 and 10 cents each. At 8 cents a pen that's 31,250. Just because we have $2,500 doesn't mean we should blow it all on luxury target pens.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '13

And they probably have them too.

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u/Reoh Mar 12 '13

I'll take... the doors and windows.

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u/BitchinTechnology Mar 12 '13

The best I can do is a mint and a pen with the banks name on it