Kossick;316521 wrote:
a big provider to many Katrina victims... didnt make those people pay eitherI know there are a few instances where insurance companies aren't required to make payments, and a few situations where companies cannot demand compensation for damages. My memory may be a little foggy, things may be different, or I could be wrong, but the two that come to mind are "acts of war" and "acts of god". I don't know what "acts of god" is supposed to mean, but I do know that "act of war" is something that has been in life insurance (and probably a couple of other insurances) in the past. Under circumstances that have been labeled by a higher authority as "act of ___", it may give excuses to avoid payment.

HandoEX;316519 wrote:
A good friend had 3 DirecTV receivers in his apartment in the Galleria. DirecTVs replacement cost was $1200. I forgot to ask how many of those were dvr receivers. Cable One is not the only company requiring their customers to pay for damaged receivers though. I have to wonder why they are the only ones getting all the negative press.

KVLY did a report and they said they called other competitors and the competitors said they would have gone case by and prolly not made them pay.... they didnt cite who they contacted but they said one of the companies was a big provider to many Katrina victims and didnt make those people pay either

thrash;316448 wrote:
I'm used to hearing that people don't like what I have to say. And as usual, they don't refute it, they just don't like it.

This has everything to do with socialism: which is the idea that whatever most people think is best for most people goes. Cableone is just some shitty company everyone hates. What right do they have to have their contracts enforced and their property rights protected? None, according to you. **Apparently, people that didn't bother to get renters insurance **had something horrible happen to them, and now they are absolved of all responsibility?

That's not the rule of law. That's the rule of some men over other men.

Why don't you donate $99 DVRs to all of these fire victims? That way you can put your compassion where your internet tough guy mouth is.

My wife's co worker has a relative in that building and HAS renters insurance and said renters insurance doesnt cover cable one's shit... Just sayin...

i was hoping that this thread would get back to talking about why people shouldn't have to honor agreements they signed and why their word shouldn't mean anything, and ideally, to get a neat list of all those people and have it made into a sticky'd post.

ridinrails;316506 wrote:
i'm no banker, but i'd have to agree with "dontgotaride" on this one....it makes alot more sense to have a co-signer on what seems like his first car loan, than to get a loan by himself, and probably lower his interest rate by 5%+....and it will still help him get good credit.

now i wont disagree, but as far as i know ( and im not saying i couldnt be wrong) but his loan isnt in his name with a cosigner. Its his grandparents loan. That was why i said "guess how to get good credit". By having his name on it. Im making an assumption from what i had read in other threads but its not like he would admit that it wasnt in his name anyway.

I may be the first person in the history of the internet to admit that i dont know his situation. Nor do i care about it. If im wrong about it im wrong about it. The only reason i even made the comment is becuase he thinks he needs to prepetuate this childish bickering becuase hes still all ass jammed about everyone making fun of him in past threads.

SPANISH-RICE;316503 wrote:
it will end when you stop trying to "call me out" on some seriously pointless shit. You make no sense in your wicked sick disses. Your flat billed hat "bro" mantality really shines through on here. You may not have had good credit or even any credit when you were 18. Cool, alot of people dont. But guess how you get good credit?

I'm no banker, but i'd have to agree with "dontgotaride" on this one....it makes alot more sense to have a co-signer on what seems like his first car loan, than to get a loan by himself, and probably lower his interest rate by 5%+....AND it will still help him get good credit.

dont got a ride;316456 wrote:
oh no, not a shot at my rims again. When will it end?!?!?!

And sorry i wasn't granted with totally awesome credit when i turned 18? Not sayin you were either. But i guess its dumb to get someone with almost perfect credit to cosign on a loan rather then take one out myself and spend a bunch more. And who says i don't have renters insurance?

it will end when you stop trying to "call me out" on some seriously pointless shit. You make no sense in your wicked sick disses. Your flat billed hat "bro" mantality really shines through on here. You may not have had good credit or even any credit when you were 18. Cool, alot of people dont. But guess how you get good credit?

joel;316453 wrote:
brandon, dont talk, you probably have atleast that laying aroun in your apartment. Do you have insurance on your stack in your closet? You probably have 20k in clothes and camera equiptment? I bet joe gets a great "discount" on renting?

i do have alot of money in stuff laying around my apartment, but i also have renters insurance and am very familiar with my policy and what it covers and what i need to do to get paid back.

The stack of money was short lived thing that i let sit around to long and that would have been my fault if it all burned up. I just started putting a little away once and next thing i knew there was alot more than i was comfortable with sitting in there. Yea it would have sucked to lose a couple grand in cash but it was only in there for maybe a few months and has been deposited now for quite a while.

But at the same time i realize that would have been my fault for letting cash burn up and i would not have been crying about it to everyone else to help pay me back or give me free shit becuase i was being reckless.

Eurofan;316460 wrote:
fuckin phaggets livin in appartments like friggin douche bags...

Broskis, just live at home with your parents like me. :icon_brilsmurf:

^joke

Broskis, just live at home with your parents like me. :icon_brilsmurf:

/thread

SPANISH-RICE;316437 wrote:
wtf are you talking about? please point out the part where i said ALL of fargostreet is lazy?its pretty clear i was referring more to a specific sect of members, specifically ones that would rather spend money on baby blue spray paint than renters insurance and aren't responsible enough to have car loans in their own names. i.e. you

but any way this is interesting to hear what fargostreet has to think about what being responsible is. continue

Oh no, not a shot at my rims again. When will it end?!?!?!

And sorry I wasn't granted with totally awesome credit when I turned 18? Not sayin you were either. But I guess its dumb to get someone with almost perfect credit to cosign on a loan rather then take one out myself and spend a bunch more. And who says I don't have renters insurance?

The tenants were **responsible **for the property that had been loaned to them. They signed a statement saying they agreed. Normally when a contract has extenuating circumstance outs, it says so.

I think that how you keep your word to other people is a measure of a person. It's easy to stand by what you claim to beleive when the goin is easy.

Apparently, some of the fire victims, and you, and some others here, beleive that "rough circumstances" absolve a person from keeping their word.

Not having renters insurance has nothing to do with what kind of a person they are.

What might make them less of a person than my ideal man is that when they sign a peice of paper saying "i'll do this", what they really mean is "unless something bad happens to me"

Your examples regarding changing a contract or refinancing a house make no sense at all. In the case of refinancing a house or paying off a car loan, THE DEBT IS PAID OFF!. You do a new deal and that frees up the funds to close the old deal! When 2 parties renogiate a contract, its bilateral -- both parties agree to the new terms, and otherwise the old terms are binding.

I think it would be good for cableone to try and work with these people to make everyone whole, but they are under no obligation to do so.

I will make one condemnation/judgement in this post: Anyone who suggests that cableone should just "suck it up", and has no rights/recourse in this situation either hasn't thought about it hard enough, or is really just a shitty person. Say who you are now, so I know never to do business with you.

ichibankilla;316446 wrote:
I don't know about any of you guys but when my house or apartment is on fire the first thing I grab is my CableOne DVR

Well, no. I leave that and all of the other easy to replace things in the house. And then I let my insurance company pay to replace them.

if I didn't abide by what that contract said that would make me some kind of lying piece of shit asshole, wouldn't it?

Bingo.

Cableone should refuse to re-sell cable to all of these people who are categorically refusing to live up to the terms they signed up for, beause these folks have already demonstrated that their signature on a contract doesn't mean a fucking thing.

PSiedTSi;316445 wrote:
Shut up thrash. Seriously. This has nothing to do with socialism. Go cry to your mom.

I'm used to hearing that people don't like what I have to say. And as usual, they don't refute it, they just don't like it.

This has everything to do with socialism: which is the idea that whatever most people think is best for most people goes. Cableone is just some shitty company everyone hates. What right do they have to have their contracts enforced and their property rights protected? None, according to you. Apparently, people that didn't bother to get renters insurance had something horrible happen to them, and now they are absolved of all responsibility?

That's not the rule of law. That's the rule of some men over other men.

Why don't you donate $99 DVRs to all of these fire victims? That way you can put your compassion where your internet tough guy mouth is.

ichibankilla;316446 wrote:
ALL HAIL THE CONTRACTAre you giving cart blanc to break contracts? Should law enforcement and the military break their contracts with the government and start using all of their firepower to start taking whatever they want?

Apparently extenuating circumstances are not in some peoples, especially corporations and there nut swingers, vocabulary.Apparently, the word "responsibility" isn't in your vocabulary.