-Caveat Lector- > > From: Audrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [A-M] The Sheriff''s Sale > > AUDREY'S MISSILES > A weekly newsletter dedicated to the peaceful > reform of the United States government. > THE SHERIFF'S SALE > > Once in a while the little guy wins one. In January of this year > I had asked EARTHLINK to return the $119.70 which they had illegally > removed from my bank account after I discontinued their service, but they > ignored my registered letter. In March I won a judgement against them. > With the court fees the debt was $211.70 at that point. I then consulted > the small claims legal adviser on means of collection and found that there > are a number of ways to go about collecting a judgement in California. The > easiest way would have been to snatch it from their bank account! The > problem there was to find that bank account. My bank could have told me > but they would not. I was advised that I could write EARTHLINK a small > check, wait until it came back, and then use the information on the > cancelled check to locate the bank account. That might have worked, but I > could not think of a reason to write such a check that would be > convincing. There were alternatives. > > One alternative was the sheriff's sale. To me, that one was very > interesting. The sheriff in Los Angeles County could be sent to the > Pasadena office of EARTHLINK to inventory their computers to find out which > ones that could be sold to satisfy the judgement. I opted for the > sheriff's sale. It took a few weeks, but the sheriff did pay them a > visit. Ah, then we finally got their attention! By that time, with all > the collection fees added the amount they owed was $410.02! They paid > immediately. I soon had a check in my hot little hand, and I took it to > the bank and deposited it. I had to advance the collection fees, but I > did get it all back. > > There are asset search services listed on the internet. The > problem is that in the case of a small claim it probably would not be worth > the fee that they charge. (One such firm charges $125 to locate a bank > account on a no-hit, no-charge basis.) Big companies count on the fact that > for a small sum of money a customer just will not do anything about their > high handed ways of operating. In my case I think the request for payment > was probably put in the round file. At any rate, in a case involving so > little money they are not likely to send a representative when the it > comes up for trial. Therefore, if the plaintiff can make a respectable > case before the judge it will not be contested and a judgement should be > ordered in his favor. EARTHLINK and America On Line both make > discontinuing their services difficult. In fact, America on Line even had > the gall to ask for the last four digits of my Social Security > number! They immediately dropped the request when I refused to give it to > them. Happily, I am now disconnected from both services, and my October > bank statement shows no withdrawal for on line services. Watch your bank > too....when you ask for them to stop payment they may try to have you sign > a statement that absolves them of all liability! Oh what the big fellows > won't do! It is open season on consumers! > > > http://www.fullsearch.com/asset.html (National) > http://www.regnum.com (International) Many others listed under <asset > searches>. > READ THIS NEWSLETTER AND THEN GIVE IT TO A FRIEND. > No copyright on the content of AUDREY'S MISSILES is claimed since it is our > hope that the information in this newsletter will be copied and distributed > widely. Topics covered are those which are not adequately treated on TV or > in the press. 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