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Slappys Sob Story. So long folks

Welp, this will be my final post on this board for quite some time.

I wanted to take a minuit to thank everybody for all the good info i got, and even to thank jerks like tire-guy for keeping it real. hahahaha

This will be my last post for some time, as i will not be able to enjoy this hobby for at least 6 months, and logging onto this board will do nothing but make me sad and miss my rig. Cause my Rig is about to be scrapped.

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The Tale of Slappy's Rig.
Chapter 9. The end of the run.

Slappy made a bad decision that has come back to haunt.

Slappy had a roommate he was living with for 6 months. This guy was surly a few screws loose, and terminally unemployed

Slappys roommate was a dude called Ryan.
Ryan had no job, but earned social security due to a tragic event earlier in his life.
Slappy and Ryan roomed up, and things were great for about 4 months, then Ryan's Social security dried up and he couldn't find employment. It wasn't from a lack of looking around, but a lack of trying to get the job.

Slappy ended up paying this bastards end of the rent 4 times, on the last month of the lease Slappy paid his half and moved out, his roommate never paid his half, and due to Slappy shelling out a massive wad for rent and security deposit on a rental house, he had no money to cover his broke-ass friend.

Eviction came at the latter part of the last month of the lease. Ryan was a total jerk to the apartment management so they hated us. They didn't see any distinction between us because they only cared about the money, however, they sure were liberal when tallying up the total owed. It's a business after all.

Time has past and now payment is due. Slappy is engaged to get married (writes as wife though because he doesent feel like spelling out fiancée, yes, he is that lazy) and is fixing to buy their first house, a nice quaint 250,000 jobber in a rather "Well to do" part of southern Denver, a place truly worthy of his future wife.

Then it happens.
Mr. Bill collector says "total amount due NOW!"
Slappy cries "I don't have that much! I can pay in payments though! 400 a month maybe?"
Mr. Bill Collector says "No! Total due NOW! You pay NOW! Or we go to court and I garnish your paycheck! You get a big black mark on your credit! You wont get that house! Mwhahahahahah!!!!
Slappy pleads "Why don't you go after that Ryan bastard? He is on the lease too!!!?
Mr. Bill Collector coldly states "You have a good paying job, Ryan hasn't had a job in over a year. You are where the money is at, we don't care about who paid what, only that YOU PAY US"

Slappy checks with his legal services through work, sure enough, its right. Mr. Bill collector is in his rights to demand full due to the nature of the debt.

Slappy realizes that he must sacrifice his precious hardware or he wont get the house.

Later that evening, while Slappy is at work, he posts his stereo up for sale. Please forgive me fellow audiogoner's I need the money FAST, posting here wont get it sold in time. Shipping is a problem too.
Slappy posts his modest rig at work for sale for 3,500.00, a cool grand over the needed amount for the bills. But a good 2,200 below what he paid for it.
If nobody buys, he bought a bunch of gear from a major retailer less than a month ago that he bought with money received from selling all his Deftech speakers. He can return the gear and have most of it, but will still need to sell gear piece by piece to get the rest.

And thus, the demise and complete dismantling of Slappys rig is under way..

Slappy knows it the apartment situation was not his fault, but it WAS his responsibility, and is willing to pay the debt.

Its ok though, come january im going to rebuild my system. It will be faster. It will be smarter. It will be cleaner. And it will be good. And there will be Electrostats.

Peace out folks! Thanks for the fun!
See ya in january
slappy
slipknot1
1,423 posts
 
Slappy don't sound happy. Slappy feels crappy. Slappy should talk to his pappy.

But seriously Slap: I know it looks bleak at the moment, but stick around here anyway. I find myself enjoying your contributions here, your shoot-from-the-hip style may get some folks riled up, but that's OK. Most of us are adults and can take it. Just remember what my pappy always used to tell me: "It's always darkest - just before it gets pitch black" Hang in there.
marty9876
120 posts
 
It's always darkest - just before it gets pitch black-that's just mean...:)
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
No more 'flashing the cash' at the hi-fi shops, eh Slap? Slappy - aside from being a rather 'dramatic' individual who refers to himself in the third-username - seems to have a slightly suspect affinity for chaos and conflict...I'll miss his posts (though like Viridian I don't really see the reason for his leaving, except for its theatrical value), but I also don't think, if he was selling his system on Audiogon and it contained anything that I wanted, that I would try to do business with such a perpetual victim (albeit an oft-raffishly-charming one). We hardly knew ye, young Slap...[Cue poignant end music, "Don't you know that you are a shooting star?"]
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
Okay, Slappy, if you are still with us, listen up!

1. Be a jerk to your land
lord, too.

2. Demand a jury trial. this will cost the landlord more than you owe him.

3. At the mediation phase, wait till they offer to let you go at no cost to you...they don't want a jury trial. Just be sure they don't hit your credit report. Speaking as a property manager...I work for the landlords...tenants get away with this all of the time.Oh yeah...I am not an attorney and remember the most important thing....advise is worth what you pay for it.......
kublakhan
717 posts
 
"advise is worth what you pay for it..."[not my spelling] i can't help seeing the irony there unclejeff so i figure it was intended. good one.

here's some more advice but mine is worth the paper it's printed on:

uncleJ, i would imagine the amount in question would put slappy in small claims court, not in front of a jury. check for denver slaphappy.

if slappappy wants justice slapdaddy should allow himself to be sued and try to figure out a way to have his roommate listed on the complaint. Slapme can even ask for this during the small claims case and it's likely you'll be granted the request and have to come back at a later date. the judge will almost certainly rule in your favor: Ryan is responsible for his share of the rent. the judge will not (and i believe can't) award judgment for one amount against two people (unless you're married to him, slap.) if ryan is there or on the complaint and not present then the only person to award against will be ryan. make sure you can prove what your share of the rent is and that you paid it with months of backup.

if the landlord 'ruins' you credit after that judgment you can sue the living dung heap out of him. in fact...you can probably sue him right now (or very soon) if he threatened to ruin your credit or sue and you can prove he isn't planning on following through within two months (dont know the specific time window but there's a law for this)...or if he doesn't ultimately follow through with the threat. creditors can't make these threats of ruining your credit or threats to file lawsuits if they don't intend (or ultimately don't) follow through. get a good book on the subject of creditors. there's a national law for collections with some very simple to understand rules that are constantly being broken by these guys...i don't know what it's called.

Keep all the letters they send you, smack. they sound like they're full of abuses of the creditor's code. in fact, if there are abuses you can file a counter suit and have your case tried immediately after the judge listens to their case. if nothing else your filing might make them rethink going to court.

the best advice (worth at least five times what you're paying for it) would be to just pay the bill like you're planning on doing, cut off contact with ryan, stick around audiogon reading crap like this because it's amusing not because you have a stereo with pressing questions and consider the whole incident a good lesson. i've paid for my share of those lsesons...we all have.

Kublakhan out yo
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