All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[Byrd is the Word]

11 minutes ago, nora1992 said:

It isn’t a favor for someone if you spend more than the recipient can afford, and then demand every penny.  You’re the employer - you know what the salary is.

You can’t take a child shopping at your favorite stores, buy her hundreds in clothing and then expect a minimum wage employee parent to pay you back. Loans don’t work that way and the plaintiff knows it. She has no proof of the loan or any arrangements to repay because there were none. It became a loan out of some sort of spite. Guaranteed. 

[Florinaldo]

58 minutes ago, nora1992 said:

If you want the employee to pay you back, then GIVE HER A RAISE!!!!

Again, that would be mixing a personal financial transaction with an employment relationship. Both litigants should have established spending limits from the start. They were both at fault on that aspect of the case. If the clothes were deemd too expensive, defendant could have asked for at least some of them to be returned to the stores.

 

49 minutes ago, Byrd is the Word said:

But she was ahead of the game and knew better than to lie about it.

Actually, I think she could have made a good argument that she was not, with JJ overestimating depreciation and underestimating the impact of the deductible. It would not have won the day I am sure, but it would have shown a little spine.

Edited January 31, 2019 by Florinaldo

[Byrd is the Word]

40 minutes ago, nora1992 said:

It isn’t a favor for someone if you spend more than the recipient can afford, and then demand every penny.  You’re the employer - you know what the salary is.

Edited January 31, 2019 by Byrd is the Word

[Byrd is the Word]

23 minutes ago, Florinaldo said:

Actually, I think she could have made a good argument that she was not, with JJ overestimating depreciation and underestimating the impact of the deductible. It would not have won the day I am sure, but it would have shown a little spine.

The plaintiff received $1,400 to repair one or two PWC’s that are nearly 20 years old. I know from experience that the value of these machines isn’t too much more than that. Taking into account that the plaintiff assumed the risk, and that the damage was minor enough that she’s still able to enjoy her machines adding the deductible to her settlement turns a loss into a win.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

27 minutes ago, Byrd is the Word said:

The plaintiff received $1,400 to repair one or two PWC’s that are nearly 20 years old. I know from experience that the value of these machines isn’t too much more than that. Taking into account that the plaintiff assumed the risk, and that the damage was minor enough that she’s still able to enjoy her machines adding the deductible to her settlement turns a loss into a win.

JJ admonished her for letting the kid use the jet ski after it turned out that he was riding on the back of the thing but also steering. Like, really? I've never used a jet ski either, but even I know that's not a good idea. I wonder if there was beer or other alcohol involved.

[NYCFree]

I’m normally not in favor of the party claiming “it was a gift, not a loan,” but with the pizza employee I believe it. I believed the detail where the the defendant claimed the plaintiff said “my granddaughter isn’t here, I’d love to take her clothes shopping.”  Also, plaintiff never asked defendant for a budget, what if she spent $1,000? What about $2,000?  Even in the hallterbiew plaintiff was very haughty about the state of defendant’s daughters clothes. People are totally out of touch about what it’s like to have less money than they actually do. I know I’m guilty of it at my middle class level.

[zillabreeze]

2 hours ago, AuntiePam said:

Hard to believe plaintiff took the kid shopping without checking first to see how much she should spend.  The fact that she spent $600 makes me think that it may well have been intended as a gift, with strings attached, of course.  She didn't strike me as a generous type, but rather one who would do a favor and expect repayment several times over.

That was my exact take on the situation.  Plaintiff struck me as someone who never does anything without a hook.  It was probably all magnanimous and lovey dovey till something went sideways at work.

Many moons ago I worked for a hateful old woman that had no friends.  She essentially over paid employees so that we would kiss her ass to keep the gravy train on track.  She might do something that seemed kind, but she made damn sure everyone knew about it.  Later, if you disagreed with her about something, here came the prior "kindness" flying right back in your face.  It's a control thing.

[AngelaHunter]

2 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Misguided Binge Shopping-(Woman spends over $600 on former employees school clothes for her daughter

I can't believe plaintiff's hubby lets her run a pizza joint. She is mind-bogglingly dumb. Trying to make her understand a simple question was a monumental task.

Mr. Perez? For real? All spiffed up with his hair dyed purple to match his tie, and he stands there telling lie after lie, even though they were so easy to ferret out. Not his fault! Except it was. The police never stopped him. Except they did and even with a video clearly showing they indeed stopped him and got him out of his car, it never happened.  Did he have insurance on the day of the accident? Yes, he had insurance, except, well, he didn't. Does the fact that he raced to an ins. company to try and get some (retroactively?) prove he had it? He thinks so. What a perfect, utter asshole. Even after all this shaming, he stands there all purple-haired and smugly smiling as though he'd done something praise-worthy. Whatever you do, don't take a drink every time plaintiff says, "Your honour." Even though she was perfectly right and had all the evidence, it really irritates me when people say "your honour" after every single sentence they speak.

49 minutes ago, Cobalt Stargazer said:

JJ admonished her for letting the kid use the jet ski after it turned out that he was riding on the back of the thing but also steering. Like, really? I've never used a jet ski either, but even I know that's not a good idea

What, you've never driven your car from the back seat? Don't you want to have that experience, and get the old adrenaline going? Smiley grandma was annoying. Of course her big BooBoo grandbaby did nothing wrong. She chose to let some friend of his - who may be 20 but 20 IS the new 12 - take off and play with a piece of her equipment with no knowledge of how to drive it and expects total caution and care to be taken? Get real, Granny. Yeah, I'd hand the keys to my car or other vehicle to some silly boy showing off for his little girlfriend. "Off you go! Have fun!" She really was very lucky that neither of the riders was really injured or even killed and also lucky insurance paid. Maybe they didn't know who was driving it.

[DoctorK]

21 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

with his hair dyed purple to match his tie,

Thanks, I thought my elderly HDTV was getting senile.

[AngelaHunter]

48 minutes ago, DoctorK said:

Thanks, I thought my elderly HDTV was getting senile.

My TeeVee is new (Byrd bought it for me) but I thought somehow the lights were reflecting something somehow and making the purple hair. But no. It really is that colour.

[Florinaldo]

1 hour ago, NYCFree said:

Also, plaintiff never asked defendant for a budget, what if she spent $1,000? What about $2,000?

I think that the defendant also had a duty to set a budget or spending limits, but she smelled the possible windfall and kept mum, knowing she could eventually wiggle her way out of it, by playing on the hearstring as a low-wage earning mother; I did not catch if she was of the Saintly Single variety.

But as I initially said, my main beef about the case was JJ saying that deductions on her paycheck not being used to reimburse the loan was evidence that it was a gift instead; suggesting an unethical and illegal solution is interesting coming from someone who thinks herself so smart after all her years of higher education. As @AuntiePam  said, it makes you wonder what games she plays with the wages of her household staff.

As for the jet ski case, I think I probably did not express my view clearly enough: I disliked that the plaintiff caved in so easily and did not give a better show. You are there to argue you case, make the effort dammit!

[Brattinella]

2 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Mr. Perez? For real? All spiffed up with his hair dyed purple to match his tie, and he stands there telling lie after lie, even though they were so easy to ferret out. Not his fault! Except it was. The police never stopped him. Except they did and even with a video clearly showing they indeed stopped him and got him out of his car, it never happened.  Did he have insurance on the day of the accident? Yes, he had insurance, except, well, he didn't. Does the fact that he raced to an ins. company to try and get some (retroactively?) prove he had it? He thinks so. What a perfect, utter asshole. Even after all this shaming, he stands there all purple-haired and smugly smiling as though he'd done something praise-worthy. Whatever you do, don't take a drink every time plaintiff says, "Your honour." Even though she was perfectly right and had all the evidence, it really irritates me when people say "your honour" after every single sentence they speak.

He really was a world-class liar and jerk.  I was impressed with his hair; purple is my favorite color, and it was very subtle.

[SRTouch]

On 1/30/2019 at 9:25 AM, funky-rat said:

I only use the drawers for dirty clothes.  Then when I'm ready to go home,  I put them in a plastic bag (when I get a nice big bag from a store, I save it and put it in my suitcase).

Guess I spent too much time living out of duffle bags while deployed - even had a couple 10 month deployments where all I had was duffle and corner of a closet to hang uniforms. (Anything over 180 days, 6 months, was kind of rare, as usually that requires change of duty assignment.) I have no problem with living out of a suitcase, even easier to find stuff than a duffle. Oh, and when traveling (which I rarely do now days) I still have an Army issue laundry bag for dirty clothes - lol

Ok - back to viewing - only seen some portion of hotel bonanza case - which was Monday - and have yet to watch any other episodes this week.... normally watch JJ in the wee hours when I get home from work - but Animal Planet is showing old reruns of Bondi Vet, so I have choice of half hour shows recorded... have been going with the critters rather than litigants this week

Edited January 31, 2019 by SRTouch

[KittyMom4]

12 hours ago, Florinaldo said:

As for the jet ski case, I think I probably did not express my view clearly enough: I disliked that the plaintiff caved in so easily and did not give a better show. You are there to argue you case, make the effort dammit!

I think she caved because she wasn't expecting JJ to call her out, she knew she made out but wanted a BONANZA on top of that.

 

13 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Of course her big BooBoo grandbaby did nothing wrong. She chose to let some friend of his - who may be 20 but 20 IS the new 12 - take off and play with a piece of her equipment with no knowledge of how to drive it and expects total caution and care to be taken?

I actually believed the defendant in the halterview saying that the plaintiff's BooBoo grandbaby hit him trying to show off. BooBoo bozo kept saying he "lifted" the jet ski to minimize the impact, the way he kept repeating it screamed alibi to me, I'm sure that's what he went running to granny with in order to deflect blame. 

13 hours ago, NYCFree said:

 Even in the hallterbiew plaintiff was very haughty about the state of defendant’s daughters clothes.

There was something really odd about that case, like the bitchy plaintiff was trying to buy the defendant's daughter's love. Weird to me that you would take your poverty level employee's child clothes shopping to the tune of $900 and not have some sort of budget with the mom that was within her ability to repay.....unless repayment was not your goal. It didn't sound like the two women were friends outside of work, why would the plaintiff care what the daughter's clothes looked like? 

 

13 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

What a perfect, utter asshole. Even after all this shaming, he stands there all purple-haired and smugly smiling as though he'd done something praise-worthy.

This. I get the feeling this was not the first time, he lied lied lied and didn't budge on his story, that's a pro right there....

[CrazyInAlabama]

I can't believe Mr. Purple Hair Perez didn't get arrested, and his car impounded.   Lack of insurance means suspended registration for the car, and combined with his other traffic and road rage offenses, he should have been in handcuffs.     I really hope the woman never has to deal with him again, because he's definitely dangerous.   

The way a lot of litigants know they're getting a tax refund is that many are Sainted Single Mothers, or Fathers, and qualify for Head of Household, and Earned Income Credit.   You can actually get back more than you earned in some cases.     

Edited January 31, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[poeticlicensed]

On 1/30/2019 at 10:49 AM, Byrd is the Word said:

After watching Judge Judy litigants for years, I feel the need to get the following off my chest: A “tax return” is the form(s) that we file with the IRS and the state at the end of each tax year. Failure to file a tax return is a violation of the law and we save our tax returns for future reference. A “tax refund” is an amount of money returned to you that was overpaid during the tax year. The two terms are not the same. For all of her persnickety and sometimes pedantic corrections, you’d think JJ would make this important distinction clear. 

 

Thank you. One thing I don't understand about JJ litigants is that they always get tax refunds. They borrow against them, promise to pay things with them, etc. How the hell do they know they are getting a refund? And why are  their refunds always in the thousands?? I can't even remember the last time I got back more a a few hundred dollars and sometimes I have to pay a little on April 15. How do these people always manage to get an enormous refund? The only thing I can think of is that they all get EIC.

Edited January 31, 2019 by poeticlicensed

[poeticlicensed]

31 minutes ago, GoodieGirl said:

There was something really odd about that case, like the bitchy plaintiff was trying to buy the defendant's daughter's love. Weird to me that you would take your poverty level employee's child clothes shopping to the tune of $900 and not have some sort of budget with the mom that was within her ability to repay.....unless repayment was not your goal. It didn't sound like the two women were friends outside of work, why would the plaintiff care what the daughter's clothes looked like? 

I think that plaintiff liked the defendant and her daughter and it was initially a gift, but when defendant stole or whatever it was that got her fired, she decided the gift to her daughter was a loan. I also LOL that JJ thought that the plaintiff she have just deducted payments from her paycheck. I can imagine that JJ would rake over the coals an employer who resorted to "self help" like that. 

[Byrd is the Word]

2 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

How the hell do they know they are getting a refund? And why are  their refunds always in the thousands??

I imagine that they know they are receiving a refund after they prepare their return just like you and I.  The simple explanation as to why they receive a refund is because they over pay all year; probably because their withholding amount is off.  And rather that adjust their withholding so they have their cash all year they enjoy the refund like it's a gift from their Uncle Sam instead of the no interest loan to the treasury that it really is.

[poeticlicensed]

4 minutes ago, Byrd is the Word said:

I imagine that they know they are receiving a refund after they prepare their return just like you and I.  The simple explanation as to why they receive a refund is because they over pay all year; probably because their withholding amount is off.  And rather that adjust their withholding so they have their cash all year they enjoy the refund like it's a gift from their Uncle Sam instead of the no interest loan to the treasury that it really is.

Financial literacy, or lack thereof, is a huge issue in this country. If someone can use an iphone, they can certainly use a withholding or interest rate calculator. 

[Byrd is the Word]

50 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

Financial literacy, or lack thereof, is a huge issue in this country. If someone can use an iphone, they can certainly use a withholding or interest rate calculator. 

I could not agree more. And in a world of payday loans, insurance policies on $35 toasters and scratch off lottery tickets the financially unenlightened have already lost a game most don’t even know they’re playing. 

Edited January 31, 2019 by Byrd is the Word

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

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PSA-The second you're going to dump someone, change any password for accounts they might access, make sure they're not an authorized user on any credit cards, and off all bank and financial accounts.   And change the freaking locks!  Don't forget to shut off their accounts for phones, etc too. 

Even a better more innovative thought - don't combine your financial stuff with your flavor of the month. Don't put your friends on your cell phone plans in the first place. Just because you can have four cell phone lines doesn't mean you need to use up ALL those lines (I would buy my dog a cell phone before some of the people I know, but again, my dog is very intelligent). 

Did anybody think the jet-ski crashing defendant looked like the A Christmas Story kid all grown up? 

[TheLastKidPicked]

1 hour ago, poeticlicensed said:

Financial literacy, or lack thereof, is a huge issue in this country. If someone can use an iphone, they can certainly use a withholding or interest rate calculator

 

23 minutes ago, Byrd is the Word said:

I could not agree more. And in a world of payday loans, insurance policies on $35 toasters and scratch off lottery tickets the financially unenlightened have already lost a game most don’t even know they’re playing. 

 

18 minutes ago, ItsHelloPattiagain said:

Even a better more innovative thought - don't combine your financial stuff with your flavor of the month. Don't put your friends on your cell phone plans in the first place. Just because you can have four cell phone lines doesn't mean you need to use up ALL those lines

And this is more prevalent than you might think.   We have a few younger folks who work for me, and it is amazing how many times we have this conversation:

Kid:  Verizon is charging me $ 400 or they will send me to collections.  Marcy is the one who isn't paying her half.

Me:  Is this your phone plan or Marcy's?

Kid:  It's mine and I added her.  They are sending me to collections.

Me:  Then you need to pay them.

Kid:  I paid my half.  They should go after Marcy

Me:  It's not Marcy's account.  It's yours.  They will definitely go after you.

Kid:  That's not fair.  I paid my half.  They should go after Marcy

Me:  They will go after the person on the account.  That's you.

Kid:  That's not fair.

Well, I'll tell you what is not fair.  People who get stuck like this, who pay fees and exorbitant interest only because they didn't have an adult who taught them the few basics of finance.  And I mean BASICS.   There was one litigant who admitted in front of all of America,  "I had to wait for her to meet me because I don't know how to make out a check."  I believed him.  How is a kid like that going to get ahead when no adult has ever even shown him how to write out a check?

[Florinaldo]

1 hour ago, poeticlicensed said:

One thing I don't understand about JJ litigants is that they always get tax refunds.

They may say that they will be getting a refund, but it does not mean that they really are expecting one. Remember, these are often deadbeats desperate to get from other people money that they have no intention to reimburse, so they will say anything to get the cash.

Some may truly be expecting money back because they deliberately had the amount withheld on their paycheck set higher than the tax tables indicate, in order to be assured of a refund. It's an easy way to set aside money which they could otherwise have blown on silly expenses during the year. Which they probably will still do, before they even think of reimbursing a loan.

[AngelaHunter]

1 hour ago, poeticlicensed said:

How do these people always manage to get an enormous refund?

We've seen examples on this show. SSM, who secretly has baby daddy (and often others) living there and earning money but doesn't mention that on the tax forms, so it appears she's alone, earning little and with dependants - "It's just the way we do it." Others make money under the table and of course don't declare that either.

 

1 hour ago, Byrd is the Word said:

And rather that adjust their withholding so they have their cash all year they enjoy the refund like it's a gift from their Uncle Sam instead of the no interest loan to the treasury that it really is.

So true. It's a mindset that tells them they're winning the lottery every year. But I do understand. They know that if they don't do that, they'll blow the money during the year on rent-to-own TVs, etc, so they see this as kind of an enforced savings plan so they can try and ward off all their creditors when they get "Oh, boy - a whole bunch of free money". Things like "interest" does not compute. It's like paying the minumum on your credit cards each month, not understanding that the amount you pay back could be triple what you owed initially.

[poeticlicensed]

7 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

We've seen examples on this show. SSM, who secretly has baby daddy (and often others) living there and earning money but doesn't mention that on the tax forms, so it appears she's alone, earning little and with dependants - "It's just the way we do it." Others make money under the table and of course don't declare that either.

 

So true. It's a mindset that tells them they're winning the lottery every year. But I do understand. They know that if they don't do that, they'll blow the money during the year on rent-to-own TVs, etc, so they see this as kind of an enforced savings plan so they can try and ward off all their creditors when they get "Oh, boy - a whole bunch of free money". Things like "interest" does not compute. It's like paying the minumum on your credit cards each month, not understanding that the amount you pay back could be triple what you owed initially.

But what they don't realize is that if they owe anything like child support, deliquent taxes for prior years, etc, the first thing the govt will grab is their refund. 

26 minutes ago, TheLastKidPicked said:

I could not agree more. And in a world of payday loans, insurance policies on $35 toasters and scratch off lottery tickets the financially unenlightened have already lost a game most don’t even know they’re playing. 

OMG, I was once at Best Buy buying a cheap phone back when I had a landline. Price of the phone - $15. Price of the "insurance" - $9.99. I just looked at the cashier and  said seriously? She said she was required to ask. 

[KittyMom4]

8 minutes ago, Florinaldo said:

Some may truly be expecting money back because they deliberately had the amount withheld

I do this - to be fair I do it for my own "Christmas in May" shopping excursion. If the government got use out of those few thousand dollars for the last 12 months, it's fine with me, now I get to spend it on what I want.

5 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

It's like paying the minumum on your credit cards each month, not understanding that the amount you pay back could be triple what you owed initially.

Ugh, my ex husband never learned this lesson. He ran up our credit cards twice while I was married and has done it twice more with his new wife. The man can't grasp the fact that credit cards are not "free money", they are "you owe triple what you spent" money, especially someone like him who has poor credit. 

23 minutes ago, TheLastKidPicked said:

"I had to wait for her to meet me because I don't know how to make out a check."  I believed him.  How is a kid like that going to get ahead when no adult has ever even shown him how to write out a check?

I had to take my daughter's then boyfriend/now husband to open up a checking account. He was 20 years old, smart kid, had drunk parents. 

[Byrd is the Word]

22 minutes ago, TheLastKidPicked said:

People who get stuck like this, who pay fees and exorbitant interest only because they didn't have an adult who taught them the few basics of finance.

My daughter-in-law leased a new car when she got out of college because nobody told her it was a terrible idea. When my son found out it was not only leased but way over in miles he freaked. Now that car sits mostly idle waiting for the day they can turn it in and cut their loss. My father-in-law was middle management for GM for 30 years and always bragged about he deals he got on the new car he leased every two years. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I could walk in off the street and negotiate a better deal. When he died in 2017 he was 12 months into his latest lease. The terms of that deal were border line criminal; all based off the MSPR of the new car. I have visions of oily car salesman high five’ing each other the moment that old man’s back was turned. 

[poeticlicensed]

1 minute ago, Byrd is the Word said:

My daughter-in-law leased a new car when she got out of college because nobody told her it was a terrible idea. When my son found out it was not only leased but way over in miles he freaked. Now that car sits mostly idle waiting for the day they can turn it in and cut their loss. My father-in-law was middle management for GM for 30 years and always bragged about he deals he got on the new car he leased every two years. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I could walk in off the street and negotiate a better deal. When he died in 2017 he was 12 months into his latest lease. The terms of that deal were border line criminal; all based off the MSPR of the new car. I have visions of oily car salesman high five’ing each other the moment that old man’s back was turned. 

Leasing = paying for a car twice, once for the interest, the other for the car plus interest.

[Byrd is the Word]

2 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

Leasing = paying for a car twice, once for the interest, the other for the car plus interest.

Equity is one of the most overlooked concepts in personal finance. When you lease a car you will never, ever have a dime’s worth of equity and you’re ALWAYS obligated to a lender. Buy the best used car you can afford. Borrow a small amount if you’re convinced the car will outlast the loan. Take good care of the car and drive it until the wheels fall off. Anything else is just money up in smoke. 

[AngelaHunter]

41 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

OMG, I was once at Best Buy buying a cheap phone back when I had a landline. Price of the phone - $15. Price of the "insurance" - $9.99. I just looked at the cashier and  said seriously? She said she was required to ask. 

Not only required to ask, but are given scripts and all but flogged to seriously push the extended warranty, which is a big money grab. These warranties are enormously profitable. I had one salesperson ask me if I wanted an EW on a digital clock. "No" I said, but he continued to talk as fast and long as if his life depended on it. We saw someone on this show or TPC buy an EW on a car that was worth about 2K, so his car actually cost 4K, which would have been better spent on a newer car.

I once leased a car and boy, did I learn a hard and costly lesson when I decided I'd made a mistake, paid it off and kept the car.

The "rent to own" crowd? I feel many of them have no intention of paying for whatever they rented, and just move without leaving a forwarding address.

52 minutes ago, GoodieGirl said:

The man can't grasp the fact that credit cards are not "free money", they are "you owe triple what you spent" money, especially someone like him who has poor credit. 

Yeah. It's that mentality I mention, where they crow, "I just got a 75" TV and it only costs me 10$/mnth - woo hoo!" because they don't look past today. A plastic card truly is not real money to them.

[zillabreeze]

48 minutes ago, Byrd is the Word said:

Equity is one of the most overlooked concepts in personal finance. When you lease a car you will never, ever have a dime’s worth of equity and you’re ALWAYS obligated to a lender. Buy the best used car you can afford. Borrow a small amount if you’re convinced the car will outlast the loan. Take good care of the car and drive it until the wheels fall off. Anything else is just money up in smoke. 

This is probably one if the best habits a young person could get into!  A gently used 1 1/2- 2 yr old veehickle will save thousands upon thousands in interest & depreciation.

My Dad bought his last new car in '66, but has always driven very nice autos from SUVs to luxury.  The two times I've bought brand new I've regretted it (even with good credit and low interest).  Having your first tricked out, brand new expensive truck stolen in the first two months will teach a very heartbreaking lesson in depreciation.

Back in the day, buying a used car was a little tricky and required a lot of research and leg work.  Now, with Carfax and good reputable dealerships like AutoNation & CarMax it's kind of a no brainier.  Family mechanic still gets the $125.00 independent look-see though!

I have full grown otherwise intelligent friends and family members that ALWAYS have an f-ing car payment (and sometimes BOTH spouses FFS).  I just don't get it.  Quiz them and the response is " I got a great deal, the monthly payments are only X". 

[Brattinella]

3 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

The way a lot of litigants know they're getting a tax refund is that many are Sainted Single Mothers, or Fathers, and qualify for Head of Household.   You can actually get back more than you earned in some cases. 

Yep. Earned Income Credit (EIC) lets you poop out a baby every year and get paid more and more and more.  It is GROSSLY unfair to childless women.

[SRTouch]

3 hours ago, Byrd is the Word said:

I could not agree more. And in a world of payday loans, insurance policies on $35 toasters and scratch off lottery tickets the financially unenlightened have already lost a game most don’t even know they’re playing. 

Ok, had me remembering something that recently crossed my FB feed 

 

[Florinaldo]

I could not help but snicker at the grandmother who said her lane-crossing granddaughter is usually a responsible person and that her attitude was only for the benefit of JJ. She probably knows better but prefers to take refuge in the delusions of a doting grandma. Some of her looks revealed she knows what was abundantly apparent to all viewers, i.e.  that the girl's "I dont' care" outlook and insolence are her usual mode of behaviour. She has also learned already to play the race card and to try and come across as an innocent airhead to get out of sticky situations.

 

2 hours ago, GoodieGirl said:

I do this - to be fair I do it for my own "Christmas in May" shopping excursion.

That is one responsible way to do it. But we know the foolish litigants who appear on these shows would simply blow it on overpriced run-down jalopies and the latest model of smart phones.

[AngelaHunter]

3 hours ago, GoodieGirl said:

I do this - to be fair I do it for my own "Christmas in May" shopping excursion.

I do this too- have the max deducted from my sources of income so I get a large refund. Sadly, not for any Christmas in May - I can't keep most of it -  but because I receive it at exactly the right time to give it all away for property/school taxes/house ins. - literally in one hand and out the other without my ever touching it. The gov. gets it all anyway, but it seems less painful to me to do it this way. I just try not to think that it's in the government trough for their use for one year without paying me a cent in interest.

 

50 minutes ago, SRTouch said:

Ok, had me remembering something that recently crossed my FB feed 

 

Omfg!! LOL! Imagine taking away cell phones and microwaves? They would starve in isolation.

[Byrd is the Word]

2 hours ago, zillabreeze said:

Back in the day, buying a used car was a little tricky and required a lot of research and leg work.  Now, with Carfax and good reputable dealerships like AutoNation & CarMax it's kind of a no brainier.  Family mechanic still gets the $125.00 independent look-see though!

And don’t forget that “in the good old days” a factory warranty was 12 months/12,000 miles. Today I can by a two year old car with 24,000 miles and still have a year’s worth of factory coverage. Plus a well maintained Honda Accord will easily go 200,000 miles. Financially speaking, it’s an easy choice.

2 hours ago, zillabreeze said:

I have full grown otherwise intelligent friends and family members that ALWAYS have an f-ing car payment (and sometimes BOTH spouses FFS).

Unless somebody has a truck full of cash or wants to work until they die, they need to get past the perpetual car payments. Best you have no mortgage either. 

[shksabelle]

10 hours ago, poeticlicensed said:

Thank you. One thing I don't understand about JJ litigants is that they always get tax refunds. They borrow against them, promise to pay things with them, etc. How the hell do they know they are getting a refund? And why are  their refunds always in the thousands?? I can't even remember the last time I got back more a a few hundred dollars and sometimes I have to pay a little on April 15. How do these people always manage to get an enormous refund? The only thing I can think of is that they all get EIC.

Earned Income Tax Credit is my guess. Another way Byrd pays fir them and their spawn

[Byrd is the Word]

12 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

The independent witness saw everything the idiot granddaughter did

You mean the racist, cracker witness who stopped at the scene of an accident simply to lie to the police to jam up an innocent and positively adorable African American teenage driver? That witness?

Edited February 1, 2019 by Byrd is the Word

[AngelaHunter]

16 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Plaintiff co-signed for vehicle for defendant, car was repossessed by bank, and plaintiff is suing for shortfall from auction on car.    Daughter/defendant made all payments, but after a year daughter dropped car at the mother's house, and said she didn't want it anymore.  Daughter made $1500 down payment, and a year of payments.    Plaintiff didn't like defendant's husband driving the car.    Restraining order request by defendant claimed mom was harassing her at work, and making slandering statements about daughter's husband, there was no trial on order, and mother consented to restraining order.   Allegations were harassment at her workplace, saying bad things about son-in-law at daughter's workplace,

Ah, restraining orders, repo'd cars, harassment, slander, domestic violence, arrests, and all that heartwarming family stuff -  A Typical Day in the Life of Litigants. All we need is some rock-throwing and a SSM or two to make it picture perfect. Too bad Norman Rockwell is no longer with us.

[jww]

"Yep. Earned Income Credit (EIC) lets you poop out a baby every year and get paid more and more and more.  It is GROSSLY unfair to childless women."

There is also the $2,000 child care credit per child which a person can receive even if they owe no taxes.

Childless women?? Single/childless men too.

[AngelaHunter]

Catching up here. Dawn Burkhold: Hot Mess.  You guys said all that needed saying. I just have to add that she and her groom look to be over 50 and even together can't get credit to buy a used car. It happens, I know. It happened to my friend and her husband through no fault of their own. Thing is, Dawn wanted Momma to cosign for her, but not just to get a modest set of wheels to get her around. No - Dawn had to have a 16,000$ car - well, that's what it came to with all the extra doodads she just had to have for it. Dawn's ride has to be stylish and tricked out! What's with middleaged people who are like teenagers with their "I want! To hell with the consequences." Lovely family all around. I wonder what Dawn did to her wedded husband, that got her arrested. He better watch out.

Those two sadsack, wretched scrags fighting over "JOEY". I'm sure he was worth it, but maybe he was since it seems even he had enough brains to dump both of them. Or maybe he's in jail. Who knows?

[Byrd is the Word]

Honestly, I could barely get through yesterday’s eps. The 60 minute parade of freaks, liars and crazies were almost too much for me. I thought The crazy cat lady and her big mouth, frowsy witness/partner were the capper until the jewelry junkies showed up to duke it out. And then the silly rent dispute was a complete anti climax. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

New Hampshire does not require auto insurance, but they do require that you prove you have sufficient funds to post a cash bond guaranteeing a certain amount of damages you can cover in an at fault accident.   Mississippi has the same laws, and Virginia allows people to join an uninsured driver pool run by the state.   

I loathed the medallion defendant.   I found it laughable to imagine him being afraid of the plaintiff.    

The cat lady and her idiot sidekick are the reason people loath roaming cats.     I really feel sorry for a neighbor or passing motorist that runs over one on some dark night, or that the cats will suffer for her letting them run.    There are extensive statistics on how much running loose shortens an animal's life.   I didn't see where they were from, but around her a roaming animal in the countryside will probably disappear, because there are coyotes looking for lunch.     

I also failed to see why some raccoon pooping was a homeowner's responsibility to clean up, and that she thought the neighbors should put up with her roaming animals pooping everywhere, and lounging on the furniture, and if you have a doggy door, and a wimpy dog, you could have her cats in your house.  

Edited February 2, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[Byrd is the Word]

32 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

New Hampshire does not require auto insurance, but they do require that you prove you have sufficient funds to post a cash bond guaranteeing a certain amount of damages you can cover in an at fault accident.

Why anyone would choose to assume the risk of an at fault accident when liability auto insurance is affordable for almost anybody is a complete mystery to me. Auto insurance is one of the best bargains around.   

[SRTouch]

Old dear - I think it's official.... JJ says anyone with six indoor cats must be crazy! Let's see - Spotty, Frank, Princess, Furball, Silly and..... Raven makes 6!  Soooo... I'm a crazy cat daddy! No less an authority than JUDGE JUDY says I MUST be crazy.... do I still need to mess with normal application before I start drawing SSI? I REALLY need me a new iPhone and 80" teevee! Maybe I'll send the bill to Byrd directly.

Jokes aside - I agree with those saying everyone on both sides were loons. Defendant and her witness nuts - but plaintiff wanting to introduce pictures of 'coon pooh?  

Edited February 3, 2019 by SRTouch

[CrazyInAlabama]

Actually, JJ said she used to have six indoor cats, and she was a crazy cat lady, until she developed allergies.     The defendant and friend were crazy cat ladies because they thought it was fine to let six cats be outdoor cats that use the neighbor's property for a litter box, and other not too nice things.      The defendant was also ridiculous to think her privacy fence would hold the cats in, without a net or a fence extension to keep them in the back yard.   However, I think the defendant, and her sidekick would never fence the cats in, because they enjoy bothering the neighbors.    I'm wondering where she lives that you're allowed to have six animals?     Most of the places I've lived that would require a special license (to stop animal hoarding, and puppy mills).   I wonder if the woman was getting proper vaccinations for the animals either?   

[Toaster Strudel]

18 minutes ago, SRTouch said:

Old dear - I think it's official.... JJ says anyone with six indoor cats must be crazy! Let's see - Spotty, Frank, Princess, Furball, Silly and..... Raven makes 6!  Soooo... I'm a crazy cat daddy! No less an authority than JUDGE JUDY says I MUST be crazy

In her defense, she 'fessed up to once having six cats herself... and being crazy for it.  Only severe allergies stopped her!

[DoctorK]

55 minutes ago, SRTouch said:

JJ says anyone with six indoor cats must be crazy!

Actually didn't she say this about the defedant with six outdoor cats who annoy the neighbors?

[AngelaHunter]

1 hour ago, SRTouch said:

Defendant and her witness nuts - but plaintiff wanting to introduce pictures of 'coon pooh?  

I missed the start of this case. What on earth was he going on about? Racoons? What did that have to do with the crazy neighbour's cats? BTW, I did enjoy def's rumpled witness trying to inform JJ that she just didn't understand properly. Hard heads abound.

[SRTouch]

2 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

I missed the start of this case. What on earth was he going on about? Racoons? What did that have to do with the crazy neighbour's cats? BTW, I did enjoy def's rumpled witness trying to inform JJ that she just didn't understand properly. Hard heads abound.

I think his point was going to be that defendant accused him of throwing stuff in her yard - my guess is she accused him of scooping up cat pooh from his yard and throwing over the common fence into hers, and he had pictures of 'coon pooh in her yard that was left for days..... really not sure, JJ kept hushing him up every time he started to talk, with the often heard, "don't annoy me, does it look like you're losing?" This time was sort of new - when silly P didn't take hint and KEPT interrupting she starting banging her fly scatter instead of her gavel