Thowing Away the Keys
Yesterday, Lorie and I went to a nearby strip mall so I could get my haircut. Unfortunately, the haircut place was closed. We parked next to a small Toyota SUV that was fairly new.
The Toyota had an orange tag on the window notifying the owner to get their vehicle by May 17 or it would be considered an abandoned vehicle. Odd, most of the time I see those tags on cars alongside the highway.
Anyway I did get into the haircut place today. I inquired with the woman cutting my hair about it and she noted the owner parked it, walked into the neighboring Wells Fargo Finance Office and left the keys with them. Apparently, the owner decided they could no longer afford to pay on it.
Of course, one wonders what the situation was. Did someone take on too much of a car payment? Did they lose a job? Become disabled? Break a mirror and you get seven years of bad luck, well dude’s (or dudette’s) is in for seven years of bad credit.
I bet they were upside down on the vehicle, otherwise why handle it like that?
Trying to change myself and you on thrift and savings! It is hard to save save save in a spend spend spend world, but it is better to save than spend!