Ronnie
Jetboaters Fleet Admiral
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- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2010
- Boat Model
- Limited S
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Not boat related at all but over the last week I saw two different neighbors’ cars repossessed.
I did not do anything but watch but am wondering if I should have done something more.
For context: The first one I witnessed while mowing my lawn early in the morning (around 6:30). A white F250 rolled up and backed into the court across the street from my house. He backed up to a car in the driveway of a neighbor I know. Within a minute the hidden hitch was deployed from the bed of the truck, less than a minute later, the truck with car in tow was pulling out of the court. He stopped in front of my house to do a quick inspection before driving down the street to tie the towed vehicle down.
The second repo I saw just this morning while on my run/workout at between 6 and 6:30. This time I didn’t know my neighbor but watched as a tow truck with the company name on the side quickly pulled up, backed in and lifted his car in the driveway. I ran by as this was happening and as I completed my loop I saw the guy pull his rig into a local shopping center where he tied everything down before leaving town.
Should I have knocked on either neighbors doors to tell them what I saw or was seeing? I didn’t do so for several reasons the first being it’s none of my business, the second being I didn’t see what good could come out of giving anyone notice that their car is being or has been repossessed. I also wanted to avoid the awkward and possibly embarrassing conversation with a neighbor I know or one I just met.
Did I do the right thing by doing nothing at at all? What would you do?
Side Notes:
I lived in a less affluent neighborhood for over 20 years and never witnessed a repossession. I’ve been at my current location, a much more affluent neighborhood, for about two years and have now seen two repos in less than a week.
I thought the best time to repo a car was at night when most people are sleeping after a long day. These guys came in the early morning which seems riskier to me since traffic gets bad quickly so to beat it many people leave early, as in 5a to be at work by 7.
I could tell these were repos because the cars owners were not around, the tow truck driver didn’t knock on the doors and moreover they lifted the cars as is, both times the front wheels were turned and not strapped down to the forks initially. It looked a lot like what a shop lifter would do. Take possession quickly but don’t check out what they got until they are out of the owners sight.
I did not do anything but watch but am wondering if I should have done something more.
For context: The first one I witnessed while mowing my lawn early in the morning (around 6:30). A white F250 rolled up and backed into the court across the street from my house. He backed up to a car in the driveway of a neighbor I know. Within a minute the hidden hitch was deployed from the bed of the truck, less than a minute later, the truck with car in tow was pulling out of the court. He stopped in front of my house to do a quick inspection before driving down the street to tie the towed vehicle down.
The second repo I saw just this morning while on my run/workout at between 6 and 6:30. This time I didn’t know my neighbor but watched as a tow truck with the company name on the side quickly pulled up, backed in and lifted his car in the driveway. I ran by as this was happening and as I completed my loop I saw the guy pull his rig into a local shopping center where he tied everything down before leaving town.
Should I have knocked on either neighbors doors to tell them what I saw or was seeing? I didn’t do so for several reasons the first being it’s none of my business, the second being I didn’t see what good could come out of giving anyone notice that their car is being or has been repossessed. I also wanted to avoid the awkward and possibly embarrassing conversation with a neighbor I know or one I just met.
Did I do the right thing by doing nothing at at all? What would you do?
Side Notes:
I lived in a less affluent neighborhood for over 20 years and never witnessed a repossession. I’ve been at my current location, a much more affluent neighborhood, for about two years and have now seen two repos in less than a week.
I thought the best time to repo a car was at night when most people are sleeping after a long day. These guys came in the early morning which seems riskier to me since traffic gets bad quickly so to beat it many people leave early, as in 5a to be at work by 7.
I could tell these were repos because the cars owners were not around, the tow truck driver didn’t knock on the doors and moreover they lifted the cars as is, both times the front wheels were turned and not strapped down to the forks initially. It looked a lot like what a shop lifter would do. Take possession quickly but don’t check out what they got until they are out of the owners sight.
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