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by djmobley 9y ago
You can't just throw money at a lease provider and automatically gain ownership of an asset. Lease providers can and will impose conditions. Like early repayment fees. Or fees for the return of GPS trackers...
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by djmobley 9y ago
One of the points requiring clarification here is whether the dealer did in fact cede title of the car before the disagreement over the GPS tracker. If they retained ownership (which is quite plausible, given the disagreement over the fees)
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by djmobley 9y ago
Not an expert on Canadian law, but common sense suggests it's more complex than that. You cannot simply throw money at a lease provider and gain title of a vehicle. The lease provider can impose other conditions on title transfer (e.g.
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by djmobley 9y ago
Nonsense. The tracker is removable and remains the property of the dealer.
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by djmobley 9y ago
That's not what the article states.
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by djmobley 9y ago
It's quite plausible that payment of this fee was a condition of title being transferred. Also, even once the title for the car is transferred, the tracker remains the property of the dealer and they will have some rights to recover it
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by djmobley 9y ago
The borrower claims the contract made no mention of the fee, and the dealer did not provide any comment for the article. The dealer backed down quickly over the fee, but that doesn't mean they didn't have a right to request the
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by djmobley 9y ago
Ultimately it's a question of whether the contract allowed them to demand the fee, and disable the vehicle for non payment. Nobody involved in writing this article seems to have consulted this particular contract, but I wouldn't f
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by djmobley 9y ago
But he didn't pay all the fees they requested of him. Whether they had a contractual right to request the fee for removal of the tracker is a different matter.
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by djmobley 9y ago
I'm no expert on Canadian law, but if I were the dealership I would have had a clause in the contract requiring return of the GPS tracker as a condition of title being transferred (in addition to payment of any outstanding amounts on t
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by djmobley 9y ago
In the UK there is also a 'pull' system (Direct Debit) in which you instruct your bank that a given third party can regularly take money out of your account until further notice. It's commonplace for bill payments, subscripti
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by djmobley 9y ago
In practice, if you request assistance from the owner of a conventional security camera, you will run into one or more of the following issues: a) Discover the camera was a dummy; b) It was out of service at the time of the incident; c) The
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by djmobley 9y ago
If you're hired as a remote employee, basing yourself in one of the most expensive cities in the world is your choice, not your employer's.
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Greece Detains Russian Alexander Vinnik for Bitcoin 'Fraud'(nytimes.com)
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by djmobley 9y ago
Related? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14843373
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Russian Wanted in U.S. Caught in Greece for Money Laundering(bloomberg.com)
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by djmobley 9y ago
In fairness, it is a sensible default for a dedicated hardware router, and not so much for a software DHCP server.
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by djmobley 9y ago
The 'pseudo-public' areas referred to in the article are signposted. Why is that such an issue though? In the worst case, someone tells you it's private property and asks you to leave. Only if you refuse to leave do you commi
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by djmobley 9y ago
I'm not saying London is a hellhole, but all of the issues I mentioned are commonplace, and I will see every item on that list in the course of a typical week. I've lived in various areas, currently a bit further out in Zone 3, wh
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by djmobley 9y ago
Do you suppose an area with no access to the public is better than an area with conditional access to the public?
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by djmobley 9y ago
There are very few examples of this in London. The places mentioned in the article (Granary Square, More London, Canary Wharf, etc.) were never public spaces. They were predominately disused or abandoned industrial areas that have been deve
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by djmobley 9y ago
In London there is a wide array of low level nuisance and antisocial behaviour that the authorities are unwilling/unable to tackle. Drug dealing and use, drinking on the street, prostitues loitering, homeless people begging, women bein
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by djmobley 9y ago
Until you want to do something simple like change the zones on a travelcard, and TfL issue you a new card.
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by djmobley 9y ago
He seemed to be pretty careless about flaunting his wealth. These forum postings are referenced in the forfeiture complaint (NSFW): https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:... Interestingly, the forum ow
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by djmobley 9y ago
RIP Ian
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by djmobley 9y ago
A one bedroom in London is easily $2000 though, so that only explains $12k difference in salary.
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by djmobley 9y ago
At the high-end of the market, lots of people do, in fact, buy cars expecting them to appreciate in value. Manufacturers are increasingly offering limited edition cars to cater to this kind of investment.
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by djmobley 9y ago
A simple solution is the one you describe. A reputation system for ransomers. Time earned reputation for upholding promises.
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by djmobley 9y ago
It's not dead, although as storage prices continue to decline, one wonders why you would still compress audio you care about with a lossy codec.
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by djmobley 9y ago
In fairness, massive over-investment in NHS IT infrastructure hasn't gone so well either: https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/18/nhs-records-...

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