If a store sold the woman enough rope and a soap to hang herself, would she blame the store?

If somehow the numbers were fudged on a dealership copy, it's irrelevant because it didn't materially alter the contract the woman signed when she purchased the car. I wonder if she simply wanted to keep the car for a few days until the dealer called, said that they couldn't secure financing and took the car back, refunding her the money. I had that happen to a person I know once - for a much-lower-priced used car, too.

No one to blame except lady.
People should take responsibilty of their own action rather blaming
everything others.

A friend of mine from law school is a fairly successful plaintiff's lawyer. He has dozens of stories about people getting $25k in workers comp or from a lawsuit and then buying a $50k car. They put 10k down and think the payments will just take care of themselves.

You can't fix stupid.

pushback said:itsus said:I was under the impression that people who are "retarded" couldn't get a license.

No where in the article does it say the woman has a license.

I watched the video and it shows her driving. But then again, that might be a body double.

lostdude said:You know what's really sad, my friend pays a lot more for life insurace since the suicide rate is a lot higher for people with chronic pain symptoms.If it makes you feel any better, I know someone who pays double for life insurance because she has Multiple Sclerosis. Totally understandable that she couldn't qualify for disability insurance, but MS has absolutely zero impact on life expectancy. They just double the premiums because they can.

lorcha said:lostdude said:You know what's really sad, my friend pays a lot more for life insurace since the suicide rate is a lot higher for people with chronic pain symptoms.If it makes you feel any better, I know someone who pays double for life insurance because she has Multiple Sclerosis. Totally understandable that she couldn't qualify for disability insurance, but MS has absolutely zero impact on life expectancy. They just double the premiums because they can.There is a very wide spectrum of severity in MS, and of course insurance companies tend to base their rates on the more affected group. I'd imagine partly to pad profit, and partly because of their inability to correctly stratify. To put the article below in context, average tobacco use decreases life expectancy 2.5 - 10 years, per wikipedia.

Neurology is a good journal:
Life expectancy in patients attending multiple sclerosis clinics
A. D. Sadovnick, PhD, G. C. Ebers, MD, R. W. Wilson and D. W. Paty, MD

From the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic (Drs. Sadovnick and Paty), University Hospital-UBC Site, and the Department of Medical Genetics (Dr. Sadovnick), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic (Dr. Ebers), University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London. ON; and the Sunlife Assurance Company of Canada (R.W. Wilson), Toronto, ON, Canada.

Once multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed, important considerations often include life expectancy and the availability of life insurance. We designed a study specifically to examine life expectancy among MS clinic patients and analyzed the data using standard actuarial methods, both including and excluding suicides. The data show that severe MS disability, as measured by an Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS) of ≥7.5, is a major risk factor for death with case fatality ratios for this group of patients approaching 4 times the rate for controls. Conversely, excluding deaths by suicide, case fatality ratios for those with mild and moderate disability (EDSS ≤ 7.0) approach 1.4 times and 1.6 times for age- and sex-matched comparison groups. Life tables indicate that the overall life expectancy for MS is only about 6 to 7 years less than that for the "insured" population without MS.

This reminds me of a story a relative told me a few months back. She works for a local credit union and one of her customers had a $70K Mercedes Benz repossesed. Evidently the customer had a 0 down auto loan and only made one payment ($1,500 !!!!) in six months time.

Ghetto Fabulous.

lorcha said:EricGo07 said:Life tables indicate that the overall life expectancy for MS is only about 6 to 7 years less than that for the "insured" population without MS.Well, with the life expectancy at 78 years now, why should a term policy that expires at age 50 cost double?

Because it can.In the article I quoted, case controls are age matched.

longwood8 said:A friend of mine from law school is a fairly successful plaintiff's lawyer. He has dozens of stories about people getting $25k in workers comp or from a lawsuit and then buying a $50k car. They put 10k down and think the payments will just take care of themselves.

You can't fix stupid.

Amazing@!@

A dishonest car salesman? That's terrible. What's next? Dishonest lawyers? What is this world coming to?