What a shame! What makes people do under-handed things like that? If you are still talking to your brothers, then you are a bigger person than I.
One of my uncles, the nicest guy you can meet (as everyone thinks), struck down his sister with a fatal heart condition over some petty inheritance. When another one of his sisters died, he threatened to beat my 84 year old mother and to spit on her. When my Mother died, he came to the funeral to went his anger at me and broke my heart. |
I have nothing at all to do with these two brothers. They are both drug addicts (heroin, crack/cocaine/vicoden, etc.) and into all kinds of alcohol. My Dad's estate was worth well more than 1.5 million dollars US (lived in Virginia Beach, Va).
My youngest brother and I were able to salvage 1/3 of it by the time all was said and done.
The banks...no help. They said that they would not prosecute the one who used my Dad's credit card after he died...in the amount of more than $10,000.00. They started to pull the money from my Dad's account to pay the bill, even though at the time of my Dad's passing...he had had a zero balance for several months. As I said to the bank....if you won't prosecute....you have to leave the bank account alone and repay what YOU have taken out. They finally did.
Stealing a vehicle? Totalling it. Lying to the insurance company. All apparently legal in Virginia.
And, you know the old saying...possession is 9/10th of the law.
And, the sad part is....I live up here in Canada and knew that I would not be able to bring anything large home....but photos would have been nice. And, if my brothers would have kept the belongings for themselves....that would have been one thing. However, in order to pay some of my brother's workers who he owed a lot of money to...he let them go in and take what they wanted.
Worst of all....for 1-1/2 years, my parents' urns were held hostage. This same brother who used Dad's credit card....would not turn over their urns to be buried in a respectful way. The courts finally stepped in and thankfully, I will be able to lay my parents to rest this summer with my mother's family in Newark, New Jersey in a Victorian Era cemetery.
I have to say that the owner of Snappy Auctions pulled the auctions that she had left right away once she found out that my brother had given fake papers, etc. She *legally* donated the items back to my Dad's estate....nothing of any value....but some of the pieces.....its the memories that they bring back that are worth millions.
My youngest brother has taken this very hard. He still can't believe that family would do this to family.
The one brother that stole more than $136,000 from the vault....still broke. He has spent all of the money and has nothing to show for it. His home is constantly on the foreclosure block.
I walked away with the lovely memories of my Mom and Dad. I miss my 8 AM phone calls from my Dad. It was a daily ritual and even moreso during the Obama election. I'm so happy that my Dad lived to see the democrats take back the White House and for a man of color to be leading the way.
Stuff, money.....it can't bring my parents back. It's the manner in which things were done illegally. And, in the end, their end, one day they will ask for help but you see....nobody will be home.
However.......back to the original question by findapenny.....check out the physical stores that sell strictly on eBay. They will be able to give you something to compare your rates!
Susan
