What to do I was purchasing a bedroom set from a company but got behind i my payments because I lost my disability benefits?
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What to do I was purchasing a bedroom set from a company but got behind i my payments because I lost my disability benefits?
I’ve told them my current situation but they still threaten to take me to court after each call. Today I was telling the woman that I rented a room to a gentleman but before I finished when she said sarcastically that obviously I was doing something in exchange for money, so now I had the money to pay them back. I told her that she had no right to imply what she did. She then started to laugh. We argued some so I hung up the phone. She knows that I am SMI and pysically disabled. What can I do legally against her?
Asked on December 28, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Arizona
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You can't legally do anything against her.
1) You have breached the agreement by which you were purchasing the bedroom set by not paying on time. Once you breach the agreement, the seller could sue you for the money. The law does not require them to take into account your disability or where your income comes from, and disabled people or low-income people are not given the right to escape their contractual obligations.
2) She may have said something nasty and inappropriate to you, but the law does not protect us from insults or hurt feelings. Anyone can say anything they want to someone else, no matter how nasty, and there is no legal recourse.
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