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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Will The Real 'John Cobb' Please Pay His Debts

Posted Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at 12:00 AM

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  • This sounds a lot like where I work. The management either keeps trying the same thing over and over and blame labor when they come up with the same result or the manager corruptly cons the higher ups to hire his friends that don't know one thing about the job.

    Good luck getting rid of Con Job, er I mean John Cobb.

    -- Posted by mynameismud on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 1:23 AM
  • Sorry to disappoint, Me'Lange. I heard something about the baby buggy beer bandit on a 10 oclock news teaser, but I hadn't heard the whole story.

    You got me thinking, though and that's often a bad thing. Hmmmm. Maybe Friday.

    Regarding this particular issue, it also occurred to me that their might be a John Cobb with the same phone number BUT a different area code. Something else to look into.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 8:28 AM
  • Hi, my name is John Cobb. I am having financial problems caused by spending more money than I earn at the three jobs I used to have. My wife and kids have left me but still have the credit cards. The bank will not cancel them because we are not officially divorced. The bank is raising the interest rate on the credit cards because I am a bad credit risk. The irony of it all, indeed!

    -- Posted by IonU on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 8:45 AM
  • That's certainly a possible scenario, IonU -- or shall I call you, John? -- although the calls started coming back in the heady, boom days of 2007/2008 when about all it took to get a loan back then was the ability to fog a mirror.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 8:52 AM
  • Tell them John Cobb is dead, and that you killed him. Use a New Jersey accent when you deliver the news, and mutter something about "cousin Guido" under your breath.

    -- Posted by Lumpy on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 4:09 PM
  • That's not a bad idea, lumpy. My brother actually did that with SEMO's alumni association. He was getting a lot of solicitations for donations and sent one back with "deceased" written on it. I don't think he's got a letter or a phone call since.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 4:18 PM
  • I understand your frustration and empathize with your situation. I receive these calls several times a week for someone I do not know. I am not sure using the man's name in your blog was a good idea though. You mentioned there is a man in our local area with the same name. I am sure he is not happy having his name mentioned regarding debt collection, even if he is not the same. My opinion!

    -- Posted by Costanza on Thu, Feb 4, 2010, at 11:17 AM
  • I think I made it pretty clear, Costanza that the John Cobb in this area may not even be who these morons are calling. His phone number is not even close to mind and statistically, there are likely more than a 1000 other John Cobbs in the US.

    My bet is that if this is legit, the John Cobb in question has my same phone number, BUT a different area code.

    Divulging the name "John Cobb" in this blog is even more relevant considering the revelation I had regarding it. Con Job may just be a coincidence, or have we been targeted by a scammer with a sense of humor? Impossible to answer, but fun to both vent and discuss.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Thu, Feb 4, 2010, at 11:31 AM
  • Slight change of topic.

    I live in southern Cape County with a Chaffee mailing address; county road such and such, Chaffee. Scott County has a county road with same number also with a Chaffee address. If you Google my address you get the Scott County location. I have to list myself as resident of Scott County in order to register for unemployment. When the regular mail person is on vacation my mail works most of the time because they are familiar with the problem. Never know for sure if I will get my bank statement, etc.

    I have attempted to resolve this problem for about ten years, so far unsuccessfully. Any suggestions?

    -- Posted by Robert Trankle on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 8:12 AM