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Title: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 03, 2012, 02:11:40 PM
Long story short, went to a wedding this weekend and take my girlfriend back to her apartment complex to find out that Chase had repossessed her bicycle she had chained outside her door because they deemed it a fire hazard. Seems completely reasonable to me initially as I figured they'd tell her she can't have it there then let her have the bike back and she needs to lock it somewhere else at night. Only problem is they refuse to give her the bike back, her personal property. Is there any way to make them give it back? This seems completely absurd to even have to ask that, like an elementary school teacher is withholding a kid's crayons to punish him.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on June 03, 2012, 02:21:28 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: BleedingPurple7 on June 03, 2012, 02:22:30 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: star seed 7 on June 03, 2012, 02:23:24 PM
my BiL is a lawyer in manhappiness, he sees this stuff all the time.  e-mail me if you want his contact information.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: MakeItRain on June 03, 2012, 02:25:41 PM
trim  :nono:
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 03, 2012, 02:27:08 PM
They agreed to give it back Tuesday after she has a meeting with a manager or somebody who calls themselves a manager. Also on this meeting she found out they have a garage full of bicycles they confiscated. They could have notified the tenants to move their bicycles instead they stole them without any sort of notification. If your bike is gone without notice your usual thought is it has been stolen and unlikely to ever be recovered; not to think management may have claimed it as their own. I'm assuming any bike that goes unclaimed after a certain time period they are selling as they refused to even show her own bike before she threatened to file a police report. It's probable someone there is running a freaking bike selling scam.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: MakeItRain on June 03, 2012, 02:36:11 PM
I "think" they are or atleast were owned by KU people at one point?
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on June 03, 2012, 02:38:09 PM
shady underhanded dealings coming from a property manager/land lord? in MANHATTAN,KS,,, hell you say. lol. Sorry, ahem.... i feel our frustration, sounds idiotic, but i'm willing to wager that Chase will argue that the property repossessed was on their property and wasn't technically inside an apt. My suggestion, have the BBB call them, or even contact the free KSU legal dept just to see where exactly you stand. But in my opinion, this sounds like a typical possession is 9/10's of the law type deal and unless your gf has very specific evidence that the bike is her property other than going by just your word it may be far more frustrating to get that bike back than you think.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Pendergast on June 03, 2012, 05:06:06 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: wetwillie on June 03, 2012, 05:18:57 PM
did it have awesome pegs? if not i'd probably just let them have it.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: BleedingPurple7 on June 03, 2012, 11:53:46 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 03, 2012, 11:58:10 PM
It was a bicycle.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: ednksu on June 04, 2012, 12:40:16 AM
It was a bicycle.
so what.  its property, end of story.


also look at the lease to see if they include anything about enforcement of city codes. 
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 04, 2012, 12:44:06 AM
It was a bicycle.
so what.  its property, end of story.


also look at the lease to see if they include anything about enforcement of city codes. 

I don't think I'll be able to look at the lease.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Pendergast on June 04, 2012, 09:54:42 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?

You can if you're a douche.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: kim carnes on June 04, 2012, 10:29:37 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?

You can if you're a douche.

You are a laugh riot, penders
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 09:33:40 AM
It was a bicycle.  They didn't have permission.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 05, 2012, 09:45:26 AM
JFC. WTF do they care so much? It shouldn't have to be a process to get your bike back. Sue them.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: CNS on June 05, 2012, 10:07:01 AM
I think you should steal something from them then organize a swap.  Only make the something you steal from them bigger than your bike.

Also, you should get the Big Poppi cult guys involved.  I mean, this is like someone stealing bibles, right?
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: kitten_mittons on June 05, 2012, 10:09:35 AM
I suggest inviting them to a pak, drawing on their faces, set up drive-by PIing.  Isn't that how you got Fanning to do whatever you want?
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 10:55:15 AM
She gets it back today after the meeting.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: slobber on June 05, 2012, 10:59:13 AM
She gets it back today after the meeting.
Sounds exactly like grade school. :nono: :bawl: :cry: :shy:  :clac:
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on June 05, 2012, 11:02:57 AM
Probably show her in the contract where it says you can't store anything outside your apartment and that it may be confiscated. Would have been nice if they gave her a warning.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 11:55:03 AM
Probably show her in the contract where it says you can't store anything outside your apartment and that it may be confiscated. Would have been nice if they gave her a warning.

They're running a freaking bike selling scam.  You think they give a damn about contracts?
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: BleedingPurple7 on June 05, 2012, 12:04:31 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?

You can if you're a douche.

No you can't, because it's a civil issue, or deprivation of property offense at the very most. Didn't mean to derail your bike reclamation efforts Trim, this was a bit tangential. I'm pulling for you guys to stick it to 'em...but not in that way...unless you're into that
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: CNS on June 05, 2012, 12:39:12 PM
Probably show her in the contract where it says you can't store anything outside your apartment and that it may be confiscated. Would have been nice if they gave her a warning.

They're running a freaking bike selling scam.  You think they give a damn about contracts?

Link?  I have been thinking of getting a new bike.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 12:41:13 PM
Probably show her in the contract where it says you can't store anything outside your apartment and that it may be confiscated. Would have been nice if they gave her a warning.

They're running a freaking bike selling scam.  You think they give a damn about contracts?

Link?  I have been thinking of getting a new bike.

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=21283.msg540806#msg540806
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: MakeItRain on June 05, 2012, 01:07:17 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?

You can if you're a douche.

No you can't, because it's a civil issue, or deprivation of property offense at the very most. Didn't mean to derail your bike reclamation efforts Trim, this was a bit tangential. I'm pulling for you guys to stick it to 'em...but not in that way...unless you're into that

lol
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: 3maw on June 05, 2012, 02:21:10 PM
She gets it back today after the meeting.
Sounds exactly like grade school. :nono: :bawl: :cry: :shy:  :clac:
just spray paint some golden wieners on their signs so it basically says chase wieners and gtfo once she has her bike back. if they treat you like a child, act like one.

realistically, ask them what they do with the repo'd bikes. Villa Fay takes bikes too (pretty sure its just the ones they find after people move out of their properties) and gives em away if you ask... her husband even offered to help take a nicer tire from one and put it on another.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on June 05, 2012, 02:36:09 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?

You can if you're a douche.

No you can't, because it's a civil issue, or deprivation of property offense at the very most. Didn't mean to derail your bike reclamation efforts Trim, this was a bit tangential. I'm pulling for you guys to stick it to 'em...but not in that way...unless you're into that


I'm not sure what season of Law & Order you are watching, but taking someone's property without consent is not a civil matter.  It is theft.    If someone you loan your car to does not return it upon demand, you can certainly call the police and report it as theft, and they will investigate it as such.     The OP's situation is also theft.    Despite what they may have written into a lease, they cannot seize your property and not return it.    They may confiscate it and hold it until you meet with them, but once you ask for it's return, they must return it.

At worst it is criminal deprivation of property, but it escalates to theft the moment you request the return of your property and they do not comply.

http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_21/Article_37/21-3705.html
http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_21/Article_37/21-3701.html
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 02:37:02 PM
It's unlikely I'll ever have the opportunity to ask them about this.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: CNS on June 05, 2012, 02:41:02 PM
It's unlikely I'll ever have the opportunity to ask them about this.

Too far along into the revenge plans?
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 02:42:39 PM
It's unlikely I'll ever have the opportunity to ask them about this.

Too far along into the revenge plans?

Turns out my wife reads the board, or at least somebody sent her a link to the QT/Lawrence thread, and she then saw this.  No more side pieces for ol' Trim.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Pendergast on June 05, 2012, 09:19:40 PM
short answer...call rcpd.  that is theft.

Nope. This is resolved through civil court, and RCPD will tell you the same thing.

LOL, they stole my car!  Not my problem, take it to civil court loser.

Short answer: no

Depends on who took your car. If it's someone you let borrow the car sometimes, and they take it on a roadtrip without your permission are you going to report it stolen?

You can if you're a douche.

No you can't, because it's a civil issue, or deprivation of property offense at the very most. Didn't mean to derail your bike reclamation efforts Trim, this was a bit tangential. I'm pulling for you guys to stick it to 'em...but not in that way...unless you're into that


I'm not sure what season of Law & Order you are watching, but taking someone's property without consent is not a civil matter.  It is theft.    If someone you loan your car to does not return it upon demand, you can certainly call the police and report it as theft, and they will investigate it as such.     The OP's situation is also theft.    Despite what they may have written into a lease, they cannot seize your property and not return it.    They may confiscate it and hold it until you meet with them, but once you ask for it's return, they must return it.

At worst it is criminal deprivation of property, but it escalates to theft the moment you request the return of your property and they do not comply.

http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_21/Article_37/21-3705.html
http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_21/Article_37/21-3701.html

 :driving:
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Trim on June 05, 2012, 09:25:11 PM
:driving:

It was a bicycle.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Pendergast on June 05, 2012, 09:28:00 PM
:driving:

It was a bicycle.

crap (just came from cussing thread), sorry.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on June 06, 2012, 08:37:07 AM
:driving:

It was a bicycle.

rabbit season
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: puniraptor on June 06, 2012, 12:12:17 PM
I left my old bike chained up at an apartment complex I moved out of for over a year. I eventually came back and picked it up with no problems. Chase is dick central.
Title: Re: OT: Chase Apartments management holding bicycles hostage
Post by: 8manpick on June 06, 2012, 06:54:56 PM
#burnchaseaptsdown

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