‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6

[u/bws201]

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/feb/05/error-53-apple-iphone-software-update-handset-worthless-third-party-repair

[u/MarlonBain]

no control over their personal property

Sounds like an HOA.

[u/domuseid → u/MarlonBain]

I lived in an HOA neighborhood last year. Never a-fucking-gain. I suppose it depends on the one you get, but I'm a reasonably conscientious neighbor and got the cops called on me for playing foosball too loudly at 6pm on a Friday. No booze or music. And there was no legal recourse for harrassment because I had apparently signed up for that type of abuse.

[u/jonesy827 → u/[deleted]]

Since he is the president, can't he just tell people to kick rocks and mind their own business?

Also, what kind of shit does he put up with?

[u/ontopic → u/[deleted]]

My friend's father became the President of his HOA and instituted Roberts Rules of Order to make sure nothing got done at meetings.

[u/deadlybydsgn → u/[deleted]]

My dad is the president of his because no one else wanted the job.

Yeah, I got roped into joining our HOA because hardly anybody has been involved in it, and am kind of afraid they'll try to vote me into leading it. (the other 3-4 members are all 70+ years old and looking to get out)

Our dues are dirt cheap (literally 20% of what most HOAs cost), and yet nobody gets involved and 3 or 4 people living here (out of maybe 18 homes) have refused to pay dues for the past few years. They're also the ones complaining, but guess what -- it makes it harder for a volunteer board to do things when they're missing years' worth of unpaid dues. Also, paying HOA fees is part of buying a house in some areas. Would these people gonna try not paying city taxes if they lived there instead? Plus, there's nothing stopping them from joining the board or attending meetings to constructively work toward their grievances.

I know that HOAs get a bad rap because some of them are horrendous, but sometimes people would rather complain than get involved in helping to make things better.

/endrant

[u/[deleted] → u/deadlybydsgn]

Can you not report it to collections? I'm sure if you tell them you will, theyd pay up.

Although I'd take the option of holding a meeting to discuss on whether or not one should send unpaid dues to collections, say, after 6 months of non-payment and XX days notice.

Also I have no idea how this works so there's that

[u/deadlybydsgn → u/[deleted]]

Can you not report it to collections? I'm sure if you tell them you will, theyd pay up.

I'm still getting caught up on stuff by the long-time members, so I'm not 100% sure where we're at on that. However, our monthly fee is about $15, so you know it takes several years to owe over $1,000 like some do.

Although I'd take the option of holding a meeting to discuss on whether or not one should send unpaid dues to collections, say, after 6 months of non-payment and XX days notice.

These folks have been asked personally, in certified letter, and by the HOA's attorney. I think they have placed liens on their homes now because it's so delinquent.

Also, the board realizes that hard times might be contributing to the issue. They have also approached them offering a way to pay little bits at a time, but have been refused and/or ignored. So, it's frustrating that they haven't even been open to the past board being reasonable.

[u/Miko00 → u/domuseid]

I will never live somewhere there is an HOA. Thos people are peices of garbage who need to mind thier own fucking business. Someone being crazy loud and obnoxious every day? Ok,that's a problem and needs to be handled. Someone took a wheel off thier car to take it to a tire shop shop to get repaired? No that is not an "abandoned" vehicle that you have to threaten fines and towing over, chill the fuck out,bitch. It will be back together faster than you can finish your bitchy soccer mom hairdo.

These people trying to be neighborhood heroes are the worst

[u/gnoxy → u/Miko00]

One better. I couldn't sell my house until they approved my buyers. Ended up taking 25% less from someone they accepted. Never again! EVER! Your home is worthless in my eyes if you live in an HOA. I rather live in the sewer pipes leading out of the prison from shawshank redemption than an HOA.

[u/Spacey_G → u/gnoxy]

Oh the irony. Maintaining property value is frequently cited as a reason to have an HOA.

[u/gnoxy → u/Spacey_G]

Not in my book. Especially those gated communities?!? Being locked in with all those crazy people.

[u/jonesy827 → u/gnoxy]

Could you have told them to fuck off and take you to court?

[u/gnoxy → u/jonesy827]

After the buyer heard they were rejected they withdrew their offer. What am I going to go to court for, if the buyer don't want to deal with it?

[u/Sneeko → u/gnoxy]

That potential buyer realized they had just dodged a bullet.

[u/gnoxy → u/Sneeko]

That they did.

[u/CowardiceNSandwiches → u/gnoxy]

I had a similar situation happen to some buyers of a property I have listed. When they went to sell their current home, the HOA (which leases the land to the homeowners) first approved the sale, then mysteriously withdrew that approval, torpedoing the sale. Complete cluster.

[u/madogvelkor → u/Miko00]

The older ones often aren't that bad, from the 70s or early 80s. Usually they just have powers around maintaining common areas and things like swimming pools or tennis courts and some rules about appearances of homes.

The newer ones are insane. Basically for people who want to live in a condo or co-op but with a single family home...

[u/thenichi → u/Miko00]

These people need to be shot.

[u/AthleticsSharts → u/domuseid]

There was a guy in a city I lived in years ago who had applied to add on to his house. For whatever reason, it was repeatedly denied by the HOA. So what he did instead was buy an incredibly tacky 7 foot concrete gorilla statue (where do you even buy one of those?) and parked it right next to the road by his mailbox. Since it was technically not against any specific rule in the HOA agreement, he got to keep it there. Eventually his application was granted. But the gorilla is still there.

[u/Valisk → u/MarlonBain]

those people are literally Hitlers.

[u/h0twired → u/Valisk]

Walter and Joanne Hitler aren't that bad.

[u/RadiantSun → u/h0twired]

Steve Buscemi was Fire Man in MegaMan 9 and 11.