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jwhop
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posted February 12, 2012 08:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Apparently, Arthur Livingston is keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of being declared dead. I would have given the bank 10 days to correct the files, all the files...at their expense and then...I would have sued the bast@rds.

R.I.P. Bank of America.

Bank of America Declared Customer Dead for Three Years?

Arthur Livingston, of Prosperity, S.C., may be alive, but his credit report says, "File not scored because subject is deceased."

That's because Livingston's bank, Bank of America, has been reporting him as deceased to the three major credit agencies since May 2009, he claims.

Bank of America has still not resolved the issue, even after media attention, causing headaches for Livingston, 39, and his family in South Carolina.

A regional manager of a chemical company, Livingston discovered the dilemma when he tried to obtain a loan from a mortgage company in October. The problem may have begun when Livingston, who said he has been a Bank of America customer for 14 years, sold his home in May 2009.

Five months since he discovered the problem, Bank of America still does not have a solution, and his mortgage company has not been able to obtain his credit score to give him a loan for his new home. He also fears the inactivity on his credit will negatively affect his credit score.

A spokeswoman for Bank of America told ABC News on Thursday the company is working with Livingston directly to "resolve this issue as quickly as possible."

Livingston said he regularly pays off his credit card bill in full, including $2,000 to $4,000 in travel expenses for work. But none of that, he fears, is being recorded on his credit record.

"[Bank of America] is well aware that the account is very active on a daily basis," he said.

That has been "frustrating" for Livingston and his family's plan for their new home, which was supposed to begin construction in mid-December. He was hoping the home would be half finished by now.

"It's been a complete waste of time," he said of the "inexcusable" mistake.

He along with his wife, son and daughter, 8 and 5, respectively, have been living in a rental home while they wait. Construction of the home is estimated to take four to six months, weather permitting. The Livingstons had hoped to move into their new home by April.

"Obviously, that's not going to be remotely possible," he said.
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katatonic
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posted February 12, 2012 10:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i wonder if the gent is related to franz kafka?

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jwhop
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posted February 12, 2012 01:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I doubt it since Herr Kafka has been dead for more than 8 decades.

But, the word on the street is that Arthur is related to a certain Dr Livingstone whom Stanley found in Africa.

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katatonic
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posted February 12, 2012 10:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
one needn't be alive to be related to someone who is! i imagine the poor guy would understand where kafka was coming from even if he's never heard of him before.

the sad thing is that this sort of thing is fairly commonplace, what with huge bureaucratic companies and dingbats operating the automation. and judging by kafka, it's nothing new either!

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erikaB
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posted May 09, 2012 12:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for erikaB     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Occasionally, a story will pop up about a person who has been falsely declared deceased by the Social Security Administration and credit reporting bureaus. Generally, the unfortunate victims discover when they go to borrow money. These incidents are usually due to accidental errors, but they are hard to detect. Falsely declared dead people unfortunately experience the sensation of being Schroedinger’s Cat as they are both alive and dead in the same moment. Unfortunately, a good number of people are falsely declared dead every year. Though, a person is legally dead, as far as the federal government is concerned, when that person’s name is entered into the Social Security Death Master File.

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katatonic
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posted May 09, 2012 01:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
even more often truly deceased people are not recognized as such. a year after my mother's death the state wrote demanding a tax return for her...and needed to be told several times that she was fully paid up!

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