what happened? what the hell happened?!

[darksyde78]

I don't think I've ever felt this helpless in all my life. See, for those that don't know, Gretchen's car was repossessed last Saturday; basically stranding me in downtown Champaign. We got the letter saying they were coming for the car the following tuesday; yeah...we honestly didn't expect them to come for her car. I'm going to be upfront here

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[sewag]

If you guys need a ride to work or something until you can figure out what to do, feel free to call me anytime. Not like I am working now.

[sylvercheetah]

My favorite phrase is "Life is like a whore: she screws you, and in the end she expects you to pay."
That said, you're still breathing and you still have options. As mentioned above you can threaten legal action (even if you can't afford it) if their letter said that they wouldn't take the car until Tuesday. They can't resell them right away. You can ask family for money. You can try for the bank loan. You can (and said you are) look for free/cheap bikes - by the way, check out the local freecycle website along with craigslist.
Also see if there is someplace nearby that you two can maybe donate blood or plasma for money. You can donate blood like every 56 days, and plasma something like once or twice per week.

[taminarose]

Since you guys are already in this much trouble I'm going to agree with the previous posts. You need to look into exactly when they were supposed to repo Gri's car and threaten legal. Also, they have to wait a period of time, find out what it is. As for getting around town to get to work and such a bike is a good idea. Another good idea is to call around to people you know and offer a few bucks. Everyone is hard up now, you can help someone else while they help you. See if you guys can carpool with people that you work with. Don't have to tell 'em you got repo'ed tell 'em you got a ticket