The luxury repo men
October 29, 2012 10:19 AM Subscribe
When you fall behind on payments on your private jet or your yacht, Ken Cage is the man who comes and takes it away.
Stealing cool shit from rich people? Sign me up.
posted by hellojed at 10:24 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by hellojed at 10:24 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.
posted by tommasz at 10:28 AM on October 29, 2012 [9 favorites]
posted by tommasz at 10:28 AM on October 29, 2012 [9 favorites]
You find one in every LearJet.
Actually I thought they all had 8-track tape players....
posted by miyabo at 10:32 AM on October 29, 2012
Actually I thought they all had 8-track tape players....
posted by miyabo at 10:32 AM on October 29, 2012
The more you yacht, the less intelligent you are.
posted by Egg Shen at 10:42 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Egg Shen at 10:42 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
Let's go get sushi and not pay.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 10:43 AM on October 29, 2012 [12 favorites]
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 10:43 AM on October 29, 2012 [12 favorites]
Planes need to file a flight plan, but a yacht with a full fridge and watermaker could hole up in a quiet cove on a dessert island for years.
posted by sammyo at 10:50 AM on October 29, 2012
posted by sammyo at 10:50 AM on October 29, 2012
I don't want no commies in my yacht. No Christians either.
posted by rocketman at 10:53 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by rocketman at 10:53 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
John Wayne was a fag!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 10:53 AM on October 29, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 10:53 AM on October 29, 2012 [3 favorites]
If you find a dessert island you should definitely hole up.
posted by echo target at 10:54 AM on October 29, 2012 [8 favorites]
posted by echo target at 10:54 AM on October 29, 2012 [8 favorites]
Just for that you're not in the gang anymore.
posted by chavenet at 10:57 AM on October 29, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 10:57 AM on October 29, 2012 [4 favorites]
If you find a dessert island you should definitely hole up.
No way! They are havens for candybles and pie-rates! Be very careful when approaching!
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:57 AM on October 29, 2012 [14 favorites]
No way! They are havens for candybles and pie-rates! Be very careful when approaching!
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:57 AM on October 29, 2012 [14 favorites]
Derail: nothing more annoying than a website that redirects you to its mobile homepage instead of the article you wanted to read. Get it together businessweek.
posted by youthenrage at 11:05 AM on October 29, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by youthenrage at 11:05 AM on October 29, 2012 [4 favorites]
Actually it seems you can hide a plane pretty well too; at the end of the article they talk about finding one that disappeared without a flight plan being filed. It seems you can fly without a plan if you follow visual flight rules. If the weather's good, you can go all the way up to 18,000 feet.
posted by echo target at 11:05 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by echo target at 11:05 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Planes need to file a flight plan, but a yacht with a full fridge and watermaker could hole up in a quiet cove on a dessert island for years.
As long as it was a plane doughnut.
posted by hal9k at 11:09 AM on October 29, 2012
As long as it was a plane doughnut.
posted by hal9k at 11:09 AM on October 29, 2012
fearfulsymmetry:
"John Wayne was a fag"
The hell he was!
posted by Windopaene at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
"John Wayne was a fag"
The hell he was!
posted by Windopaene at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
When you fall behind on payments on your private jet or your yacht, Ken Cage is the man who comes and takes it away.
... on a very special episode of Luxury Repo next on A&E.
posted by Fizz at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012
... on a very special episode of Luxury Repo next on A&E.
posted by Fizz at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012
♫ You walked in
to the party
like you were walking onto a yacht... ♫
posted by randomkeystrike at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
to the party
like you were walking onto a yacht... ♫
posted by randomkeystrike at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
John Wayne was a fag!
I like Repo Man too, but, as ever, it is worth keeping in mind that when you quote a line from a movie and other people don't know it's a line from a movie and the line is saying something nasty, people may think you're just shouting something nasty for no apparent reason.
posted by cortex at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012 [26 favorites]
I like Repo Man too, but, as ever, it is worth keeping in mind that when you quote a line from a movie and other people don't know it's a line from a movie and the line is saying something nasty, people may think you're just shouting something nasty for no apparent reason.
posted by cortex at 11:13 AM on October 29, 2012 [26 favorites]
Miller: John Wayne was a fag.
All: The hell he was.
Miller: He was, too, you boys. I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress.
From Repo Man. [Video has some NSFW language]
posted by chavenet at 11:20 AM on October 29, 2012
All: The hell he was.
Miller: He was, too, you boys. I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress.
From Repo Man. [Video has some NSFW language]
posted by chavenet at 11:20 AM on October 29, 2012
I'm so torn by this article. on the one side are the parasitic rich, and on the other the evil banks. Who to root for, who to root for...hmmmm.
Also, what Cortex said; much as I love Repo Man, a bit of context for that particular quote would have been useful.
posted by marienbad at 11:20 AM on October 29, 2012
Also, what Cortex said; much as I love Repo Man, a bit of context for that particular quote would have been useful.
posted by marienbad at 11:20 AM on October 29, 2012
Fizz: In fact, you may very well be able to.
Craft recently left the company after he and Cage had a disagreement over participating in a cable-TV reality show.posted by rmd1023 at 11:21 AM on October 29, 2012
Craft recently left the company after he and Cage had a disagreement over participating in a cable-TV reality show
I would watch the shit out of that show.
posted by no regrets, coyote at 11:21 AM on October 29, 2012
I would watch the shit out of that show.
posted by no regrets, coyote at 11:21 AM on October 29, 2012
... on a very special episode of Luxury Repo next on A&E.
Actually, its on the Discovery Channel
posted by TedW at 11:24 AM on October 29, 2012
Actually, its on the Discovery Channel
posted by TedW at 11:24 AM on October 29, 2012
But what if you're not one of those losers getting their yacht or private jet repossessed? The Globe and Mail has you covered!
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:29 AM on October 29, 2012
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:29 AM on October 29, 2012
The schadenfreude in this thread is palpable.
posted by Brodiggitty at 11:36 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Brodiggitty at 11:36 AM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
Second happiest day in a yacht-owner's life.
posted by StickyCarpet at 11:38 AM on October 29, 2012 [11 favorites]
posted by StickyCarpet at 11:38 AM on October 29, 2012 [11 favorites]
Another person who specialises in difficult repossessions of things like ships and planes is Max Hardberger, the operations director of VessEx.
posted by James Scott-Brown at 11:40 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by James Scott-Brown at 11:40 AM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Hey, let's go do some crimes!" "Yeah, let's get a yacht and not pay!"
posted by pxe2000 at 12:29 PM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by pxe2000 at 12:29 PM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
The schadenfreude in this thread is palpable.
Mine is the next tier up from schadenfreude. What's a ridiculously long compound word in German for 'wishing to see grevious harm inflicted on someone in retribution for their actions in destroying large portions of the world?'
posted by FatherDagon at 12:56 PM on October 29, 2012
Mine is the next tier up from schadenfreude. What's a ridiculously long compound word in German for 'wishing to see grevious harm inflicted on someone in retribution for their actions in destroying large portions of the world?'
posted by FatherDagon at 12:56 PM on October 29, 2012
Isn't financing your private jet like those dorks I see driving around their own Bentlies or Maybachs?
posted by shothotbot at 1:11 PM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by shothotbot at 1:11 PM on October 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
I can picture John Wayne driving one of those pink Bentlies.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:30 PM on October 29, 2012
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:30 PM on October 29, 2012
I can't see the word "yacht" anymore without saying it like Tom Servo. "Yatched!"
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 3:07 PM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 3:07 PM on October 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
@shothotbot
is "dork" the same thing as "noveau-riche"
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 4:33 PM on October 29, 2012
is "dork" the same thing as "noveau-riche"
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 4:33 PM on October 29, 2012
♫ You walked in
to the party
like you were walking onto a yacht... ♫
♫ Will you still have a song to sing
When the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? ♫
posted by Bruce H. at 5:55 PM on October 29, 2012
to the party
like you were walking onto a yacht... ♫
♫ Will you still have a song to sing
When the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? ♫
posted by Bruce H. at 5:55 PM on October 29, 2012
♫ Its nose poked into a little hangar,
like a big dog trying to hide under a small sofa...♫.
posted by ovvl at 6:32 PM on October 29, 2012
like a big dog trying to hide under a small sofa...♫.
posted by ovvl at 6:32 PM on October 29, 2012
I must've squinted between reading this title and that of the post before, cuz I ended up wondering why someone would need their kazoo repossessed.
posted by vasi at 9:44 PM on October 29, 2012
posted by vasi at 9:44 PM on October 29, 2012
Slightly related: Steve Jobs's yacht was just finished.
posted by eye of newt at 10:48 PM on October 29, 2012
posted by eye of newt at 10:48 PM on October 29, 2012
I must've squinted between reading this title and that of the post before, cuz I ended up wondering why someone would need their kazoo repossessed.
Oh, I can think of LOTS of reasons.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:26 AM on October 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
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