So, you can't pay all your bills, but...

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You purchase $10,000 in Christmas gifts?

Repo Man Takes Van With Holiday Gifts Inside
Woman Claims Company Won't Return Belongings

POSTED: 4:50 pm EST December 16, 2004
UPDATED: 5:45 pm EST December 16, 2004

BOSTON -- A Wrentham, Mass., family said that it has lost all of its Christmas presents that were in the family's minivan, which was reposessed.

NewsCenter 5's Jorge Quiroga reported that one week before Christmas, Bonnie Corso added up the bad news.

"I had everything hidden so the kids couldn't get to them," Corso said.

Between her kids' holiday gifts, several computers and many, many valuables, Corso said that she had $10,000 worth of goods in her minivan when the repo man made a midnight visit to her home.

"A gentleman came to (the) door (and) said he was there to take the car, and we asked him four times not to take it. We had a lot of stuff in the car. We wanted time to clean it out," Corso said.

Corso said that the repo man didn't have time to wait, so her minivan was towed away with her belongings inside.

"All of our Christmas presents, personal belongings, electronics, work computers -- there was so much stuff in this car. It was our traveling office," Corso said.

Corso and her husband, Mark, owners of a small Marshfield, Mass., deli and e-business, don't deny they were three months late with their car payments. That was the last time they saw the vehicle and all of their goods.

Corso claims the repo company has refused to give anything back. NewsCenter 5 tried to speak with Eagle Recovery and Transfer, and a company spokesman said that the Corsos should hire an attorney to contact the company.

The Corsos said that they've filed a complaint with the North Attleboro Police Department.