----- Original Message ----- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:14:10 -0700 From: Jim Stephens <jws at jwsss.com> On 3/13/2013 1:41 PM, TeoZ wrote: ... ----- Reply: No, there are laws in pretty well every jurisdiction that protect a *responsible* renter from this sort of thing and are in fact generally even biased in the renter's favour. But repeatedly not paying the rent on time (or at all), jerking the landlord around with excuses, broken promises and missed deadlines, taking him to court to fight a justified eviction and no doubt costing him considerable money in legal fees etc., and, finally, not clearing out the contents when given the opportunity to do so, *THAT'S* what usually predictably results in what happened in this case. You're right, this is not a case of the owner dying or falling on hard times with no way of coming up with the rent (like selling off a duplicate piece or two or asking for help); it's irresponsibility and negligence and if I'd donated something in good faith I'd be pretty pissed when I saw it being flogged on eBay as a result... m