I like this show well enough, but I keep putting off recapping until there is absolutely nothing else to post about. I’m not sure why I do that. Anyway, I’m going to try to cover two episodes here really fast.
The War of the Weisses
Tim and Kelly need help dividing up a few of their assets. Tim is a fireman and former Marine. Kelly said his Iraq tour messed with his head and made him an angry person. Tim admits he is an asshole. They have a great apartment with fantastic views of Chicago. Tim says out of his platoon of 30 only one marriage has stayed together. They all came back with PTSD. There is a lot of focus on Tim’s issues. Who cares? Let’s get on to the stuff.
First up is the shoe collection. I can’t understand how this is even an issue. Personal clothes should be a no brainer. There are two swords they bought for $137. These are two tit for tat issues. Actually, there is another tit for tat. The equity in the rental property they own versus half of Tim’s pension.
The appraisers value the shoe collection at $4,500. They value the swords at $4,000. This seems pretty cut and dry to me. She gets the shoes, he gets the swords. Vikki does that, but she gives Kelly a $2,000 credit. I think that is wrong. Kelly gets $130,000 (100% of the equity.) Tim gets the pension. But, he must leave Kelly as the beneficiary in the event he dies. Tim agrees.
This episode was boring. This split was not rocket science.
To D or Not to D
Dave and Emily have an art collection, a jewelry collection and a set of fine china. I’m all in on this one. Those are totally my three favorite things. Again, I don’t think the guy should have any say in the jewelry collection. Emily is a shopaholic. Dave is divorcing her because of her spending. He also said she gets him nothing for Christmas. Dave plans to move to Hawaii.
They have some Alexander Chin artwork. I have no idea who that is, and it was purchased for $2,000. There are two pieces it seems. So, um duh. The jewelry was inherited by Emily from her mother. It doesn’t look at first glance like it is worth much. Lomonosov china is up next. This I am familiar with and I expect it to be worth the most. It’s beautiful. I say he gets the china and one painting. She gets the jewelry and one painting.
The assessors come to look at the paintings. There seems to be four of them and two of them are both of their favorites. Ha! They did the pearl test on their teeth. I’ve gotten lots of looks in flea markets for doing that. It works!
The assessors value signed prints are valued at $800 for the four. I think that is being very generous. Regardless they both want the actual prints and not the money. The jewelry is valued at $30,000. There must have been a lot of pearls in there. The assessors got really hyped up over some jade. Um, really? Jade? I have some I would like to sell these two. The china was valued at $1,500. I would buy that service for six at that price. I now need to change my recommendation to Kelly getting the jewelry and Dave should get all of the “art” and the china, and possibly a small credit for Dave.
Here is what Vikki decided. She split the art 50/50. She lets Kelly keep the jewelry and gives Dave a credit for half the value. The assessors and Vikki seem to think that the china is nothing special because it’s made in the 1990s. Um, yes, porcelain is still being mass-produced, and it’s still expensive. She gives the china to Kelly and tells Dave he can buy more with his jewelry offset.
Kelly and Dave are very nonchalant about settlement. Emily doesn’t want a divorce. Dave doesn’t think Emily really cares. Vikki is giving her a script of what she needs to say, but the words are not coming from Emily. She’s too reserved to show passion. Dave says he will wait 45 days for Emily to try to put their marriage back together. I don’t think 45 days is going to help.
And it didn’t, Dave went ahead with the divorce 45 days later and is probably in Hawaii drinking Mai Tais right now.
I don’t look forward to this show either. Not that Vikki doesn’t do a great job but . . . . watching people divide the scraps left from a bad marriage is a little painful.
Omg, Tamara, I had to Google Lomonosov. Amazing. I mean, absolutely amazing.
I’m a fanatic for cobalt blue. I have a lot of old blue bottles, and some cobalt blue china odds and ends. I have no Lomonosov. I don’t know what to do with all the tea cups I have. I should have a tea party.
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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My friend collects Polish pottery when she finds a good piece. She just loves the blue, as do I. I’ll have to show her Lomonosov. Tea party sounds great. I’ll break out my good stuff.
Don’t care to much for this show. CANT WAIT TO WARCH JERSEY. OH AND THAT HIRL FEONBUBTYING THE KNOT KNOWS TERESA GUiDICE and others because shes from that area apparently
I still don’t understand why her mother’s jewelry should be even considered as part of the community property??????? Someone pls explain.
This sounds like ,my type of show. *sets up
dvr*
It’s really only good if the shit being divided is interesting. I’m in for the appraisal part. Although I was disappointed in the guys utter dismissal of Lomonosov! They seem to use ebay for their appraisals, and there is this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lomonosov-Porcelain-Tea-Set-Cobalt-Net-22-pc-/170808671587?_trksid=p2054897.l4275 set online for $700 bucks. Looks fake to me not a true cobalt color in pictures…
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I’ve been watching this show and agree with TT, only good if the stuff is interesting.
The Marines story was sad, she had no right to his pension death benefits. I don’t think they were married long enough.
I didn’t think it was fair that Kelly ended up with all the equity and his pension should he die. What if Tim remarries and has kids??? They won’t get his pension .. Wow that’s bullshit.. And Vicki didn’t seem to have much compassion for a man that served our country… Kelly should have known the possible consequences going into the marriage. It seems to me Vicki is more for the wives and that just doesn’t fly with me.. Even tho I’m a woman- fair is fair- and if she continues this way then
I WONT CONTINUE TO WATCH..
Just saying ……
I was thinking that too. What is he has a child or second wife, they have to defer to his ex? It makes Vikki seem amateur to not bring this to either of their attention.
It’s also not free for the beneficiary to receive the pension once the service member is dead. It’s something he has to set up and costs each month.
Wait a second, I thought that in most states anything you bring into a marriage, is not considered a marital asset? In that case, if she had a family heirloom (the jewelry) it stays hers even in the case of a divorce, no? How was that even up for debate. These people need pre-nups!
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The pension deal is wrong. He has to pay each month, out of his current pay, so that when he dies she will get the money. Not cool that he’ll have to keep paying for her to receive it later. Plus like others have said, what if he remarries? I don’t like this one at all.
I also haven’t been a big fan of the appraiser guys. They keep using ebay for comps. Seriously?! Anyone could do that.
This show reminds me of all the things I own simply because they might be worth something “later.” Well Later has come, I need to figure out how to sell this crap. I cannot do ebay, because it takes me MONTHS to go to the post office. I don’t know why. It’s just one of the features of my crazy.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Good luck getting rid of the valuables. I have an old ring (can’t remember the stone type) from a step grandmother that was appraised at $3k, the jeweler that appraised it only wanted to give me $300 for it (it needs repairs and would sell for even more in his shop) and ebay was a bust because my old account is dead. New accounts aren’t going to attract anyone willing to shell out anything close to 3k. So I am stuck for now with a look pretty.
Also, I understand about the post office. I think I go once a year when hubs isn’t deployed. Not even that, when I can buy stamps (only need 2 a month) at the grocery store.