This is bizarre at best but its true. In Latvia there lives a man named Viktor Mirosiichenko who heads a company called Kontora Loan Company. Who is this man and what is so unusual about him? He will make a loan to you if you sign an "agreement" and pledge "your immortal soul" as collateral.
Mr. Mirosiichenko's company employs no debt collectors for those who refuse to pay back the loan, nor will he employ violence against those who don't pay back. Signatures on the agreements show only the first name and do not show any documents.
Reuters news service asked Mr. Mirosiichenko: "if they don't give it back, what can you do"? He said: "they won't have a soul, that's all." Mirosiichenko set out a group of papers on his desk to show that Kontora is a serious loan company.
Latvia has been hardest hit by the financial crisis. Unemployment is rising sharply and banks have cut back on their lending, making it almost impossible for small companies to get a loan
Mr. Mirosiichenko makes small loans of about $500.00 for short periods of 1 to 90 days and is trusting that people will pay back their loans. He said that about 200 people have taken out loans over the first two months his business was in operation.
Would you pledge your soul as collateral for a loan?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-03-2009 @ 4:18PM
momnotmrs said...
This article turned a positive endeavor into a philosophical negative.
7-03-2009 @ 5:21PM
Dan Barnett said...
In literature, souls are usually worth more than $500, usually the Seller gets Power, Vast Wealth, Sex with Elizabeth Taylor, or at least a "Good Long Ball Hitter" for the Washington Senators.
7-04-2009 @ 6:53AM
janri said...
The fact that people have taken advantage of this, shows how deperate some people are. To exploit these people in this way is a crime against humanity. Where is our protective government now. It's a fraud ... a contract that cannot actually be fulfilled by one of the parties. This just another example just as the predatory lenders, of allowing people to be exploited in this country. The government turns their back on the people and allows them to be taken advantage of. Part of the reason we are in this mess.
7-05-2009 @ 5:25AM
al coholic said...
My soul maybe....but never my Mojo....
7-06-2009 @ 9:16AM
ME said...
No expert here, but how can you sell your soul to a non-devil? Or...
maybe he is the devil?