Poll: My mom's trying to take away MY computer

[Ickorus]

The problem comes from the fact that she gave it to you and then you did the replacing of the parts, to those not so involved with computers as people like us they won't really see that and will only see the outside of the box.

I suggest you rebuild her old computer (If you have all the parts) and give her that one back then buy a case for yourself. Don't bother buying a new CD drive though, they're obsolete now.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Only if he still has HER parts that he removed. If someone borrows your car, puts on new tires, and then claims the car is theirs, they are wrong. If they try to return the car with neither your tires nor theirs, they are also wrong. If they took off your tires and toss them, you get the new tires they put on. Same applies here, and I really doubt he kept her old parts.

Nope. The parts are his and as such he can take out the parts and give her whats left. If she wants the rest of the parts then he can also give her that or pay for them. That is, if she wants them. Either way, she agreed to give him the computer but was very loose on the terms of use and as such I don't think the above applies at all. She did not specify that he can't replace the parts/throw out the old and as such the computer still belongs to him, apart from the parts belonging to her.

If he chooses to live in her house, unless he is paying fair market value for rent, then he chooses to live by her rules. It's that simple. If he doesn't like it, he can leave.

And adult in the US is generally 18, 16 is legal to move out/be kicked out in some states. 21 is just for drinking.

Incorrect. A person under the legal age cannot be kicked out. Doing so is considered child abuse and the penalties for those are quite harsh. The mother basically signed a contract when she birthed the child. She cannot legally kick him out until he's an adult. The only way she could get rid of the child is if she proved she is unfit of raising the child. Otherwise, she's forced to take care of the child. Any attempt to get rid of that responsibility is child abuse.


How the fuck can you be legally an adult at 18 but not be able to buy alcohol until you're 21? Either way, the mother can kick him out since he's 18. I assume at 18 you can be kicked out. So, if she chooses to do so then good for her. It proves just how responsible she is.

 

[Twaddlefish]

Sucks to be you, lol.

But it is her house - her rules.

When I was at home my mother had no right to take any of my shit away from me at that age, from my PC to my guitar. I paid for it all.

Seriously dude, just buy a new case and whatever bits you didn't replace. Cut that shit short before it gets out of hand.

 

[Zing]

It's yours. But to emphasize the point, why don't you just buy a better case and she has no claim at all then?

 

[Tsaba]

To be quite blunt, your not going to win, either give in or move out.

 

[Slash12]

Yeah, it'd be great if you just bought a new case and CD drive for your computer and then put everything back in her computer. Make sure it has all those viruses it had too, to make sure its in its original condition.

 

[Bloodstain]

It's definitely yours.

Apart from that: You're 18 years old. Taking away your property? I believe the appropriate reaction would be:

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

NO."

 

[Wintermoot]

dissasamble it and return it, you got it that way right? so she gets it back the way YOU got it! or you can remove the parts you bought ATX cases can be cheap!
alt: you could also install a selfdestruct the moment she tries to run the sims

 

[Bloodstain]

If he chooses to live in her house, unless he is paying fair market value for rent, then he chooses to live by her rules. It's that simple. If he doesn't like it, he can leave.

It's like saying "Oh, you live in my house? Well, anything you ever bought or built is my property now. Don't like it? Then why don't you just move out? Ohhhh, you cannot afford it? Well, too bad."

 

[Jester00]

why didn't you bought a new one?

 

[PayneTrayne]

Just give it back to her!

...it being the case and the CD-Drive.

 

[Bloodstain]

Hey blood...do you not think there is something else going on with the OP... he's being "punished" for something? He's not following the rules, she is threatening to take away a privillege. That's what this is really about, anything else is a smokescreen.

And when you live for free in mommy's house, yes, you have to follow her rules. All of them.

You can try to negociate as adults, but in the end, you don't like it, leave. Can't afford it and want to continue sucking up free rent? Then suck up the rules, that's how you pay your rent.

That's possible, yes. But we don't know the whole story, do we? I don't think we should make assumptions.
Hey OP, give us more background information!

I would normally agree with you, raven, but property rights are something you can't take away, under no circumstances. Of course, we again have to know more: Is she claiming property of the computer and planning to keep it? Is she just taking it away temporarily as some sort of punishment for something? If it's the former, I agree with the OP, it's his. If it's the ladder, we would have to know why he is being punished.

 

[Axzarious]

Buy a new case and CD drive, then its 100% yours. Then, lock your mother out of it before she kills it again.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Since he probably threw away the parts, he needs to replace them with equiv

Well actually no. I also said this: "Either way, she agreed to give him the computer but was very loose on the terms of use and as such I don't think the above applies at all. She did not specify that he can't replace the parts/throw out the old and as such the computer still belongs to him, apart from the parts belonging to her."

Giving that the agreement did not specify actually keeping those old parts, he's not bound by anything to give them back.

He chooses to live there, therefore he chooses to live with her rules. He has no grounds to come here complaining, especially if he isn't paying rent.

No. He lives there but that doesn't mean that he must live under her rules. What belongs to him does not belong to her. If she believes this is enough grounds to kick him out then by all means, she should. However, to say that he's somehow "bound" by his rules to give her everything he owns is bullshit.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

Resort to violence. It's the best way.

 

[Retardinator]

Well, you could just pull out the 98% of the parts that belong to you and say "OK, here you go What's yours is yours again, what I paid for, I took for myself."

 

[Thaius]

Oh... I was prepared to come on here and give another lecture about how you're still under her roof, and still under her rules, expecting that you were another kid thinking you were more mature than you actually are. But you're 18. So really, outside of requiring some things for the lodging (help around the house, etc.), very few requirements are within her rights to impose on you. You're right, that shouldn't be happening.