Case 1:03-cv-02485-MSK-PAC
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
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3 CAMILLE MELONAKIS-KURZ, )
7 HEARTLAND HOME FINANCE, )
Defendant. )
5vs.) No. 03-MK-2485 6 ) INC. , ) 8 )
4 of other similarly situated)
employees, )
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individually and on behalf)
Plaintiffs, )
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VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF TERENCE GUNN,
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12 produced, sworn, and examined on Tuesday, the 6th
13 and 5: 33 in the afternoon of that day at the
day 0 f December, 2005, between the hours of 3: 12
offices of Jay E. Suddreth & Associates, 10104 West 14 105th Street, in the City of Overland Park, County of Johnson, State of Kansas, before: 15
17Suite 100 of 18
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16 ELLEN L. STOCK, RMR
Certified Shorthand Reporter
JAY E. SUDDRETH & ASSOCIATES, INC.
10104 West 105th Street
19 Overland Park, KS 66212-5746
a Certified Shorthand Reporter in and for the State
21 of Kansas.
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22 Taken on behalf of Plaintiffs pursuant to Notice to
Take Deposi tion.
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credi t, and go through the bill sand -- how
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did you know what it was that the customer's
goals were?
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How did we know?
Um - hum.
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From pulling their credi t report. And you
add up how much they're spending.
Q.
Well, did customers have different goals or
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desires?
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Q.
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Yes.
Okay.
What sort of -- first off, how would
you know what their goals or desires were?
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Well, you interview wi th the customer.
you talk wi th the customer on the phone.
When
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Q.
When you call the lead that Heartland
provided.
Whether it was Internet lead or
telemarketing lead.
And then would there be di fferent programs
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depending upon what their needs were?
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Yes.
Can you give me some examples of wha t those
would be?
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Needs vary.
Some of them may want to
consolidate.
Some want -- probably want to
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get on an adj ustable.
Different
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scenarios.
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Okay. So if someone wanted to consolidate,
would there be a different type of product
that would tend to be better for them?
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No. Just what we had to offer. You know.
Everything was score driven. If they had a
great FICO score, they would probably get a
preferred rate. If it wasn't a great score,
then they would probably look at a
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non-conformant loan.
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Okay. What's a FICO score? What's that?
I'm sure -- you're not familiar wi th the
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FICO score?
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I'm familiar wi th it, but we need to
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establish for our record what that is.
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A FICO is your credi t score.
Now, what about in terms of establishing,
like, origination fees. How did you go
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about doing that?
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Origination fees was something that --
tha t 's the only way we got paid. So we had
to try to establish whatever fee we felt,
you know, f rom the cu s tome r - - that you had
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a good feel from the customer that they
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would pay. It's the only fee we got