an inside guide to debt collection
I’m going to share MY professional experiences with Debt Relief Companies, aka Debt Management, Debt Settlement. I’m not going to say this is true of ALL such companies – I’ve only dealt with as many as 10 organizations whose business is to resolve debts for consumers, so this is not intended to cover all of those in business. If you …
What IS a bill collector anyway? To some of you a Bill Collector is a blood sucking vampire who can’t get a real job. Then again a Bill Collector may be someone who assisted you in getting a bill paid. Maybe your experience is that we are something in between. We get that getting calls from a bill collector is …
My personal experience with other bill collectors includes what I call horrible and abusive to helpful and courteous. I’ve had my rights trampled so badly that even I filed suit against the agency and the collector. One called me at work when he knew I was not allowed those types of calls at work. How did I know he knew? …
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Yep. Collections Agencies charge their clients FEES. New Client fees. Booking fees (That’s to cover the cost of loading accounts into our system). Skip tracing fees (to cover the cost of finding you) Collection fees. Credit reporting fees (if the agency does that. Not all agencies report to the credit bureau) Why do we charge fees? Because we do not …
continuedFees and more Fees. All we are saying, is give fees a chance.