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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:13 PM Original message |
Debt Collection Agencies Gone Wild |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. k&r |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. For a while I did mediation between debtors and debt collectors. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. The last snipped paragraph is just wrong. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Exactly right... there is no debtors prison. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. IF you go to prison for debt... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You DON'T "go to prison for debt" |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Failure to pay a debt isn't a crime...... YET |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Has it been proposed even in the most RW states? |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Ok. How about this? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. It may "sound" the same to you... but it isn't. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I agree with everything you say... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Depends upon what the definition of "is" is. |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Sure they can. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. You can't show up for court if you don't know your being sued |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Something tells me we have a debt collector here. Doesn't matter. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not hard to turn a profit when you buy assets for pennies on the dollar. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Phone Calls for Someone Else |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Aha...see, there's the problem... |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. No, I don't think I should do that. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. This went on for MONTHS |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Oh, that's hilarious! |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I had that happen to me. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. The office can be the worst |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. I once cancelled my car insurance and changed to a different ins company |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Most people who become debt collectors are on the low end of the spectrum. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. There are ways to fight back... |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am a former debt collector. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Also, you have the right to pay the original creditor, not the agency |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Not sure that is correct |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It was when I worked collections :-) |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It depends on whether the collector is providing a "service" to the creditor... |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The debt we bought was so old |
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