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debt negotiation Programs: Only get yourself involved in this program if: 1. You are way behind I mean 3-4months behind and accounts are getting turned over to collections. 2. Accounts are already charged-off and in collections. 3. There is no way to get accounts re-age through credit counseling programs.(If you miss 2-3months being in Credit Counseling can help re-age your account back so that way you won't have your accounts charged-off) 4. You can not afford the minimum anymore period. example: salary=$2000net household expenses=$1800 creditcards bills=$500, you are definitely upside down. 5.Do not want to file Bankruptcy.
BOTTOM LINE: IF YOU DO NOT PAY YOUR CREDITORS THAN YOU PUT YOURSELF AT GREAT RISK REGARDLESS IF YOU HIRE A LAWFIRM TO SETTLE FOR YOU.
Why hire a lawfirm than? Because a lawfirm will help manage your finances and get you to actually put some money aside so that way when it is ready to settle they can actually have that lump sum amount to negotiate for you! If you were a well discplined individuals than you wouldn't be in this mess to begin with so do not say "I can just do that on my own" cause you can't that is fact!!! Another benefit, having a lawfirm backing can minimize the collection calls and harrassment and what the lawfirm does and go against violators and try to catch them break your rights and attack the company! Bill collectors are always breaking the law and you know why? Because they are bunch of low-life trying to threaten those that do not have money and treats them horribly just so that way they can earn their stupid little commission and brag about it! That is how the lawfirm always gets a good settlement cause once your account gets handed over to a third party collection agency, it is now in the hands of bunch nobody trying to put fear in people over the phone and they get caught by these lawfirms for breaking the FDCA regulations!
Catch my drift. It's always better to pay on time and not get yourself in this mess but when it comes to push and shove and you do not have a choice hiring a lawfirm to work on a settlement can actually help you more than not do anything at all. People complain about these lawfirms because they are not working at a fast pace that the client wants. Bottom line its real simple: BE PATIENCE.. TRY TO PAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IN THE LAWFIRMS TRUST SO THEY CAN START ON A SETTLEMENT FOR YOU AND U WILL GET LESS HEADACHES. DO THIS PROGRAM ONLY IF YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION.
so John Harris you did not meet those criterias and you gotten mislead and I am sorry to hear that.