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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:00 am Subject: calling on Sunday |
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Is it legal for creditors to call me on Sunday to attempt to collect an overdue amount?
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carlee_50

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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:04 am Subject: Sunday |
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Yes it is, they can call seven days a week.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:40 am Subject: |
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However, if you tell them NOT to call on Sunday, they can't.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:00 am Subject: |
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They can call you any day of the week, during 'reasonable' hours (which I believe to be 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - someone please correct me if I'm wrong), and they can call your home, work or cell phone - until you instruct them not to. (Best way to avoid that in the future is not to give any potential creditor your work number - only the home number - that way they won't be calling you at work, unless they manage to find your work number somewhere.)
If you ask them to cease calling you at work, the best way to handle it is to tell them that you are not allowed to receive personal calls at work, and tell them to call you at home. If you don't want them to contact you by phone at all, send them a letter indicating that they may only communicate with you in writing.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:07 am Subject: |
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Here in NY they can call between 9.00 am and 9.00 pm I think.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:46 am Subject: |
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In nebraska they can call between 8 am. up until 9 p.m....some of them are very sneaky and will call at like 8:53 p.m.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:47 am Subject: |
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Thanks for the update, ladies! I wasn't quite sure on the timeframe.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:13 pm Subject: ca |
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I've asked CA's NOT to call on Sundays and they still do ( or shall I say a CERTAIN one does). This certain one has called after 9:00PM a few times. I just hung up.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:04 pm Subject: |
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I've never seen any specific laws that say they can't call you on a certain day if you tell them not to...
With a CA you could send a C&D letter and then they shouldn't call you at all. But with the OC, they can still call you during "normal" hours even if you do send them a C&D.
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:39 am Subject: |
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It depends on your time zone. I live in NC which is on Eastern standard time. A collector can call betweeen 8:00AM to 9:00PM EST.
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:10 am Subject: |
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Legal calling time is 8am to 9pm your local time. Telling them not to call on a Sunday will not stop them from calling....it must be done in writing.
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:13 am Subject: national holiday |
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can bill collectors call on a national holiday?
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:17 am Subject: reply |
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some do believe it or not.know somebody that got called on thanksgiving day.i know it stinks,but some collectors have no sense of when not to call.heck frog got called on easter sunday by BIG,so some just don't care.
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