Nah.Not me.I'm not going to any court at any time and i don't have to so stated by 2 different legal councils.
Told both law firms i have NO money,out of work for 2 years.Lawyers said i can either go bankruptcy OR do nothing but send cease and desist letters to anyone who bothers me on the phone.
I am what is called...judgement proof in that i have NOTHING to give...NOTHING.
So...any creditor can do nothing to me.Sure they TRY to scare me but i tell them it won't work,i don't care about my cerdit and don't want any,ever and i know there is NOTHING legally they can do and i just say which lawyer outfit do you want to talk to and they shut up.
Credit ranking means NADDA to me anymore and i will never have any use for a credit card.
Even if i get a letter saying i need to go to court i don't have to since i have nothing to give then all they will do is write off the amount just like a bankruptcy would do anyway...duh.They can't arrest you for owing money since if that was the case then millions of ppl would be locked up!
MOST collection folks are either..ex-cons,ppl that cannot get real jobs and such and hope all their hype of upsetting ppl works so...BE/STAY calm ppl. They all record the call(so they say) but if YOU tell them YOU are recording their call they hang up,now what's all that about!? YUP..Caught ya!If YOUR calm and record them,then if THEY start yelling etc then YOU have them by the nuts!
SEARCH for laws etc online and do some homework so when they next call YOU have the upper hand.
SEND a cease and desist letter via mail certified/return reciept then they MUST stop calling you completely.
Works on any collection agency and if doesn't work then YOU have all the right to sue them!
I did that with a company that wanted about $300.00,i have nadda and they don't care about that they just want their $ so YOU must NOT care about them either.
IF you do owe then get a validation letter of the alleged account wchich will show you if YOU are the real person owing any $.
Do the online searching and gather information BEFORE getting upset then follow what you have to do.
LOG. DOCUMENT. PHOTOCOPY.LIST CALLING TIMES THEY CALL YOU AND WHO CALLED.DATES. and so forth.
YES! Collection companies have way to much of leeway to say things and they prey on ppl so..DON'T listen to them if they become abusive,stay calm and get names,times etc.
AND REMEMBER...RECORD THEM AND TELL THEM SINCE THEY ARE DOING IT TO YOU THEN YOU ARE DOING IT TO THEM.
Don't think they don't mess with any tapes they have on hand...i'd bet they mess with most of them to their favor since their reputations are ultra poor in so called customer service.
There is a ton of information on the web so...do the homework and gain the upper hand.
IF your like me and flat busted,no job etc and don't care about having credit then don't worry there's nothing they can do(least in my state),IF you do owe then find out what the "original" amount is,who it's owed to and contact them to make payments,they must take payments from you,you don't have to use a collector outfit.
It's NOT our fault we owe someone since the economy crapped out but we get stuck anyway.
Bankruptcy is a solid viable place to turn to,yes it is! Sure it is on your record BUT within a year or sooner you can have a credit card again since you cannot file again for a LONG long time.IT is NOT the end all of the end for ppl going bankruptcy,just be careful of what a law firm may charge ya.Mine would be 1200.00 or possibly free since i have NOTHING,nothing to even sell for money and i wouldn't give any to a collection group,i'd pay the original creditor and nobody else if i had any $.
BE CALM,GATHER INFORMATION,LEARN-LEARN WHAT THEY CAN/CANNOT SAY-DO AND SUCH THEN GO FIGHT BACK AND PLEASE DO THE CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS PPL.After a cease letter they cannot call you at home,friends,work,or anywhere!
IF you can afford it then try to lifelock thing,where you pay (i know it's money from ya) to LOCK YOUR credit file from ANYONE looking at it without YOUR permission.Yah,ya have to pay a small fee to unfreeze it so YOU can look but it's worth the money to LOCK everyone out of YOUR life.Its' been on cnn and clark howard's site.
Best of luck to ya's !!
Me? I'm done with credit and don't even care one damn bit.Yah i get upset if they call but i try to relax and just tell them i'm judgement proof so bye-bye and my cease-desist letter is on it's way!