I have been receiving these calls for months. They usually call and hang up before I can even get the phone (how stupid). I called to make a $50 a month arrangement on a $400 bill. It wasn't good enough so now I will send far less because 8 months to pay a bill wasn't good. Now at what I'm willing to send will take around 18 months. They are rude and before giving me the address the man wanted to argue for 5 minutes. This company is far from deserving any awards and I applaud their aggressiveness but sometimes that's called over aggressive and then you don't get the results your looking for. Today for me was over aggressive and now I'll give what I want to. How about that. And the call from 510-295-xxxx numbers too.

They keep calling me since a former "friend" does indeed owe AT&T money. I gave them all of friend's info so they could collect (not snitching, dishonest people screw it up for everyone). They said why don't I pay the bill?!!!! Yeah right

You should file a complaint with the MN Dept. of Commerce, that is who they are Licensed through. They do need to follow the law, and the MDC is there to make sure they do.

The BCR employee is correct, you take it up with the people that hired them. They can also fire them. As far as putting it in writing you can kill two birds by filing a complaint with the FCC about robodialing and dead air calls, then mail a copy of the complaint to BCR. In my case they were calling daily about someone else's AT&T bill, and it didn't matter how many times I told them they had the wrong phone number, they kept calling. I called At&T and told them this company is harassing me about someone else's debt. They confirmed that my phone number had no outstanding debt, and have promised that their billing dept will contact BCR. You can also sue BCR, as it appears the federal court docket is full of pending lawsuits against this company and the calls being placed by foreign nationals in violation of US law. In my case it would be easier to sue At&T as it's apparently legal for pirate countries such as India to break our laws. Go after the company that hired BCR, and they will cease to exist when the cash stops flowing. If you simply notify BCR in writing, they will sell the deliquent account to the next collection agency, and next week a new company will be calling you with pretty much the same tactics. The FCC will levy a $1200 fine for each instance of abuse. What better way to boost our national budget, than fining these foreign devils out of business.

I am also being continuously harassed by this company. I had been making payments to ATT apparently not fast or enough the first call from this company advised me I needed to pay the full balance. My husband was laid off and we were barley making our mortgage. When I asked to speak to a supervisor I was advised that a payment every monthy would be fine. I have paid off 80% of the bill within 1 month of the first phone call and they are still calling daily harassing me!!! Its ridiculous!!! Some indian person comes on first, fails to identify themselve and then you get a rude collection agent. Makes me not want to pay at all.

one word to all who are posting, If we all act together, We can defeat the seemingly undefeatable companies like this one that harass us. Mean and nasty posts just add to ignorance of the situation. Contact each other in attempt to form a committee to file a complaint with the proper authorities. Dont get mad get smart! I will follow up to see if there are those who are willing to fight to recieve the respect they deserve! Thank You!

It seems if at least some parts of this company are legit. What I do not understand is why even those parts seem to refuse to follow basic laws. If a company is attempting to collect a debt from you they must, upon request, provide proof that the debt is valid and proof that they are legally authorized to collect the debt. Otherwise I could just call you up and say you owe someone money and then take a check over the phone to cash. If you randomly dialed numbers in the phone book and stated you were collecting for some big company like AT&T then you would probably find someone within a few calls that would really wonder if they actually had an outstanding debt with the company and be paranoid enough about their credit report to pay it quickly.

Provide me some proof, and I will pay up.

Suck it, douchebag.

Great information shared here... Today our local mobile notary business in Bellevue, Washington received a detailed, private voicemail from Carol Priest on our business line for an ex-employee asking for him by -- get this -- first AND last name! Tactics like these are extremely unprofessional, and from other comments I have read on this website and others, I would be very hesitant doing business with this company.

assign a silent ringtone I did that to all of the dirt bag collectors!

File complaint with FCC, FTC, antenrory geneal, etc. The FCC is online form is 1088 and the war dailing they are doing is a crime. plus it sounds like they are also viloting fair credit pratice law

I totally agree that any dept colector coment on here is a douche
Hey I am trying but when living check to check is the economy is hard enough and when you fall on hard times some unreasonable arshole is the last thing you need
Espacilly a law breaking one