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Originally Posted by Chrys Henderson
So why the slander?
Despite:

There is only 18 complaints in 3 years. That's pretty good for such a large company in such a contentious field.
And they've been around since 1997.
Also, the owner is on the Board of the National Association of Credit Services Organizations.
NO ONE has ever sued them (check dockets.justia.com) in Federal court for FCRA violations.
Anonymous attacks are not only tacky they are downright unethical and, not to mention, illegal. If you have inside knowledge of illegal business practices, you should take advantage of Whistleblower protections and file a complaint with the Bureau of Consumer Affairs, the state business licensing board, the state Attorney General, the FTC, etc. etc. instead of lowering yourself to such immature anonymous slanders.
If you have a *legitimate* complaint, you need to file it with the proper authorities.
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Chrys makes some great points, but I don't think all of the comments posted here were really about illegal activities. (My interpretation.)
I think the frustrations expressed in this thread mirror my own experience with RMCN. I do not believe it is a matter of "illegal" practices. Instead, it is a matter of business practices. In this case, RMCN conveyed several expectations to me about how they would do business, but failed to deliver on those expectations.
Let me say that RMCN did not violate their contract with me. I thought their contract was very straight forward and easy to understand. I knew there were no guarantees of a "perfect" credit report.
What the "representative" did promise was:
- She was available for me at any time for questions, updates, or concerns.
- That I would receive regular, detailed assessments of my account and the actions taken.
- After an assessment of my credit, that RMCN would perform their work based on the input that I provided. I was very detailed about the issues with each of my credit accounts.
- They would "aggressively and continuously" pursue all options for each of my credit accounts, even beyond the one year specified in the contract.
In total, I paid approx $1200 for their services for one year.
Now $1200 bucks seems may seem steep, but when I thought about it (in retrospect), it made me wonder just how many hours of work that bought over the course of a full year. RMCN is in the business to make money...so what's their break even point after the sales rep gets their comission? $50 bucks an hour...$40, $30? At $20 an hour, that means that no more than 60 hours for the year could be spent for the following: analyzing my credit report to decide the best course of action, preparing and sending letters, processing and analyzing responses from creditors, sending me updates, "aggressively and continuously" pursuing all options...you get the idea. And that amount per hour also has to pay for their operating costs / overhead. Hmmm....
In the end, RMCN met their contractual obligations...but fell far short of other expectations that they set forth to me over the phone. (Lesson learned there.)
Now, from what the RMCN representative promised to me...here is what I received:
- She was available for me during the first couple of months. Then it became increasingly difficult to receive any type of return call / email. After I finished making all of my monthly payments, I received a new representative handling my account, but never received any responses from that person.
- Of the "regular, detailed assessments of my account", I received 9 emails over the course of the year that outlined actions they took, but there were no details. They gave "codes" that represented actions, but no details as to letters sent, content of the letters, or other info. I was able to follow up on the phone what these codes meant, but they could not provide "specifics" of the actions taken.
- Much of the information I provided was ignored. I tried to follow up with my representative about the "process" being used to address my credit issues and the content of information that was being sent in my name, but the only response I received was that they would pass my info on to the investigations department.
- In my case, "aggressively and continuously" pursuing accounts seemed to equate to sending the same claim of "not my account" to the CRA's in hopes that it the CRA would violate the "30 day" response time. The CRA's began declining any attempt to investigate any of my accounts as they had "previously been investigated".
Now that my little rant is done, what did I learn?
- I learned to read contracts carefully and ONLY expect results that are outlined in that contract.
- Anything said over the phone, that is not properly documented, is worthless.
- I made the choice of doing business with RMCN and my credit score DID improve by 100 points. BUT, I could have received the same results (for about $10 and a little of my time) if I had sent the letters to the CRA's to have the duplicate entries removed from my reports.
- I am willing to spend massive amounts of my own time to improve my financial situation. Nobody has my best interest at heart more than me.

- There is no "quick fix" for "ethical" credit repair.
- Do not be afraid to be insistent if a company is providing you with a service. Remain tactful of course, but if I had been more diligent with RMCN, I may have received better results.
Best of Luck.
CB