I worked for CRI for several years and know the majority of the colectors you are all complaining about and you know what? In real life, probably some of the nicest people you will ever meet. I can not believe the former (and maybe even current) employees that are posting real names and numbers for the collectors. You worked there!! The alias' are to protect the REAL person, the man behind the mask, the person who goes home to their family at night. You must've gotten canned or upset Mr Davis because he demanded you be on time every day so you lost your good paper...
As far as the debtors that owe money, the one thing NO ONE has metioned here is that if you pay CRI instead of paying your original creditor, thats it! They rairly refresh the accounts and add on all the late fees and over your limit charges. Your account goes to CRI and you owe $1000, guess what, you pay $1000. If you somehow manage to get your original creditor to take the account back from CRI, guess what, you end up with months and months and months of finance charges, late fees and over credit limit charges, Also, you can be sly and send your paymentsdirectly to the creditor rather then to CRI, but, since the account is at CRI, the payment gets posted to CRI and the collector gets the commision anyhow...