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ex GC employee · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:46 am Subject: answer to your problems

If they keep calling you and the person they are looking for is not you. Call your phone company and complain. It works, believe me. I got alot of calls from MCI/Bellsouth/Verizon/Etc. Stating that we cease and desist calling that person. I was told by my manager that if I get any of those calls I should take the phone number down and immediently let him know.........Thank God I don't work there anymore.

Jav · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:48 am Subject: 713-271-3899

Does any one know of another phone number for this place ???

Gilmore · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:38 pm Subject: Phone calls

can anybody tell me why this phone nubmer keeps calling me!! if you do then STOP IT!!!!!

Guest · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:12 pm Subject: 713-271-3899

I've had several calls from 713-271-3899. I'm never home and they never leave a message I'm on the Missouri no-call list.
I reported it to them. The pursue this stuff pretty vigorously for fines.

Kerri · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:45 am Subject:

I keep getting calls from 713-271-3899.
it's that GC services from Texas. They keep calling my parents house as well, even though i haven't lived there in a few years. they won't answer when I pick up, and they won't tell my parents what they are calling about. all they say is that it's "regarding a personal matter" I need these people to stop calling me. I don't have enough minutes on my cell to stay on the phone with them all the time. it's getting ridiculous.

Finn · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:00 am Subject:

GC Services is a debt-collection company (duh, I know) that is still one of the few independent non-mergered or consolodated debt-collection firms in operation in the US. Their bread-and-butter is a combination of private sector debt collection as well as public-sector debt collection (i.e. collecting deby for municipal, county, and state governments for stuff like court costs, parking fines, etc.)

They're a legit company, but unfortunately they're also getting pretty big and their brute-force debt collection tactics, as made evident here, is pretty standard faire for the industry. Just as many sectors of GC Services may be doing an excellent job, there may be several other divisions that are doing a piss-poor job and harrassing individuals like you on a daily basis. Due to their size and unwieldy market demographic I'm not surprised they can't mind every corner of the hen house any longer.

Suffice it to say, unlike some debt collection firms, GC Services at least is legit enough to have a headquarters and corporate contacts. Google them. You *can* hunt them down if you want to, I don't know how effective it would be, but you certainly can do so. Compared to some companies that reveal nothing and hide in the shadows, that's at least something.

On a side note, this particular number seems to be a number that is shared across the board by several debt collection services, GC Services being one of them. From my research at least three separate debt collection companies use this number. In the US, most of these calls originate from GC Services call centers.

I only bring this up because I recently got a call myself, and know a bit about GC Services due to past work experience.

ach · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:19 pm Subject:

Dammit..WHY ME!!! I swear this has got to be th worst way to retrieve any owed monies ever! Why should I have to get online and research this 713-271-3899 in order to obtain the true identity of the collector. I do owe on a credit card but payment arrangements have been arranged and are being met.
You would think that with the amount of folks with similar issues that this would be able to be stopped somehow.
How could you go to work every day and know that you are a douche for calling asking for people that dont own that cell# or phone, or hell even folks that dont owe any money.
All I ask for is a simple message on my cell.

Kimberly · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:30 am Subject:

I called these same people just now and explained to them I do not have a Capital One Card. They at first told me that the only way to stop these calls was to be home when they call. I am at work when they call. I got a supervisor and explained to him that I do not own credit cards because that is a way to get in debt. And that also I am rarely at home in the middle of the day. He took down my number and said that my number should be removed and if i should receive any more calls to tell them I am not the person they are calling.

alee · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:02 pm Subject:

I get call from 713-271-3899 on my home phone while I'm at work...now I just got one on my cell. I am not behind on any of my payments....wonder what's going on...I do know it's aggravating!

i hate · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:14 pm Subject: stupid people

I have been getting calls for a month. on my CELL. so finally i answered, i mean i did at first the typical happened. this time i went insane on some guy yelling the words liar liar liar about nine times. He ended up getting his manager Lina 877 290 8894 i yelled at her too and questioned her ability to be merciful to americans and humans. I offered to call her night and day. she said the whole collection agency bull and i then told her i want my name off and that if they call again i will find her and meet her in person and show her how disatisfied i am with GC Services. One thing for sure who ever owns that company if i get his name im gonna put it on a ***

Edit. Talk inappropriate for the board. -JediJeff

my advice call and ask for your number off the list, whats the worst that can happen

Ccarter · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:31 am Subject: stupid phone calls

I got the 877 # from one of the above replys and I called them to complain about being constantly called by the famous 713 # and I asked her to remove my 13 year old son's cell phone # from the list... She said she would do so(yeah right) and when I asked who to call if the calls persisted, she said they should stop. We shall see. Not counting on anything here, but it's a start!!! anyone have any other suggestions, please post them!!!!

Adeline · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:38 pm Subject: GC Services - Collection Agency

GC Services began calling me about 3 days ago. Their purpose to collect an ATT long distance bill I had validly disputed for long distance calls billed to my credit card. After the calls I got a GC "bill" in the mail demanding payment of an amount more than the disputed amount. After my successful credit card dispute ATT had the balls to recharge me so I had to again dispute the charges. After that was resolved ATT continued to bill me and even had a rep call me. I explained the situation to the rep and she told me to put it in writing so I did and the response I got was call us to discuss--definitely a circle jerk. After this is when GC Services began harrassing me. The ask to verify my address and I ask what is the nature of the business and they refuse to state what their purpose is. When I insist they then hang up. I get calls 3 to 4 times a day that say "Operations Division." Apparently, they have many numbers and the Houston BBB has a list of those numbers. Their web site is rather slick but their practices typically agressive and in violation of the law. Write a cease and desist letter that states you are contesting the charges w/in 30 days to protect your rights. They also buy debts from other collection agencies that are satisfied and try to collect a second time. Just document and complain to the proper authorities to stop this racket.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:28 pm Subject:

Just an FYI...they have so many numbers because they have over 30 calls centers, and they handle a lot (I'm unable to quantify) just how many different accounts. They collect consumer debt in addition to various government debts.

John the way out · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:42 pm Subject: Fair Debt Collection Act

Demand an Address and send a cease and desist letter under the Fair Debt Collection Act. Creditors and their collectors don't have a specific right to contact debtors or others by telephone, even though they will disagree thats what the law says. Google FAIR DEBT COLLECTION ACT

cryonix · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:47 pm Subject: GC SERVICES-capital one

It appears that Capital One is buying a lot of deliquent accounts from other credit card companies and converting these old accounts to new Capital One accounts and therefore, making it look like you were delinquent with a Capital One credit card. This makes it easier for them to try and collect the debts as Capital One. hope this helps. One of the most popular companies they bought out was fingerhut credit cards through axsys bank.

I use an automated attendant on my home phone, which saves me a lot of annoying calls, I have special box for bill collectors and sollicitors and the rep, named Jim was sure to mention " Oh and I am, Not a solicitor but I must talk to you immediately." he then left 1-877-871-7717 x4709 as his contact number. If anyone else is interested, they now have automated attendants programs that with the right voice modem and caller-id actually block any number you place on the blacklist, you can even setup special messages for those numbers if you want to really aggravate them.

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