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05-26-2009, 08:54 AM

I have been with them for over a year now and they have saved me alot of money... 2 paid off credit cards 3 to go.
$16,000 in debt that i had trouble paying... it will be taken care of within the next year...
I had difficulty in the beginning understanding the process but now that i understand the program i feel it was a good decision to go with them.
Good luck to everyone in these hard economic times....

05-29-2009, 01:16 AM

Ive been with Allegro Law Firm since February. I just got served a summons from one of my creditors. Allegro will not return my call and im almost at the 20 day mark to respond. So far, Im not impressed with them and am thinking about leaving them and considering other options.

05-31-2009, 11:18 AM

very pushy, spoke in a rude condesending tone and I think he was wasted! no way! I'm going to find another way...$59.00 charge a month for the service to you...I'd rather put that toward my debt.

05-31-2009, 11:45 AM

No, Allegro Law is NOT the same as Hess Kennedy or Campos, Hess Kennedy and Campos got themselves in trouble by suing the largest banks on behalf of the debtors they represented by forcing these banks to provide a forensic accounting for the balances they claimed the debtor owed them. To my knowledge Hess Kennedy and Campos invalidated over $25 million of peoples debt utilizing this strategy and consequently got in trouble for claiming to be able to invalidate people's debt. As far as Allegro Law Firm, my company Information removed. Please read TERMS OF SERVICE for a more detailed description regarding advertising. Shazzers refers a lot of business to them for their superior results in Debt Repayment Plans through Credit Counseling and Debt Settlement for those who cannot afford the minimum payment REQUIRED in a credit counseling program. But Allegro does not attempt to invalidate your debt. Good choice of law firms!

05-31-2009, 04:44 PM

Steve,
Are you sure your not just referring consumers to where you get the most money for the referral. Allegro pays big dollar.
Just sayin...

06-01-2009, 11:28 AM

Hmmmmm......... Steve Vanderhoof???? Why do I know this name? Can someone help me out here?

06-03-2009, 10:22 AM

I have also been with Allegro Law since February and have been served with a summons with no assistance from them - i have called everyday since I received it- no help! I do not recommend them.

06-04-2009, 10:21 AM

they have nothing to do with campos or hess kennedy the atty is keith "andy" anderson nelms from alabama do better research

06-04-2009, 12:06 PM

1ST OFF I FOLLOW THIS FORUM and everytime some one is bashing another company and misinforming consumer it is tom 321 allegro law is not campos or hess kennedy do a corporations check the attorney is keith "andy" anderson nelms out of alabama check the bar association bashing companys and not giving accurate information to consumers is why the industry is screwed up and consumers are confused 1st off every one should establish what program they are referring to ie credit counseling or debt settlement - allegro does both programs and these mom and pop settlement companys are the same shady mortgage brokers and loan officers that have our current state of economy down the toilets remember the neg-am loan ? they are just moving to the next hot things and still ruing peoples lives with no regards for what will truly help someone

NASCAR_Devil · 06-04-2009, 12:18 PM

Chill Bobby. You're starting to annoy

06-05-2009, 05:58 PM

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I recently just signed up with Allegro Law, but after reading all the post about Allegro Law firm today I called them to cancel! When u dont have $500.00 a month to wait 3-6 months to see if something might work out and your stomach starts to feel queasy; RUN! Thats what I did after being in the program for 3 weeks. I started to get suspicious when Discover was calling me damm near 7-10 times a day for the 3rd striaght week! Bank Of America didnt call me once they just raised my minimum payment 360.00 bucks ! I would call Allegro and my Rep would always give me the sells pitch that its normal for your creditors to harass you because they are just doing there jobs at billing and they might not have received our proposal's as of yet. BS! I dont have time for you to collect money from me at $500.00 a month and have the calls from creditors keep coming and my debt keeps growing! Thanks but NO THANKS. I called Discover and Bank Of America and they reduced my APR's from 14.99% to 4.9% at Bank of America and at Discover it went from 10.99% to 2.9% but the catch is I could no longer use the cards and am on a 5 year plan at 192.00 for Discover and 198.00 a month at B.O.A, but who in the hell cares! I still have one card thats just for real emergencies without a balance at $2000 bucks so I'll just weather the strom and cut back and rest knowing that I settled with my creditors myself and I dint get taking to the cleaners by a Scam credit counseling place. Hey maybe Iam wrong about this place but I would always choose my gut instincts before anything!

Chitown33ac

Joined: 22 May 2009
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I recently just signed up with Allegro Law, but after reading all the post about Allegro Law firm today I called them to cancel! When u dont have $500.00 a month to wait 3-6 months to see if something might work out and your stomach starts to feel queasy; RUN! Thats what I did after being in the program for 3 weeks. I started to get suspicious when Discover was calling me damm near 7-10 times a day for the 3rd striaght week! Bank Of America didnt call me once they just raised my minimum payment 360.00 bucks ! I would call Allegro and my Rep would always give me the sells pitch that its normal for your creditors to harass you because they are just doing there jobs at billing and they might not have received our proposal's as of yet. BS! I dont have time for you to collect money from me at $500.00 a month and have the calls from creditors keep coming and my debt keeps growing! Thanks but NO THANKS. I called Discover and Bank Of America and they reduced my APR's from 14.99% to 4.9% at Bank of America and at Discover it went from 10.99% to 2.9% but the catch is I could no longer use the cards and am on a 5 year plan at 192.00 for Discover and 198.00 a month at B.O.A, but who in the hell cares! I still have one card thats just for real emergencies without a balance at $2000 bucks so I'll just weather the strom and cut back and rest knowing that I settled with my creditors myself and I dint get taking to the cleaners by a Scam credit counseling place. Hey maybe Iam wrong about this place but I would always choose my gut instincts before anything!

Chitown33ac

Joined: 22 May 2009
Posts: 2
Debtcc Points: 29

I recently just signed up with Allegro Law, but after reading all the post about Allegro Law firm today I called them to cancel! When u dont have $500.00 a month to wait 3-6 months to see if something might work out and your stomach starts to feel queasy; RUN! Thats what I did after being in the program for 3 weeks. I started to get suspicious when Discover was calling me damm near 7-10 times a day for the 3rd striaght week! Bank Of America didnt call me once they just raised my minimum payment 360.00 bucks ! I would call Allegro and my Rep would always give me the sells pitch that its normal for your creditors to harass you because they are just doing there jobs at billing and they might not have received our proposal's as of yet. BS! I dont have time for you to collect money from me at $500.00 a month and have the calls from creditors keep coming and my debt keeps growing! Thanks but NO THANKS. I called Discover and Bank Of America and they reduced my APR's from 14.99% to 4.9% at Bank of America and at Discover it went from 10.99% to 2.9% but the catch is I could no longer use the cards and am on a 5 year plan at 192.00 for Discover and 198.00 a month at B.O.A, but who in the hell cares! I still have one card thats just for real emergencies without a balance at $2000 bucks so I'll just weather the strom and cut back and rest knowing that I settled with my creditors myself and I dint get taking to the cleaners by a Scam credit counseling place. Hey maybe Iam wrong about this place but I would always choose my gut instincts before anything!

06-06-2009, 08:38 AM

ummm....Bobby I did EXTENSIVE research on Allego Law. If you have read the thread you would have known that. I've also had some of my boys trace IP addresses. YES I DID. This isn't the ONLY forum they are trying to run their scam. Allegro Law is just another front for Hess Kennedy. Like MANY other companies out there. Like I said...they have a VAST number of companies running the scam and others. It seems Americorp is central station for the scam. Edward Cherry (waltj and others) or whatever name he is in the mood to use, (P.Young & Donavan on another site forum) said so himself on THIS thread. Did you read that or you missed it?

The connection is not always obvious. You have to really DIG to find some of it. And I dug a lot. You can't find it all because they open up and close, change names and use different front people.

The industry is screwed up because....WELL....MOST are SCAMS. THAT'S WHY. It's easy (LEGAL manipulation) money. They did it all to themselves. They are for profit organizations and a for profit industry.

06-10-2009, 06:25 AM

Here is where I heard Steve Vanderhoof's name before. Take it for what's it's worth. It's a long discussion on Rip-Off Report.com. Go there and read them all. It's quite informative.

More Info On The Credit Exchange and Hess-Kennedy Law Firm

I am attaching something from another former employee who had seen red flags on The Credit Exchange back in 2007 and Hess-Kennedy, which is the law firm that The Credit Exchange was putting clients into for debt settlement programs, fully aware they were scams:

Hess Kennedy is a law firm that specializes in handling credit counseling claims and debt negtiation claims. The 2 founders of the law firm are Laura Hess and Edward Kennedy (formely known as Edward Cherry). I am a former employee of a company called 'The Credit Exchange' and I can tell you that my manager would push me to know end on placing debt burden consumers into a settlement/reduction program because the commission was higher and the company made more money. The owner of 'The Credit Exchange' is Steve Vanderhoof and to say the least he is a very egotistical person who only cares about his pockets....so does hit puppet Joshua Dryman (he hired me). I am glad that I got out of that office it was very stressful. The programs we offered are complete scams. Hess Kennedy came into the picture, along with another outfit called ESS (Not sure what that stands for, I believe Enhanced Solutions). ESS is located in Tampa or Orlando FL. I can't remember which one, but everytime a client was not getting a call back I would refer it to our in house customer service rep Travis Whiteside. He would do his best and I feel really bad for the poor kid as he would get hundreds of calls a day.

So once in a while I would call the ESS customer service department and get hung up on or placed on hold myself. All I wanted to do was find out what was going on with clients I enrolled. They have a manager over there who's name is Anthony and he is very rude ignorant person not only with me but even some of the managers at the credit exchange. I can only imagine what he was saying to customers on the phone. The other person who I spoke with is Kristen or Sharon.

The bottom line is that all of these companies are cheating thousands if not millions of dollars a month out of customers bank accounts. Hess Kennedy would periodically visit our office in California to more or less just go over how much they can continue to offer. The ownders of Hess Kennedy, ESS and Mr. Vanderhoof will be dealing with the Attorney Generals office and FBI very very soon. They will not last!

Jacob Goldman
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:41 pm Subject: Former Insider.

06-10-2009, 02:36 PM

I only talked to a representative from Allergro a couple of months ago. We went over several options. I told the lady I would get back to her, which I never did because I found another company, Mesa Rock, who offered a better deal for way less monthly money I would have to pay. I never called back to Allergro. However, they went ahead and drafted money out of my account in the amount of $1,523 without my consent. Needless to say, I called and traced down the payment. One lady I spoke with in customer service said if I would fax her a statement indicating that I did not wish to contract with Allergro, my money would be reinstated to my checking account. Understand that I never gave my final consent to a contract.

After a few days, I called the company to see if my fax was received and to check the status of my refund. I was told that I had electronically signed a contract and the fee could not be returned because I had waited longer than 10 days to request a refund. Allergro drafted my account on June 2. I called the same day to get a refund. This lady stated that someone made a mistake in telling me I would get a refund. How would I know to void a contract that I never agreed to in writing. They are just trying to keep my money. Therefore, I would not recommend doing business with Allergro at all. Stay far away from them because they are a rip off.

06-16-2009, 09:58 AM

Has anyone been with Allegro for an extended period of time that can shed some light on their experiece good or bad?

06-16-2009, 10:08 AM

I am so glad I read all your feedback because that just sealed the deal and made up my mind. I haven't given Allegro any of my personal info so when they call me back I will defientely be telling them NO THANKS!!!!