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Sonic using Universal Fidelity to collect

Date: Mon, 08/14/2006 - 06:35

Submitted by joyfordream
on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 06:35

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Has anyone who had to deal with people for Sonic. I have sent Sonic every letter I know of and they all come backundeliverable. Does anyone know if this agency is legite ot is it part of Sonic?


Universal Fidelity
P.O. Box 19537
Irvine, CA 92623
Phone #: (949) 852-8900

That's the contact info I found for Universal Fidelity. They are a collection agency, but they've gotten pretty mixed reviews in the forums. And Sonic has never been easy to deal with. Do you know if your debt has been sold to them yet or if Sonic still holds it?


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 07:08

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The contact info I have in in Houston, Texas. I am going to ask them to validate. Or do you have any other suggestions?


lrhall41

Submitted by joyfordream on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 07:13

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In Houston? I live in Houston- tell me what their contact info is in Houston and I'll run a search on them in a Houston database and see what I can pull up. Definitely ask them to validate (send the letter CMRRR) and let me know what their Houston info is. And let them know you won't give them any money until you have something in writing.


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 07:23

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Alrighty... here's the weird stuff I found on Universal Fidelity.
1. The satellite map shows the P.O. Box address smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood (complete with swimming pool), so needless to say, that address is a little suspect.
There are two Houston locations for Universal Fidelity Corp, both within a mile of each other right of of I-10 in Houston.
1. 1445 Langham Creek Drive
Houston, TX 77084
281-550-1444
When I called this number, a woman named Tameka answered the phone and asked how she could direct my call.
2. 16001 Park 10 Pl
Houston, TX 77084
281-579-8888
When I called this number, I got an answering machine that said "Sorry we missed your call, please leave a name and number." They didn't give a contact name or anything, just that message.
Both of the Houston locations I listed are in an office complex area of I-10, so they might be a better bet than that P.O. Box.


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 08:03

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the address and phone number on the letter I received is: P. O. Box 941911, HOuston, TX 77094-8911. office number is 614-789-4825


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 08:59

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sorry, I thought I was logged in. This is weird. is 614 an Ohio area code?


lrhall41

Submitted by joyfordream on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 09:04

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I also found these. I'm trying to find out if there's one corporate office and the rest are just satellite locations or if they're all separate companies. One of the locations was actually Universial Fidelity, LLC, but the rest all say Universal Fidelity Corp. Sneaky, sneaky little PDL companies...

Universal Fidelity Corp
2 Executive Park
Irvine, CA zip code
Phone: (949) 852-8900

Universal Fidelity Corp
15310 Amberly Dr # 100
Tampa, FL zip code
Phone: (813) 971-0000


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 12:22

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That last post was me, sorry. Joyfordream, I would be concerned about the validity of the place that sent you info, because the P.O. Box address for Houston you have shows up on the satellite map in the middle of a neighborhood, and I certainly wouldn't want my hard earned cash going to some weirdo guy sitting around his house in a bathrobe using illegal collection tactics. You could try calling the 2 Houston numbers I posted before and seeing if either one of them holds your debt, if you can manage to get info out of them without giving them more than your name.


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 12:25

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Lol, I know, who would have ever thought that about Sonic? They alway seemed like such an honest, straightforward group *snort* Do you know if Universal Fidelity is actually linked in business to Sonic, or are they just the CA Sonic uses? If we can get a handle on how the group is structured and if they're linked, I'll sit down and call every darn one of them to try and figure out what their deal is.


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 12:45

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Oh boy, here we go Sue, get out you reading glasses, body armor, and Tylenol:

Universal Fidelity Corp.

Also does business as:
Fingerhut Credit Advantage
UFC
Universal Fidelity
Universal Fidelity Corporation
Universal Fidelity LP

They have an unsatisfactory record with the BBB, who has processed 172 complaints about the company in the past 36 months (and that doesn;t include pending complaints).

The Langham Creek address in Houston I posted earlier seems to be their main location, but they also have about 5 or 6 different P.O. Box addresses; but considering what I found out about that P.O. box Joyfordream had, I wouldn';t trust one of those.


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 13:03

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They maybe in Dublin calling on a VOIP line which will display a US phone number where the call entered the US, in this case most likely in Ohio. Amex does this and their calls register out of Georgia. Dell Financial Services also does this and their call come through Houston. In both cases they are actually calling from India.


lrhall41

Submitted by LCW on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 18:23

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Sue, Sonic and Cash Transfers Centers are one and the same, and I found a thread that explains that they operate out of Canada. They, like Universal, have multiple DBAs and P.O. box addresses and street addresses, so I'm going through the Texas OCCC's public records to see if I can find anything that links the two, and then I'm going to start comparing addresses to see if any of them overlap. I haven't read yet anywhere else in the forums where Universal is linked to another PDL company, so we shall see.


lrhall41

Submitted by apaverystar23 on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 07:16

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Hi all today i recieved what looks to be an official letter from "universal fidelity lp" although it seemed really fishy to me from the start. it is telling me it wants to collect from a magazine i've never recieved,(can you be sent to collections from a magazine anyway???) The address is the same that one of you had mentioned po box 941911, houston texas, however the number is different. When i reverse listed the number it is not listed. I am not that i know of, nor have i been in collections before so i was wondering if any of you have figured anything else about this company? also wheni looked up "universal fidelity lp" in houston yellow pages there isn't one, only "universal fidelity corporation" i'm not sure if you can be sent to collections for a magazine club, because they would never have had your social or anything, so thats what threw up a red flag for me. any help would be greatly appreciated and i'll try my best to research some more too, best of luck to all of you.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 20:00

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I just got a call today from this "company" and it wasn't a very professional call either. I answered and the guy on the other line instantly said my name, and then told me about some debt i have, which is true. I asked if i could pay the debt off in a Money Order, which i had just done with another debt, and he responded with "you can only pay it with credit or checks" which kind of made me wonder. As i pretended to scramble to look for my account info, i told him i needed to call him back, and he gave me the Ohio number. I then went on the internet and did a little search and wound up here, i don't know how i feel about this "collection agency" at all. I think I'll just call the bank i owe money to directly and figure it out.


lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 01/10/2007 - 10:38

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This company does not have a good reputation. If I could work it out with the original creditor thats what I would do. Take a look at Budd Hibbs website he has information on collection agencies. Best Wishes KYSIDE38


lrhall41

Submitted by KYSIDE38 on Wed, 01/10/2007 - 11:59

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