Bass & Associates told me to contact them immediately

Since when are these slime balls sending out letters? This is news to me. They have contacted me by phone once, but they have never sent a letter. Please keep us posted on the outcome.

Their affiliate never sent me a letter, just harassed me on the phone. They have never validated my DV letter either. This doesn't surprise me since they would not give me their mailing address on the phone. I have filed the proper complaints against them though.

They will try with every possible threat and scare you. If they really have your file from the pdl company, make them validate your account. They will confirm about their legitimate collection practice. Do not send money to these shady places just because they said you on the phone that owe to some company. Using your legal rights, make them prove it.

Sorry, everyone it has been awhile since I have been on here. Anyways,just received a letter from the AG of Michigan. Enclosed was letter from Bass & Assoc. denying that their "employees" ever threaten me with sending out an affidavit to my employer. Furthermore, they acknowledged calling me on such a stated date but that they in no way threaten or accused me of any internet fraud or bad check writing. They also went on to explain that any said contact is first submitted by mail! Obviously this is all untrue. So I am curious to know what bass is trying to pull now.

calvin--

Bass had said the same thing to the Florida Ag's office when I filed a complaint. They denied threatening me with anything and also said they have contacted me in writing. This is such a lie :evil: I hope the AG's office will know that something just isn't right with this company b/c all the complaints they are receiving are basically saying the same thing about Bass's collection practices.

When they were harrassing me, I never got any kind of letter or anything. Just another lie to cover up their behinds... :lol:

If you really want to stop this CA from making illegal threats: If your state law allows, record the call for evidence. Then find a lawyer who will not charge you up front. Have the lawyer assert your claims under every federal and state law that was violated.

If your state does not allow recording without telling the other party, make sure you tell them up front. Then they will either 1) stop violating the law or 2)violate the law anyway and you can use the recording as evidence.

I just got a copy of the letter my state AG sent to SJM. It told them about what bass is doing and it also states in the letter that the loan transaction was intitated by platinum B in an unsolicited e-mail and that I responded to that e-mail and in the state of wisconsin they consider that mail, and because of that they were doing loan transactions in the state of wisconsin without a license. The letter goes on requesting different kinds of info about them and what they plan on doing to me if I do not repay in the time limit that bass gave me and they told them to submit a completed wisconsin registration and they gave them 15 days to reply. This letter was sent to the addy SJM gave me (West Indies). Thats the new info I have so far, will keep you updated if I hear anything new.

Thanks for the update puddlejmpr. I'm glad to hear that your AG's office is taking a proactive approach to this situation.

My goodness, I hope they do something about this company real soon...I just feel sorry for those individuals who don't find websites like this and jump up and send those crazy amounts of money. :evil:

I recieved paperwork on Bass and Assoc from the attorney general this week. Has anyone ever gotten this and if so, does it need to be notorized?

By the way, Bass and Assoc called me again at my place of employment. I just checked on the BBB of FL and there is 32 complaints against them as of today :) When I filed mine a couple of weeks ago there was I believe 16 :) lmaooooooooooo

Please give advice on paperwork. Thanks!

Yes, your paper work needs to be notarized. Your bank will notarize it for free. I just sent my paperwork back to them about 3 or 4 weeks ago.

Just because bass is defending themselves thru letters back to the AG,it means nothing more than our complaints to the AG. So I hope no one is freaking out cause they got a letter. The last part of my letter from Bass pointed out that they record phone calls for quality assurance and training. I would be real interested in whether they recorded the phone conversation where their employee threatened me with internet fraud,bad check writing. I also like the litte tidbit about sending an affidavit to my employer via fax. Now all that information I just said was stated a lie and I believe in the letter they called it "prepostious." I believed that is the spelling. Anyways, I plan fighting them tooth and nail no matter how they come at me. Good luck to you all

Bass said the same thing in my letter about recording phone calls. We both know it's a lie when they said they never threaten with arrest and record phone calls. I just hope the AG's office will put two and two together about this company with all of the complaints they are receiving. BTW, Bass probably sends that same response letter back to the AG's office on everyone's complaint.

I filed the proper complaints against bass and assoc, I am filing them out right now but my question is, should I call my AG and tell them about this or wait until I hear a response from AG of FL?

It would surprise me if they lied in their responses back on the complaints filed against them. This would not be the first time something like this has happened. Tweety, have the papers notorized and send them back to the FL AG as suggested by brownsugar. You can go ahead and file complaints in your state as well. You don't need to wait to hear back because it does take time.

Rather, it wouldn't surprise me.

I have them all ready to go, just need to get them notorized. I'm really worried about getting calls AFTER the fact from these CA.....

What should I do?

I received a call this am stating They were going to download information and I will be picked up for fraud, worthless check and thief. This is the second time that have called me but the first time they gave different names. I contacted a friend at my local pd and they have no way of downloading this type of info.The people who called today would not give the co name.Said that US National Bank was filing the charges and that this co owned b&L mkg and arrowhead. They would not send me a debit validation and they hung up on me.

IF you send a CA a CEASE and DESIST letter they HAVE to go by that right or am I wrong?

Since it is a third party CA, they should abide by it. That's the law but with scavengers like this, I seriously doubt it. I am sueing one CA because they violated it six times in two days.

Being downloaded must be painful--b/c it seems like they threaten to do it a whole lot, lol...Also, if they really claim that they do record calls, wouldn't you have the right to say you don't want to be recorded? And wouldn't they have to say that disclaimer on the phone?

Tweety,

Are you allowed to record phone calls in your state? kscornell, it does hurt to be downloaded from what I've heard LOL! They need to get new terms.

I have no idea if Indiana can record messages. I'm looking into it.

Once when receiving a recorded call from a CA, I heard a clicking noise before their message went on. I had to wonder if they were recording me.

I believe they are supposed to tell you that the call is being recorded.

My husband and I each took seperate internet pdl. I have been paying $90 biweekly for a $300 loan since January and my husband loan is from February. We are having a rough time and both payments bounced. I have not recieved a phone call or aletter regarding how or where to remit payments. I got a phone call form Bass and Associates, they were very abusive on the phone and threatend that I would be fired if I used my work computer to apply for the loan and that they were going to send a worthless check avidavft(sp)to our employers. They also referred to my husband and I as Bonnie and Clyde...and stated that we were bouncing the checks on purpose. I asked if I could send the money on Friday and they told me I had until lastnight before they filed charges. My loan was $300 an d I have paid at least $180 in fees already and now they want $760 from me and my husband loan was $200 and they want $660 from him. I am really concerned and scared can anyone help with suggestions??? should I send them money??

Under no circumstances send them money! They cannot send you to jail! Can you give us more information? What state do you live in? Who is the loan with?

No, do not send them any money. I would try to make payment arrangments with the original creditor. As Irish suggested, give us some more information and we will be able to help you more. Some states have certain guidelines or laws regarding payday lenders. Bass is only trying to threaten you. This is common practice for them. Also, they are located out of Florida so file a complaint against them with the Florida AG as well as the FTC.