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collection acct settlement

Date: Wed, 03/18/2009 - 15:19

Submitted by imanage717
on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 15:19

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I need to fix my credit report ASAP, Would it be effective to just write checks for what I can afford to the collection agency(s) with a note "cashing check constitutes payment in full'


If you have not already done so, pull your free reports at www.annualcreditreport.com. Compare all tradelines to make sure they are reporting accurately on all 3. SOL in NY is 6 years from the date of last payment so you are still w/in SOL. There is an approach you can use but I don't normally recommend it if you are w/in SOL. It's called teh 1-2 punch. You send a debt validation request to the CA reporting and when they recieve it, dispute with the CRA's. If the CA verifies the tradeline with the CRA's before providing validation, they have violated the FDCPA. Do a Google search for "1-2 punch" for more info. PM me if you need any other assistance


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Submitted by NASCAR_Devil on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 16:11

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