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Mann Bracken update

Date: Thu, 01/07/2010 - 06:45

Submitted by guardmaam
on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 06:45

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Have dealt with M/B for the last year. Have been paying them on a judgement (OC Discover) I have been following the latest on them at this forum. I called this morning to see if I could get through. The 800 # has been disconnected. I have decided to stop paying. I am in a non garnishment state. The have not reported on my credit report. Hoping they just crawled under a rock somewhere. Please anyone dealing with them keep us all updated on their activities.


As I stated in my previous post I have been paying on Discover account that Mann Bracken won a judgement on in 2007. I have not recieved any more correspondance (payment coupons) in a couple of months. Today I recieved a letter from Regent& Asso. in Houston Tx. stating that they represent their client Discover Bank for the same aount that I have been paying on to Mann Bracken. They want the balance due immediately. what now. How do I proceed?I have oll my proof of my payments to Mann Bracken and all the court papers on the judgement.


lrhall41

Submitted by guardmaam on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 18:47

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Demand validation, immediately. In your letter, stipulate that you want to see the complete chain of custody for the account, competent proof of assignment or sale at each change of custody, and a complete payment history.

Was the judgement in Mann Bracken's name, or Discover's. Who owned the account at the time?


lrhall41

Submitted by unclewulf on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 18:57

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I really need a stongly worded validation letter? any help there? the original collector was Wolpoff/abramson, then Mann Bracken, now Regent & Associates. They have all claimed to represent Discover. The summons was originally from Wolpoff Abramson. Before it got to court it was Mann Bracken. A lawyer from MB was the one in court.They never did validate. She claimed it was sent but it wasn't.The judge ruled in her favor anyway. Can another collector sue when there is already a judgement on the account? If someone could lead me to a form letter(validation) I would really appreciate the help..


lrhall41

Submitted by guardmaam on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 19:29

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Three months ago, I had a pre-trial conference regarding a debt with FIA Card Services. I told the attorney from the law office representing FIA that I wanted to try to reach a settlement. I was told that she would talk to her client to see what they would accept. I offered around 70%, which, in retrospect seems way too high considereing how old the account is. Now, three months later, I haven't heard anything from FIA or their attorney. In the meantime, I recieved two letters from NCO Financial regarding this debt. The first one said that they were assigned the debt. Wolpoff and Abramson was the original collection agency trying to collect on this debt. I assumed that NCO became involved because they were taking over Mann Bracken's, who owns Wolpoff and Abramson, assets. I then recieved a second letter from NCO, saying to disregard the first letter, as they had contacted me in error. I am confused as to what to do now.

This is a really old debt, around seven years since it went delinquent. I was supposed to pay Daniels Law Offices, the attornies representing FIA, by the end of February, but as I said, I have not heard anything from them. There is another pre-trial scheduled for March, and I have not heard anything from the court saying that the case was dismissed. I am certainly not paying anyone anything until I can get something in writing. I alos find it strange that NCO was temporarily involved. I think that the Mann Bracken bankruptcy is probably causing alot of turmoil in the debt collection industry. Not sure what to do


lrhall41

Submitted by on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 06:12

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