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How does taking the settlement affect my credit report?

Date: Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:07

Submitted by anonymous
on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:07

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I owe $486 to Imagine Credit Card. Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC is the collection agency assigned to the account now. They sent me an offer stating that I can settle the debt for $340 (by making 5 monthly payments of $68.13. This debt is showing as a negative account listed under Imagine(as a closed by credit grantor request) and a negative account listed under Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC. If I take this settlement offer, is there any way I can get them to do something to make it look better on my credit reports (such as take it off, report it paid off, etc)?

Thanks for any help.


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Originally Posted by paulcahill80
Yes, you can ask them for a Pay-for-delete. Though this agreement is hard to get nowadays, you can give it a try. But, the CA can only report a PFD for the entry which is on their name and not the original creditor one.



So, the original credit account on my report will always stay the same (showing negative and sent to collections?


lrhall41

Submitted by on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:39

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It depends on whether the CA owns your debt or not. If they're acting on behalf of the OC, then the CA shouldn't even be on your report. If the OC wrote this off and it was sold to the CA, then yes, the original charge off will remain on your report and there's nothing the CA can do for that line item.


lrhall41

Submitted by OhioGal1 on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 11:52

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