Encore/Midland try to clean up their image?
Date: Wed, 01/05/2011 - 20:10
Submitted by Gretchen VonDerhoff
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Wed, 01/05/2011 - 20:10
Total Replies: 3
Encore Capital Group Selects MSLGROUP as its Global Public Relations Agency of Record
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Led by Peter Harris, Senior Vice President and North American Corporate Practice Director, MSLGROUP will implement strategy for Encore's media relations, government affairs, and investor relations efforts, as well as focus on the company's reputation management program. This appointment spans MSLGROUP's global capabilities, drawing on MSL Washington DC and MSL New York, along with Kekst and Company and Hanmer MSL, the largest public relations firm in India. |
translation, Encore is seeking to polish up its tarnished image due to cases such as Midland v. Brent where they got their hands smacked big time.
It looks as though they want to use "Washington" connections (lobbyists???) to assist?
My degree of disgust i have for Encore/Midland et al grows daily.:rolleyes:
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Mixed reviews on Encore as a respectable place to work. It's interesting how many people who aren't struggling look right past the detestable nature of what they do and just think of it as a good job opportunity.
I hope I never want a job so bad that I don't care about the "product" of the company I choose to work for.
Midland scum and the scum in Washington seem to be a match made
Midland scum and the scum in Washington seem to be a match made in heaven. Only in a society so corrupt and off the tracks as this one can any of these junk debt buyers even exist.
I agree it is very frustrating feeling as though we are at their
I agree it is very frustrating feeling as though we are at their mercy every day. Their arrogance is very frustrating. It continues day after day until you wonder if/when you will ever have a day anymore where you don't have to factor them in to your reality. And yet they lie so easily,, presenting an air of respectability which they certainly are not respectable imo.
They present themselves as ethical people trying to do the right thing. It reminds me of Eddie Haskell, the creepy friend of Wallie in Leave it to Beaver. He was always so polite and solicitous whenever Mr. or Mrs. Cleaver were around but the minute they turned their back he was a creap again.
They submitted a letter representing their view of the debt collection process to the FTC resently. What they say is SO not what they are about, lying at every turn, counting on defendants not showing up so they get default judgments, that is what makes their "system" work. Since they have no evidence they rely on most people not showing. But look at what they wrote to the FTC: [SIZE=3]
[SIZE=4][QUOTE]We employ more than 1200 employees across five locations, and dedicate substantial resources to supply our financial, compliance and legal outsourcing departments, and to manage our account portfolios in a responsible, ethical and profitable manner. Our efforts are directed at working with consumers to amicably and fairly resolve their delinquent accounts without a need for litigation, but legal enforcement of an underlying credit agreement is sometimes necessary to move an account toward payment.[/QUOTE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
This is such a load of tripe I can barely read it without becoming disgusted with their lies. THEY DEPEND on people not showing yet according to them and their fervent desire to be fair and have the defendant show up the bad old defendant just does not materialize, so its really their own fault. LIES, self-serving lies.
[QUOTE]as the amount of the debt, the documentation provided with the complaint, and the sufficiency of evidence regarding the proper service of process upon the defendant. Default judgments represent a significant percentage of the judgments obtained by our companies and others in this industry, as well as in all other cases filed in coulis that must review and resolve increasingly large numbers of lawsuits. In our view, the rate of default judgments does not depend on the type of action but rather on the processes in place for a particular court or judge to make a decision in a case where the defendant has failed to file an appearance or responsive pleading, and has similarly failed to physically appear before the court. We would prefer that consumers appear so that we may discuss the account, their financial situation, and payment options, but they do not go to court, and that is the reason for the large numbers of default judgments. While the number of cases filed to collect delinquent debts is substantial, we do not see the default judgment rate to be a reflection of certain types of debt or debt ownership, but as an indication that most defendants fail to respond to proper legal notice of a pending court action involving their interests. A reasonable default judgment process that examines both the service of process and the information and materials supporting the complaint is able to quickly resolve uncontested matters and remove them from a crowded court docket while limiting the time that local counsel must devote to such cases. In most jurisdictions, a defendant is notified of such a default judgment and provided another opportunity to appear before the court and raise available defenses to the claim.We believe that defendants are given sufficient opportunities, both before and during the litigation process, to raise defenses, ask questions, and reach a resolution to their delinquent account, and the default judgment process is important for companies such as ours to continue to collect debts in an efficient and cost effective manner.[/QUOTE]