Route 66 Funding

These crooks were zapping my checking account for almost 6 months before I caught onto them, never did business with them. I placed a stop payment, doesn't work. You need to close your account completely and open another. I tried to file a Reg-E claim with my bank to get the almost $400 they took back, they told my bank they have a recorded telephone call authorizing the debits. My bank told me to fight with Route 66 in order to get my money back. I think that is highly unlikely.

Yeah, they are "located" in the UK, so they aren't going to follow any US laws, so they say. They are impossible to deal with. Maybe if you hired an attorney . . . . But if you don't have a loan with them then I'd fight your bank. The fact is you didn't authorize anything, and a voice recording is not proof. You have to have a signature. I'd go back and appeal your banks decision.

route 66funding has an address in NY, i've been emailing them my letters since yesterday so far no answer. the guy that calls me sounds hispanic
and has a hispanic name "Jose ACOSTA" so he says

Route 66 Founding
route66funding.com
46 State Street
Third Floor
Albany, NY 12207
fax 877-564-7740
direct line 877-564-7739

Link made inactive as per forum rules - Mike

These people never will stop, they call me at work repeatedly. I closed my checking account and finally was able to stop thier 75 dollar withdrawls. It is illegal for them to continually call at work. The last time they got through to me they said "No this will only take one minute, you must pay us now" This is the worst company by far I have ever done a PDL with. Try to stick with CashNet USA, they seem to be the easiest to deal with.

Not trying to be a wet blanket here, but I feel I have to respond to the advice above. The best policy is NO PDL's at all - it is far too easy to fall into the vicious cycle of one PDL..then another to help pay off the first one when some misfortune befalls us and we can't pay our first PDL...then we can't pay off the second one because we're trying to use that money to pay off the first one...so we take out another...and another..and another...until we reach the point of fishing around on the internet looking for an internet PDL that will loan to us so we can try to get this all resolved. Even when we keep thinking to ourselves "just one more time - I won't have to do it again after this one!"

It never ends, and it never will, unless you break the cycle yourself by paying your PDL's off and not taking any more out. The internet PDL's are a sure way to win yourself a lot of heartache, stress, and high interest rates and fees that never, ever end.

Save yourself the trouble now, and break the cycle. I have, and am almost out of the woods now - and I will never have another PDL. I will do without whatever it is until I have the money myself before I will resort to another PDL.

I AM THE DEBT-DEFEATING WOMAN - HEAR ME ROOOOAR!

route 66 phone number is 1877564
7738; this is the number i recorded for call back to get loan. I have tried it a couple of times; got luck and spoke to person; not a voicemail.

I got a call from these slimebags today from this number 442084929200 if i'm not mistaking this is the same number used by GFSIL or at least same beggining numbers and they do pratice they same way Like IDIOTS!!...i have to verify this info when GFSIL tries to call me again but i'm almost certain these people are the same...although route 66 has an office in NY and if they are from Ny then they are operating ilegally there too...PDL in NY prohibited last time i checked.

i'm eighter right or the Pdl are driving to the loony bin.

442084929200 - This is a UK number. Is Route 66 Funding doing international calls?

They claim they are located in the UK, I believe that is where they are calling from.

But they gave me a US number to call sometime back. They called me from a blocked number though. I have a UK number. I will post after I find it.

yes indeed they call from a UK number i picked up because i tought it was GFSIL and i wanted to tell the where to go. this people are so fishy

now I am scared, after seeing these posts, lord they call your employer? That is nuts, and oh my I am nervous now

Have you defaulted on the loan yet?

pokey, relax they bark a lot but once you learn how to deal with them you will be okay.

they tried to intimidate me but i was tough on them and so far is working.

route66funding.com/ I just ask the same question and got this posted. I simply want to cancel this before it goes into my account I am nervous already, good luck!

route66funding.com/ Someone posted this for my question hope it is useful to you.

If they have already contacted you by phone and you agreed to everything, the money will be deposited into your account, you do have the right to rescind the agreement, I believe within 24 hours, I would do that immediate, first thing tomorrow morning.

i forgot to mention something after sending my letter to route 66 a few times i received a rejection email from them with all kinds of internet junk in it, well now as soon as i log in it tells me my section has expire before i even check my emails, i'm getting all kinds of fuuny emails that i was not getting before, but what bugs the most is the log in part because yahoo says it will log out after 24 hours for protection but i'm gettig logged out immediately and this all happen after i open that email form them.

they email said that it was rejected because "it did not like the sender" LOL i found that part funny.

has this happen to anyonelse? i only sent my letter like 60 times over sat and sun....

Does anyone have there emails???

customerservice(at)route66funding.com try that email.

i need help with a loan that i got from you! please help help me right away!!! i need an extension

I received a loan through these people months ago.
They continued to take $79.00 from my bank account every two weeks for 4 to 5 weeks. I wanted to pay this damn loan off at the beginning.
I finally stopped payment on this account. They harrassed me for awhile until I told them I had closed the account and they had no access to my new account.
I did make the mistake of offering a $100.00 settlement. They did not respond to my email until now. It has been since about October.
Now they just called me and asked me about the settlement I offered them. What should I do? I want to tell them to go to #$%^. They already got $317.00 out of me for a $200.00 loan. I also reported them to the BBB, the Federal Trade Commision and a few other places.
Please let me know what I should do. :?

I just got a call from them too, after doing the same things as you. Seems they are now trying to settle these accounts that have been complaining. They want me to pay $279, which I responded that I won't pay them another cent!

Then I will do the same thing. It took them a month a half to try to settle this. Screw them. I am done.
Thank you for the advice.
They originally wanted me to pay over $500 to close the account. I told them they would be lucky.
I am done with them.
Thanks Again.

people be strong this people call my job eveyday with different names and they are told repeatedly that i'm on medical leave...they call me early in the morning and late at night.

they still want $500 on a 200 loan that i've paid 1770. they are nuts!!!
i email them everyday about 50 times or more depends on how mad they make me, it may sound sick but hey i'm on bedrest i have nothing more to do and they don't seem o understand when i talke to them.

so lets all stick together and see the outcome of it all.

I agree . . . . They don't respond to any complaints in a satisfactory way. It's seems the only way to get them off your back is to pay. But I'm not paying them another cent. I guess we'll see what happens next. By the way, I have the phone number to their new "legal" deptartment. It's 1-877-646-9618.

On another note, I tried calling the collections number using the recording feature on this website. It wouldn't work. I tried calling the number without and it went through. I hung up and was trying the recording thing again when rt 66 called me back. Seems they are blocking debt cc's recording number, and have caller ID hooked into their computers. They called me back immediatly after I hung up and said my name, and my phone isn't in my name, so it couldn't be regualr caller id.

yesteday they called my job saying i had just talked to them from there, about a "transcript" and i havent been to work in 2 months lol. of course they secretary i aware of my problem so when they call she blows them off!! and they call everyday...

I just sent them an email stating that my offer expired and they will not receive any more money from me.
I did try to call the number back that "Anthony Thomas", or whatever his real name is, gave me. That number is 1-877-290-5259. No answer at all. Not even a message machine.
So screw them. I told them not to call me again.
We shall see.

i'm going to pullmy hair off today!!route 66 hit my account for 358.00 and 59.00 grrrrrr

I got the right address for route66 funding. They are not in the UK or New York. They are in Reno Nevada. I git this out of them when I told them I had a lawyer and the only way they would get anything is if I had a CORRECT address

route66/HBS Service
1005 Terminal Way Suite 102
Reno, Nevada 88502 fax# 1877-646-9618

yes i got the same address and goggle it is not really under their name, is posted on one of the route66 topics.

this is the "legal Department" they do have an office in the UK or at least they call from a UK # please keep us posted on any other news you find and if you get thru them.

My husband was having health problems and I thought this was perfect but it has been a nightmare. The phone number 877-564-7738 is the right number and they told me that they will charge my account every two weeks a processing fee it does reduce by $5.00 and until it gets to $35.00 and then you have to pay the loan off. My loan was for $200 so I would have to pay $235 at that time. If you can pay this off as soon as possible please do because they are going to take you for everything. THis was a very bad idea and there should be a law about this.
I hope everyone has a happy Holiday. :cry:

I got a 200 loan with them and paid 59 every week for 28 weeks, and they told me i still owe them 500 dollars how? i dont know but this people are vicious they will haunt, harass, insult and debit your account as many times and for whatever amount they want.

my suggestion will be to pay off your loan immediately and make sure they mark your account PIF. good luck

route66funding dot com They are leaches, stay far away. I never recieved a phone number to get in contact until I stoped payment on them, but the number is 1-877-564-7739. But good luck with that if you get an answer you will get the run around. they are an affiliate of Cash Today. Hope this helps

Oh my goodness, do NOT get a oan from these guys - -they are a nightmare!!! I called and asked for an address to pay off my loan of $280 and now they tell me it is $680 - and that they will not except any payment other than the $680 - -they will not even give me the address to send in the money.

Kelli -

How much have you paid them, and are you already in default with them? (Meaning you haven't paid your loan off yet, or haven't paid anything towards it?)

Also, what state are you in?

Their phone number is 877-564-7738

contact your bank Kelli and they have all of the necessary information for you to pay what YOU owe. i went through this with them and didn't have a problem once I sent the balance of what I owed. They gave me a high amount also but I sent the original loan and fee and haven't heard from them since.

I called Route 66 funding asking for a truth in lending act disclosure...The person on the phone "gary smith" Rudely said "I dont have to give you anything...I explained that The truth in lending act requires a written disclosure, and he said "we won't give you anything" then he went on to tell me that "he knows what kind of person I am, and Is going to Debit my checking account 16 times just so I could be charged overdraft fees" I asked him " are you threatning me?" and he said "YES I AM" and hung up on me. I called back and asked for a manager who apologized and said they would review the tapes and assured me they would not debit the account 16 times...This is a clear violation of FAIR DEBT collection practices act...WHAT CAN I DO??

You need to file complaints with your state's Attorney General's office. Block this company from debiting your account, you will also need to debt GFS/GFSIL, and there is one other name this company goes by I can not remember it. You bank will charge you a fee for blocking this company, but WELL worth it.

Call them at 1-877-564-7739

I have a phone number if that helps, it is 1-877-564-7738. they havent sent me a email, so if you could email me that at email address removed as per forum rules - Mike, that would be great.

Regarding someone????????s question on Route 66 Funding: Avoid these guys like the plague! They are SCUM ???????? SCUM ???????? SCUM!! I have never taken out a loan with them, but one of my wife????????s former co-workers did, and after the experience she and her associates had, I would gladly eat worms before I would borrow the price of a Big Mac from these jackals. Here????????s what happened;
A gal my wife worked with apparently took out a loan with Route 66 Funding. After a time, she left the company without leaving any forwarding information. After she had been gone for over a year the shop began getting calls from R66 regarding her apparently delinquent account. (No one currently in the shop had ever heard of this company before) They explained to them that she was no longer working there and they could not help locate her. The representatives, who spoke only fair English, at once became even nastier, saying their ???????Co-operation was mandatory??????? and told those employees who had identified themselves by their first names that they were also listed as co-signers and were therefore liable for the debt. They told the callers to stop insulting their intelligence as they had never signed anything and didn????????t even know their last names, upon which they were told; ???????It was a verbal phone agreement and we have recordings of your voice to use in court! You will be getting legal papers!??????? and promptly hung up. (Puleeeze!) Needless to say, no papers ever arrived, but the calls, threats and harassment persisted until management intervened with a Cease-And-Desist order, a complaint to the FTC and basically informed R66 they would be sued into destitution if they ever heard from them again. The vermin gave up and backed off after that. The ironic part is two weeks later, they did get a visit from the former employee, but Satan will be skiing to work by the time R66 hears about it!

Mr. B - thanks for sharing that - it seems the horror stories of those who have dealt with this company never end!

I'm just so glad that many people (like me!) have found this site and been able to get out from under the thumb of Route 666 (my new name for them!)

I work here in London. It is a money making scheme and it is legal because it is offshored in the UK. Unfortunately people desperate enough to take out an unsecure loan of only about $200 are probably the people that don't listen to the terms and conditions given to them verbally; they need money fast and the t&C aren't really on the top agenda.
They make the money by ruling out interest and using the term 'processing fees' to rope in customers. This is probably worse than interest- every time you receive your wage, be it weekly / bi-wkly/semi-monthly and you haven't paid the original loan, you need to pay the processing fee. What can start out as a $200 can surmount to a huge sum.
It is legitimate, although entirely unreasonable, but if you agreed to the terms over the phone then you have noone else to blame- there will always be people out there making money under these kind of practices.

First off, worker it is NOT legitimate. We have a term for what you are doing here in the USA: loansharking. And no, that it not legitimate or legal.
If you want to do business in the USA, you need to follow and abide by US and state law--and that includes being licensed to do business in states where you loan and following their laws re loaning. And following the fdcpa would also be appreciated as well!

Just an update: Route 66 no longer calls my wife????????s workplace, but either them or ameriloan, (Are they the same, does anyone know?) has begun pestering the company I work for, and using what appears to be a new tactic and something you guys might want to watch out for at your own workplaces. The guy they are looking for hasn????????t worked for us in almost 5 years and by some accounts, may even have died. They call the front office and use ???????Pretexting??????? (Phising for info under false pretenses) to find out who works where in certain departments. They then call back and ask for an active employee and when that person answers, pretend to be a friend or relative of the former employee to worm info out of them and even threaten legal action. Some of our office staff aren????????t exactly English majors either, and fell for this for a time until management clued them in. Now, they just call after hours and leave vague and nasty messages in whatever voicemail they can access. Pathetic!

Thanks for the update, Mr. B. This just shows that they are indeed scum and they think that they are above the law.

Soon, no evil loan companies, pay check to check loan companies, banks, will be above the law.

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