2008 was a bad year for me, and I know for alot. I was behind on alot of things. 1 thing was a Credit Card that I wasn't even able to pay a min payment to. My wife finaly graduated school and is now working. We got all caught up, except for this credit card. Before we hit problems, Balance was $4,800.00, now that balance is $6,000.00. Since I haven't been able to pay on the card, it was turned over to a collection. I answered the phone the other day for the collection agent and they offered me a settlement of $3,000. Then that would se my balance to $0.