To make a long story short, I had a Target credit card, maxed it out, and was making the minimum monthly payment (which was getting me nowhere, but was at least making them). I moved out of state and took an extreme pay cut, and eventually stopped making any payments at all. For a couple of years I had gotten phone call after phone call, as did most members of my family. I ignored them all. I started receiving letters from a debt collection agency with an option to pay off the debt at a reduced figure. Stupidly, I threw them away, just hoping they would "forget" about me.