Please guys help me. I'm new to all of this and want to handle it the right way. I racked up about 8,000 on a credit card with lates fees. They charged off about 4000. A collection agency keeps calling me, he said they would settle for 3,000. I told them i would be more then happy to pay it off however i do not have 3,000 dollars. He said i can get a loan from citi finacial to pay it off. I do not have good credit so i was denied the loan. What else can i do, i can pay off the 3,000 in payments but the collection agency makes it seem like i have to pay it in full.