Well, I ended my relationship with my debt settlement company a couple of weeks ago. Last night I got a call from a CA regarding a Household MC that I had on the plan. HSBC cashed a payment that I sent them last week but it was just turned over to collections. Now, the guys was nice enough on the phone but had the "better than thou" attitude. They offered me a settlement which I didn't agree to at this time. Of course, I got the if I don't pay so much, they were going to turn me over to an attorney. Should I go ahead and send them a debt validation request?