Okay, this is kinda long, but it's needed.
My husband had a credit card back in 1999-2000 w/ Sears. He defaulted on the $500 credit card. So w/o my knowledge, my MIL and my husband got a call from allied interstate for the debt and agreed on a settlement for $75.00 a month for only $500.00. It was supposed to be automatically debited from our account on a monthly basis. It debited one time from our account in Sept. 2005. NOTHING in writing, unfortunately!