I had a deliquent account with Associates national bank. As of June 2005 it was 7 years old and dropped off my credit report. The next month, midland credit management popped up. Associates had sold the acct to Midland after it was already 7 years old. I started an investigation via equifax which yielded no results. It was stated that I never "closed" the acct so it didn't matter how old it was. If that is ture, why did the Associates acct drop off my credit report.