3 Years ago after having our second child and my wife being out of work, we ran into money problems. I ran into one of those bad Dept counceling places that told me NOT to pay the bills and that they would handle everything.... Now I am not stupid, I was in a corner and let someone fool me :( , trust me that won't happen again.
Anyway Since then I have my credit scores back up to 670 or so... and everything gets paid on time.