18007411969 - anybody heard about this collection agency?

Hi annmarie0205

Audit Systems Inc. is a collection agency not listed with the BBB. 36 consumer complaints have been filed against them in the last three years out of which 30 have been resolved. The address to contact them is given below:

Audit Systems Inc.
3696 Ulmerton Rd Ste 200
Clearwater, FL 33762
Telephone: (727) 571-1945 / (800) 741-1969

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Thanks Ben. I learned after my dealings with Ellis Crosby to use the BBB. I was wondering more so if anyone has ever dealt with them.

I just googled the name and came up with this disccusion board.. what a bunch of jerks that work there. they wont answer a thing

Audit Systems Collection Agency is calling many times per day for a former employee & on-site security person (Warren Waterbury) - who was let go by our company (OPR) due to many calls per day.

Audit Systems has been told this & also has been told to cease calling us & to remove us from their calling list - but their representatives have flat out refused & Audit System Reps. have told us - they will continue to call us - very rudely I might add.

to get them to stop calling us - for someone who is no longer here

we filed a complaint with the Florida Attorney General's Office

Send them a total "CEASE AND DESIST" letter, if this doesn't stop them sue their pants off.

Good idea filing a complaint with the Florida AG's office, I would also recommend filing a complaint with the FTC. If you have a way to record the phone calls, where you advise them the person they are calling no longer works there and they flat out refuse to stop, then do so. Find out what the laws are for your state regarding recording calls; specifically if you have to get the other caller's consent to record them. I wonder, however, since they are calling a place of business does this still apply?

What state are you located in? If you're not in Florida also, then file a complaint with your state AG's office too.

These bozo's should be able to comprehend they are calling a place of business, and if they are told the person no longer works there, they should stop calling. Unfortunately, you may have to resort to drastic measures (ie: lawsuit) in order to get their attention and make them realize you mean business!

I guess I am a little confused why you are upset when you owe money. They are just doing thier job. If you owned a business and people owed you money would you try to recover what is due you?
My response is be more responsible with your finances and even more important take responsibilty for you actons. Dont buy what you dont have the money...the only thing that I could understand is medical expenses. If you paid your debt they would not call.

Nkomo, no one gets upset because they owe money, they get upset when low life CA's break the law by calling continously, cursing, etc. If you would loan me the money, I would pay all my debts.

This company is full of people who think they can threaten and harass anyone for unpaid bills. I have been dealing with them for 3 months now and I am so sick of them.

I highly recommend that if you can deal with the person of company you owe without going through them. do it!!!

I am curious why nkomo feels that this business has to pay the debt of the employee they fired? Hmm? I swear I think these people just post 'pay your bills' without ever even reading the actual post......this post very clearly states that they are getting calls for a debt of a F O R M E R E M P L O Y E E. Was that easy enough to read?

Send a total Cease & desist and do as stated above, start recording the calls and haul these jerks into court if need be.

I actually feel sorry for the former employee, since it sounds like he was let go because of all these calls and now the employer can see that he had no real control on them calling since even they can't seem to get them to stop.

Hello I'm just starting my wonerful assosiation with this company and I had a question. They called my husband at work and demanded a payment in 2 days. When I called and asked for a copy of the original bill from the original creditor they refused saying that they don't have it and don't do that. Is that ok? I thought they were supposed to send you one if you asked for it.

You have to send them a DV letter in writing by CMRRR. Asking them by phone is a waste of time.

I just had to put audit systems into the ignore file on my cell phone, I don't allow anyone to record me unless I get to record them and they won't allow it, NOR will I give ANY information they ask for over the phone without their first telling me who they are, I had to do a search to find out who and what they are.

Screw em.

By asking you for permission to record, they are giving you tacit agreement to record them as well. You don't have to ask them for permission to record at that point.

just checked NASCAR Devil's link and Audit Systems, Inc is NOT registered in Texas. Did wildcard and specific searches. Think I'll report them... :P

These people are unreal. I inherited a phone # from someone they were hounding. I got a little peeved...they called, in 3 weeks, sometimes 10 times a day, waking up my 2yr old from a nap -- u'all know how that is, right?

When I would answer, they would demand to talk to someone, and when I told 'em wrong number, one gal had the audacity to say, "Well you shouldn't exist? Stop lying and put her on the phone..."

2 weeks into it, after I told 'em to stop, they keep calling. Enough is enough!

One of the best ways to resolve an issue is to put it in language only they will understand. So I researched the number they called from. Then I found they're trying to hide. They took their web site down. They tried to erase all web records of their company and name. They are acting like the debtors they're hounding.

I found them. I found the names of the execs. I called a secret number. And just to be sure, I called one executive at their house just to make sure they took me off the call list. I hope I didn't wake up his kids, but I know that I didn't call him via auto-dialer, either. Just good 'ol fashioned diligence.

Since their site doesn't work anymore, u can goto:

w eb.a rchive. org /web / * / h t t p : / / ww w.a siqualit y. com
the whole line above is one URL, take away the spaces

...and goto the '2001' pages -- strangely enough, they removed the Executive's last names in the later pages! Imagine that! Could it be because angry customers were looking them up?

Well, I'll only say that all of 'em still there are 'in the book' or white-pages, in FL. And lemme tell 'ya, one exec *really* didn't like it when I called *his* house.

if givemetheloot posts again it will be deleted again.

This company called me 2 years ago, I had a line of credit on an old checking account and I forgot about it. I payed the Bank and was all set. Audit systems called me house and threatened to put me in jail and said it was a felony. Right there I told him to go f himself. I said under $200 is not a felony. He said pay right now or I am calling the cops. I egged him on and told him to go ahead and do it. I begged him to call the cops,lol. I told him I already paid it and he told me to prove it. I said f you, prove to me that I owe it. He got even matter screaming saying I am hanging up and calling the cops, you better not leave your house, they are on the way,lol.

What a joke, I even checked with the bank, they said no problems, I ran checksystems or whatever it is, paid in full. no problems.

I owed a bill in newyork witch I paid as soon as I was aware of.a couple of monthes later they put a stop on my ck cashing preveliges with globle. I have my recipts but they dont care they just keep prommising me they will correct the problem but that hasent happened for two years now. I am frustrated.

They just started calling my cell phone when they haven???t even sent me a letter to tell me what this is about. This seems like a shady practice for a collection agency to engage in. It???s probably because they don???t want to get caught (in black and white) using tactics that are illegal or could otherwise get them in trouble.

If they're resourceful enough to find my private cell phone number then hopefully they???re literate enough to write me to tell me what this is about because I refuse to answer their calls until they do.

My credit is flawless, so I have no idea who or what they think I owe. I pay my debts so I???m not too worried about.

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I owe a debit which I am actively working with the debtor to resolve. I've asked twice (today a third time) to have my work number removed and provided them with my home and cell. I call them every day to tell them the same thing (working w/ debtor) yet they continue to call me at work. EXTREMELY RUDE. I'm filling a complaint with the Fedral Trade Commission now.

These people are scum. I was the medical contact for a relative recently. Well, it's been a few weeks and I've been getting calls from an unknown number that I have ignored assuming it was a telemarketer- because any legitimate business would leave a message. After getting called by these people every day, I finally called back just to get some rude rep to ask for my relative by the WRONG first name and I asked for more info about them bc I don't know who they are and if they are legit and the woman told me off and hung up on me. I called back and asked for a supervisor just to have the person refuse, saying she was a floor leader, and then refuse to give me any info about her company quoting HIPPA laws. If the hospital could talk to me as a medical contact, why couldn't they? She didn't like that. She asked me to have my relative call them bc they didn't have her number either! She claimed my relative had contacted them first. What a joke. So now they look ridiculously untrustworthy, nevermind rude, and I ask for their business number so I could look them up and the rep told me I could just go check out their website. I said anyone could set up a website: that doesn't mean anything and she told me to have a nice day! Unbelievable.

Got a call from this Audit systems. It is a collection agency. Apparently Turbo Tax hires them to collect when they did not get the money from your tax return. Unfortunately one would think that Turbo Tax would be large enough to send you a bill via email or call since they do have ALL your personal information.
Oh well. At least I know who kept calling me now.

They are very mean and rude people. They'll say anything to scare you. I tried to work with them on paying a debt on my terms on how much I can afford, and they are unwilling to work with you. I even got into a screaming match with them on the phone. They work on commission by the way.

Audit systems called me for the 1st time 13Jul they demanded a post dadted debit card or a post dated check they demanded payment within 3 days - I am calling an attorney for harrassment 719-473-0006 will represent you at no cost if the dont win any compensation for you due to harrassment

They just called me at work. (Federal phone). They would not say who they were. Some operater chick answered the phone when I called back. She was so rude. I asked her what company it was and she had a hard time answering that and when I asked what the company did she said I had to talk to Marie. I asked her why could she not tell me what they did. I never heard of them. She transfered me to Marie and it was one of those auto-recorded message so I hung up.
So Nkomo you either work for that company or you have never had money problems. Mine was hospital bills that got me into trouble and I am just pulling myself out.

i just recently received a job offer from this company and they are indicating that i would earn more money than i am currently earning - i did high risk cr card collections for jpmorgan chase for 7 years but was what ws they referred to as a soft collector- i am not a bully or demander - would i even fit into their environment - in this job market, i hate to leave where i am for something that may be uncertain - i do not like the fact that they are not registered wit bbb or that a complaint had to filed to attny general (although this happened once at chase also) any feed back would be appreciated

These people keep calling me on my cell phone which is on the do not call list. I have paid all my bills and haven't been to Florida since 2000 or before when my parents died. If this is a bill for my parents do I have to pay it?

I had a check that bounced and called the company at the time to clear it up. The guy said nothing is here yet so wait until it comes in. Well...in the meantime it was forgotten. Now when I went to write another check (a whole year later) I am referred to this company. I asked for two weeks so I can pay by debit and was told only 2 days to pay and threatened me as a person who "habitually" writes worthless checks. This is a one time thing and they told me to call my state. When I asked who to call they said they didn't have that info. I was scared. They wouldn't give me an address to send money orders either. Anyway, then I found this site on line and now I know who I'm dealing with. I will make payments by money orders to get this taken care of. The stress of talking to these unreasonable, threatening people was more than I could take this week. Thanks for this site.

Haven't seen any activity lately in this forum but I just received a notice from Audit Systems Inc. I was surprised because the original creditor never notified me that I owed them. Now I supposedly owe money and the original creditor was basically having a fist fight with me over the phone. I have never been so upset on the phone. #$&@!

i thought the original creditor had to contact you by mail. and also that the collection agency had to send in writing who and what you owe.

I just got a letter from them and I called the original creditor to work out the payments with them. I found out the the amount that I owe was about of a 1/4 of what Audit Systems Inc. stated I owed them. They run the value up so they can make a ton of money off of you. I am working it out with the original company. We need to find out what the rules are for contacting us and if they break those rules then people need to find out what can be done to get legal action against them through the state of Florida. If you go to the company information you will see that Rick Diamond, Tony Terasi, Greg Wey and Bryan Lackey are the company officers there. Maybe everyone should google or do a directory search for their numbers and everytime you get a call..call them at their home numbers that many times. If you can get them start calling everyone in the city with their last name. When the people answer tell them you are trying to find that person and is there a number they know of for them. After the main officers of the company starts getting a ton of calls from every one they may or may not know. Maybe they'll get the drift that what they are doing is wrong. It might cost you a few dollars but get a lawer to write an order to them not to contact you, If they ask to record you then you have the automatic right to record them. File a complaint with the AG of Florida and in your own state. Because if they are collecting from you they have to follow that states laws. There are laws available to protect you from harrassment. I urge you to use them

I am a collection agent. I do not work for Audit Systems, however I do know that in this industry as well as others you do run across some people who are not so friendly. Being that I have been on the other side of the desk I do know that I have been lied to by a debtor and have been told that a person no longer works at a place of employment simply because the debtor's friend answered the phone and covered for him/her. I do also know that there is a stigma attached to debt collector's and most people feel debt collectors display poor customer service. Well the answer to that is that you are no longer a customer. You have become a debtor. Yes there are laws that do protects your rights as a consumer, however there are also rights that companies have in order to protect their interests. My suggestion to anyone having a problem with a debt collector is try treating them the way you would like them to treat you. Do not lie to a debt collector or make empty promises. A debt collector is only doing their job so that they may in turn pay their debts. Welcome to the circle of life.

Is Audit Systems Inc. registered to do business in California? Where would I find this information?

to the guest who is a collector.save it.for every supposed debtor that lies.there are 100 collector's who lie worse.by that i mean threatening arrest,garnishmet,revoking dl's.your one to talk.just because your post was civil doesn't mean it's true.

I do not find that company name in the Calif database. To search for a business license in Calif.

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We keep getting calls from this company askong for our son. Our son was killed two years ago in an auto accident and I have told them that he is deceased. They continue to call...

Audit Systens has been calling me repeated over the last 4-5 months. I thought they were a scam, so I never responded. Tonight I did and their call is in regards to my brother who is in a nursing home. He has no money and will not ever, all his money goes to pay for his care. I don't know how they got my number,but I am his POA. They were very rude when I explained the situation. I guess that if they continue to call, I will have to try the cease and desist route.

Dear anonymous guest, you have my sympathy for your loss of your son. But the cruelty of being called continuously and having wounds opened
over and over is beyond belief. I'm so sorry you have to go thru this.

i get a phone call tonight at 8:46 on Thursday night informing me that an account of mine, from Soverign f@#% you over bank has not been paid. I am boiling right now. I am an honest woman, i actually told the truth. I opened up an account for my husband to use stupid.. I then told her i know i am obligated to pay so please give me the information on how i should pay in the least convenience to me............ she screamed at me and told me she will just note on the account my reluctancy to pay. Mind you, she said she must receive a payment by Monday. two buisness days from now. she hanged up on me.I called back and this fool tranfers me back to the rep who just bascically made me felt like the only american that has a debt. I asked not to speak with her and speak with someone else. I was explained of three options which all are costly, by a nicer rep. Ican't believe i am still boiling.I want to fly to clearwater Florida andpunch this girl out. Yes people get into situations beyond there means but does that make you a deadbeat or mildly said a debtor. Always remember once you are a customer you have a thin line to becoming a debtor!!!!!!!
Can I pay Sovereign bank?
Does the rep who demeaned me get a cut?
Do you think I really owe the amount she quoted?

what happens with this company if you cant pay the debt by their deadline?

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This company calls my job at least 10 times per day. This is not allowed on my job. What should i do. If i had the money to pay- don't they know we would.

People,
I read this forum thank you for the heads up. They try to intice you to call them back by saying this is so and so from audit systems call me back at your earliest connivence/call me as soon as you get this. thank god i looked it up and found this. I let them know before they even started talking I will not be harassed by a third party and this matter will be taken up directly with whom I owe my debt to.

I'm going through a legal battle right now with the company they're trying to collect for.
I was getting a dozen or so phone calls a day. When I was able to answer I did, only to find they had hung up already. I'm not slow to my phone. Finally I called them back and I got the third degree for 10 minutes before I could even get the name of the company they were collecting for. I explained the situation and they still demanded payment. Are they really this dense? For now the number has been blocked from my phone.

You need to send them a demand for validation, by certified mail, return receipt requested. Now. As in, tomorrow morning.

Starting right now, if they call, you don't know nothing. You don't owe nothing. Tell them nothing, not even that the sky is blue. Verify your mailing address, tell them to put it in writing, and hang up the damn phone. Meanwhile, invest in an inexpensive phone recorder. Record their calls, if that's legal in your state. That's the sort of ammunition that wins legal battles. Allowing yourself to be abused on the phone just runs your blood pressure up and encourages them.

I was just hired and then fired four days into my employment, their excuse was that i did not quite fit. I guess they did not think i was rude enough. One of their stategies is be extremely rude the first time so that when and if the person calls back the next collector can sound helpful and collect. Their top collector is 26years old, with a high school diploma and just does not give a damn, she does not even let the debtor speak unless they are talking about paying. Their address is correct it is the acutal location of the reps and the so called officers of the company. It is quite a small operation. With lots of small minds.

I keep getting calls from this company for a person other than myself. Every time I speak to them they assure me that my number has been removed from their systems.
Their tactics are abusive to say the least- I get 3-4 threatening calls per day.
You don't know how happy I am to learn that their office is only twenty minutes from my home.
I'll be paying them a visit tomorrow. A full report will follow.
Thanks.

SuperMike: Restrain yourself. It ain't worth jail time. You'd be far better served by sending them a cease-and-desist letter.