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Submitted by on Thu, 01/05/2006 - 16:25
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Okay help me here, I am considering action against Bennett and Deloney using washington state law.. but I need some info. In order to be successful I need to prove that their primary business is debt collection and that they are not a law firm collecting for clients, In short I need some inside info if possible...

Thanks


I received a phone call this am about a debt that was paid off two years ago. Asked why I haven't had any phone calls or mail in the past 2 yrs. about this debt not being paid..I was told they were not required by law to inform me via US mail about owing money. My experience is if you owe money you get phone calls and letters in the mail...why has it taken two years to call me? Have had same phone number for 8 years..


Submitted by on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:34

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AND I AM GOING TO MAKE TOILET PAPER OUT THEM. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT WITHTHE ATTORNEY GENERALS CONSUMER DIV IN UTAH AND HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL KEY OFFICIALS IN UTAH. THERE IS A ATTORNEY NAMED MIKE BENNETT WHO IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRM, I HAD IT CHECKED OUT. I AM GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE UTAH BAR ASSOC ABOUT HIM AS WELL. THEY ARE TRYING TO COLLECT OVER $200.00 FROM ME FOR GET THIS, A GUY THAT I CANCELED AN EBAY BID WITH LAST YEAR FOR AN AUTO PORT I DID NOT BUY AS HE MISREPRESESENTED IT. THATS RIGHT FOLKS, THESE NUTJOBS ARE INVADING MY LIFE LIKE BOTTOM FEEDING SCUM TRYINGTO EXTORT MONEY FROM ME BECAUSE I RIGHTFULLY CANCELLED A BID ON EBAY AND EBAY UPHELD THAT AS WELL. THIS IS WHY OUR COUNTRY IS IN A MESS, GREEDY SCUM BAGS BUYING DEBT AND NOT EVEN CARING IF ITS LEGITE. I HOPE YOU READ THIS, YOU PAC OF PHONEYS AND ARE YOU ARE MONARCH LAW TOO? AND WHY CANT YOU BE STRAIGHT UP ABOUT YOUR REAL ADDRESS, IN COTTON WOOD HEIGHTS. YOU ARENT IN MIDVALE, I CHECKED WITH THE MAYORS OFFICE. YOURE GETTING A BAD NAME, BETTER BE CAREFUL. EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE WORKING ON CLASS ACTION PLEASE.


Submitted by AMLNGN on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 17:36

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I am amazed at how difficult Bennett Law is making it to pay my bill. They are collecting on a debt that I know I owe, but will not send me a statement regarding this. They say that once I have paid it in full they will send me a letter... I am sitting here, with the money order in hand but refuse to pay some place I have never heard of. All I want is to pay a debt if it is owed people! I have never had this hard of a time with a 'collection' agency. If it meant I would pay my debt, they would mail me a letter every day! All I want is something in writing!!!!


Submitted by on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 16:26

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based on all the info in this thread do you really want to send them a money order? I dont think I would , in fact I know I wouldnt unless they sent a copy of the debt validation and a complete itemizzation of all the charges because they add their own fee to the actual bill, then if they do not send it, WRITE THE UTAH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS I HAVE BECAUSE THE MORE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THIS FIRM THE BETTER CHANCE IT WILL BE SHUT DOWN.


Submitted by AMLNGN on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 20:19

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they wont even sign their letters. i turned my case over to my lawyer. i told them i had a lawyer and they kept calling me big no no that means debt is wiped clean now by law. now its time to sue them plus wal mart. why wal mart they hired them that makes them party responsible they know what b/d is doing. i talked to n. cook so he said he was. what a dip s... no way hes a lawyer that dumb wow.


Submitted by on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 22:05

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You'd be surprised! There are quite a few dumb lawyers. All you really need is a good memory! :lol:

ALWAYS get something in writing before you pay a dime (guest 3 posts up). Like AMLNGN said, file a complaint with your state's Attorney General. Also the FTC. And if they are harassing you over the phone, add the FCC as well.


Submitted by Chrys Henderson on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 02:42

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I have dealt with this group. I will say overall they can go overboard to collect for their clients, but I had a peaceful dealing with them. As long as you pay what you fairly owe, they are very open to negotiating monthly payments with you, and will do so in a respectful and professional manner. I owed money fair and square, and they collected, but they were overall willing to work with me fairly. If you do, however, miss a payment, or ignore them, they become VERY threatning. So just pay them what you owe them and be done, and you should be ok.


Submitted by flynnr278 on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 23:45

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Dispute the claim. The letters they send out are all fluff. Who ever the person above is that is "claiming" to be an employee has a stunted mental capacity and clearly is ignorant about what is really going on here. They are simply a collection firm. They send out hundreds of these letters but for the cost of legal fees actualy sue very few people unless the financial benifit would be profitable. If it costs 5k to sue somebody for $200 I wouldn't pursue it either. However, in there defense, if you owe money then pay it. They should get there 15% to 40% of what was collected. Its only fair to get paid for doing a job. There job is to collect. Although, personaly I think they are no more than a group of shiesty low lifes, making a TON of money off bullying ignorant people around. Ignorance drives ignorance....

Joe


Submitted by on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 13:23

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By the way if you want to join in the fun check out or google this site MyCollectionJobs

Have fun!!!


Submitted by on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 13:29

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My mother received a letter from this lawfirm saying there was an act of "theft" at a Wal-mart. So I called the lawfirm & questioned this incident, as I have not stolen anything from any Wal-Mart- in fact, I'm probably one of their top customers!! When I called the lawfirm, the young lady on the phone told me the incident was "either 10/6 or 10/7 of 2009." I asked her to then send me validation of the balance cause I do not shop at this particular Wal-Mart she was referring to. She could not provide me with any info. I told her then why would I wire $250 to some agency for something that they can't even tell me what it is for? She then said they have my name, old address, DOB & SSN. I asked to verify with me what she had on file, and the address she had was my mother's address, which I haven't lived in for over a year and the SSN she gave me did not match mine! I think this is a scam!


Submitted by on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 14:33

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Collectors and Bill Collection Attorneys not following the rules Capital One Accounts and others!

Remember if they cannot reach you they cannot serve you and attempt a judgement or lien!

They play the old creditor bill collector game of calling and if you are not the person they hang up. If they reach voicemail they do not leave messages of any kind. It would be nice to know what account, and basics that do not violate Federal Fair Debt Collection. I will not respond until they use one of the many other formats to contact me. If you have ever had your identity stolen you would understand why! Bill Collector: I am calling for John Huntsman, if you say yes this is and you happen to not be the same John Huntsman your hell just began. Attorneys always negotiate the deals on settling debts and there are many pseudo attorneys and those who just by debts from other companies. They buy them for pennies on the dollar and then go for the original amount and much more!
Third District Court in Utah even has a law firm which requested a full one page list (post judgement) requesting everything about property (allowed) as well as the many other phone numbers you can be reached at, your spouse information, other work places,other creditor accounts, other judgements,previous bankruptcies,do you have any other delinquent accounts etc! Johnson Riddle and Mark Sandy Utah


Submitted by on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 11:04

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Legitimate firms shouldn't have a problem giving you their company name and mailing address so you can send them a letter telling them to quit calling you because they have the WRONG phone number. I have been getting phone calls for some person I don't even know from them for a month now. I have had this phone number for well over a year. I answered the phone call once, and the automated system told me to press 2 if I wasn't the person they named. I did so, and their agent came on and I told him "wrong number". He said they would take my number "out of the system and notate the file". Well weeks later, they are still calling everyday, even weekends sometimes, at varying hours. Yesterday I answered again, to hear the same automated message, except no option 2 this time. This time it just said to hang up if I wasn't the person they were asking for. Very sneaky. They called again today, but give you no option to actually talk to someone if you are not the person. The just tell you to "hang up if you are not... (robot voicy)... whatshername." Very annoyed, I looked up on-line to see if I have any recourse if I am getting calls for someone else and want them to stop. I found that all I could do legally was write them a letter telling them to stop, and then if they still call I can have recourse against them. So, I called their number as it showed up on caller ID 8888320243, in order to get their company name and mailing address so that I can send them such a letter. When the receptionist answered I told her that I am receiving repeated calls for someone else, that I already told them once that this was the case, and that I wanted their name and address so I can send them a letter requesting they stop, so if they don't I can take action. She took my phone number, and then informed me that they had no notation on the file, have only been calling my number for 2-3 weeks (its been longer), and have no option two so I must be meaning to get a hold of some other company. When I informed her I called the exact number off of caller ID, so they had to be the right company, and asked again for their company name and mailing address, she told me that a notation had been made and it takes 24 hours to process. I told her that it was all well and good a notation had been made, but that was what the other guy said, but the phone calls hadn't stopped, and therefore I wanted her company's name and mailing address. She just repeated that a notation had been made and it would take 24 hours to process. I repeated that I still wanted their name and address, and she got incredibly snotty and just said "obviously you can't listen", and then hung up. Does this sound a like a company with good business practice to you? I understand that there are flakes in the world who don't pay, and people do have the right to try to collect what is owed, but do innocent people have to suffer for it? I have no bill I have not paid, do I get punished because someone else hasn't paid theirs? Is that any reason to treat me poorly, and not give me the information I would need to make sure you as a company are doing your job within the rules of the game? Why should I have to take time to write a letter at all? Has your company become so jaded working with the not-so-great in society, that now you just treat everyone poorly? What a sad state of affairs in that case. Just doesn't seem like a good business anyway you look at it.


Submitted by on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 15:49

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Remember if they cannot reach you they cannot serve you and attempt a judgement or lien!



Umm......... Yes, they can. Look up 'service by publication' in your state's Rules of Civil Procedure. While you're at it, you might want to research the rest of your post. Definitely do that before you try to rely on it.


Submitted by unclewulf on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 17:38

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If they are threatening you, get all info. you can from them, turn it in to the District Attorneys office, file a complaint. They will contact Bennett personally, possible fines for that company. Contact courthouse and report them.


Submitted by on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:22

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I have also received inumerable calls from this agency. I asked for a copy of this debt (bill, judgement, court order, restitution, etc) be mailed to me and told 'we don't have to'.
I have suspicions that 'they' scour official records and glean names and circumstances to claim there is a debt owed when it seems there is not. Which would explain why Bennett-Deloney is so uncooperative about mailing written copies.
Glad I came across this site - never made the connection that if B-D are not willing to validate their claim to me, I can request they stop calling.


Submitted by on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 10:07

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Per "comment 02-17-10. If they are contacting you for a debt & you request info over the phone verbally they do not have to provide it to you. The FDCPA (law) you have 30 days to request that info in writing. They have to have your request w/you signature. If they are representing them selves as a law firm not collection agency they are given files by their retained by.


Submitted by on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 14:16

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[QUOTE=Anonymous;659284]If they are contacting you & their records indicate that you have a valid debt w/o u disputing it or requesting info in writing. Again per federal law they can call you with or without your request to stop calling.[/QUOTE]
No, they can't call you if you send them a cease and desist contact with you.


Submitted by Shazzers on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 14:19

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They are a bunch of vultures! I settled a debt with them and they took over $2500 out of my bank account. Do not trust their "verbal agreements" and do not give them your bank info. I learned the hard way and now I'm trying to figure out to take legal action against "Bennett and Deloney."


Submitted by on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 17:09

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:evil:The tactics used by this company are very intrusive and disturbing. They harass whatever number they have and do not identify themselves in any way. I have no idea who Leopold Slaznak (somewhat unintelligible voicemail msg) is and the whole thing seems like a scam. But you can't ignore them because they keep harassing your cell phone number. Very creepy and it just pisses me off.


Submitted by on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 17:40

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i was recently call by bennett law firm by someone name lynn who treat to sue me if i didn't make payment on my file but when i asked in what form i could make payment money order,check she said only by debit card over the phone so i asked if they could mail me something in the mail with there address and stating the sum amount and the payment arragement she refused to them i call back asking for a address where i could mail in payment or look up info about them on the web she was very rut and stated no she could not give me that information and it only have the option of payment over the phone ( for being a law firm there employees are not very professional ) if any one has any information about this company please email back thanks


Submitted by on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 09:28

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Originally Posted by anonymous
my boyfriend works for the company and they are a registered, legitimate law firm--look at the list of the utah bar association. And they sue people at client request--which could be at any time!


shut up u dumb bitch!


Submitted by on Fri, 09/17/2010 - 17:39

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I currently am being harassed by this Law firm. If you are infact "legitimate" why then am I getting threatened, being told I need to immediate respond to a letter that wasn't sent to me, until 3 weeks later from ALABAMA, for a law office supposably in South Jordan, Utah, but with a return mail address to Midvale? 3 different mail to/from addresses really makes me think SCAM. Also- The debt I'm being harassed for was paid, was never sent to collections, and was taken care of over a year and a half ago. This office has done nothing to "help" me, but instead gets upity when I complain about their phone systems hanging up on me constantly, and the fact that they CAN NOT tell me what this is for (I've had to piece it together from several different conversations with reps there.) If you're legitimate you'd have my HIPAA protected information, and you could tell me who my original debtor was in less than 90 days. Legitmate....I think not.


Submitted by on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 09:24

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We all know Bennett and Baloney are the biggest scam artists around. Why else would they of been sued in other states? They are not at all respected in the law community. Fight back and get a well respected law firm with honest attorneys to help you stand up against these shmucks.


Submitted by on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:51

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Your boyfriend..tell him to start looking for work where people have honest intentions and are honest and well respected. I would rather work for seven eleven than for Bennett and Baloney.


Submitted by on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:54

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Only out to help people? Right, that's why they call me 10 times a day. ALL collections agencies are scammer companies run by crooks. Only orginal debtors should be able to collect past debts. This practice of selling old debts to third, 4th, 5th, parties and beyond is a joke and just another financial scam (all this country knows how to do).

If you pay these crooks, not only does none of the money go towards the orginal debter, they don't even credit you at all and continue to try to leach money out of you forever (since they know you paid once). They lie about the amounts, and also go after people who never owed in the first place. All these companies are staffed by lowlifes and the people who run them should be in jail (or back in jail). I don't care if they have to bs law degree are not. All that does is give them a phoney license to steal.
This country has nothing but a scammer economy. Poeple need to stand up to these scumbag crooks - no better than the corporate crook scammers everywhere.
I would never answer to these bs artists.


Submitted by on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 12:38

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I am 19, live with my parents, and I don't even own a credit card. Yet I get a phone call from these idiots almost everyday. There is absolutely no outstanding payments of any kind on my part, therefore, they have no reason to be calling me. Until now I have ignored their phone calls, but it is just becoming crazy. Next time they call, I will hear what bull they have to say, and then give them a piece of my mind. My question is, why haven't they been shut down by federal authorities if this shenanigans has gone on for such a long period of time?


Submitted by on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 19:25

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Quote:

I am 19, live with my parents, and I don't even own a credit card. Yet I get a phone call from these idiots almost everyday. There is absolutely no outstanding payments of any kind on my part, therefore, they have no reason to be calling me. Until now I have ignored their phone calls, but it is just becoming crazy. Next time they call, I will hear what bull they have to say, and then give them a piece of my mind. My question is, why haven't they been shut down by federal authorities if this shenanigans has gone on for such a long period of time?

Instead, why don't you get all their information, then file a complaint against them with the FTC, the link is in my signature. The more complaints received against them, the better the chances of an investigation.


Submitted by Shazzers on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 19:46

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My daughter was with a friend who shoplifted at walmart. She received a non conviction. Now they are harrassing me for money as her parent.They are rude will not give information to me regarding the law regarding why they can get money from me. I fee they are not legitimate.Do I need to get a Lawyer?


Submitted by on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 10:01

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They are a nuisance trying to exploit people. Bennett is heartless. They will take all that they can. Walmart & Bennett were made for each other. Ruthless to the small person or business.


Submitted by on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 08:02

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Bennett definately collects debts. I am trying to pay a collection with Universal Accounting that was placed on my credit bureau in 5/05. The name listed on the bureau was "E Partner NE". I googled this found the number and called them. They informed me that the debt had been sent to the atty for collection. They referred me to the Bennett Law Firm in Midvale Utah. I spoke with Vicky and she stated she had my debt collection on file. She had my name and address on file and made a settlement on the debt with me. If you need more information contact me at kathyaustin70 at gmail dot com. I hope this helps you and please let me know if you find out more info about this firm. I would like to know they are legit before I pay the debt.


Submitted by on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 11:56

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Your response sounds extremely illiterate. It is basically one ridiculous and long run on paragraph. Maybe you should spend the time that you spent defending these parasites in a college class instead.


Submitted by on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 21:05

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I work with families through a school system. This family lived in Wisconsin and had a violation with the police department- which involved Walmart. She paid the violation in Wisconsin and then received a letter from this "legitimate law firm" if you can call it that asking for $200.00

She asked me to call and clarify who to send the $ 200.00 to. I called them- they were extremely rude and of course said she had to call- which I understood. I asked for the name of the agency- he hesitated but gave it to me - I then asked for his name and his position - he hesitated again but gave it to me. I said a real legal assistant would never talk to anyone like that!
I then called the Attorney General's Office for the State of Wisconsin and they told me they have 3 complaints for this Collection Agency and want copies of the letters sent to my client. I am now going to call the Utah Attorney General's Office and make another complaint.
These people are creeps and Do Not Send Them A Dime!
The AG's office said they pick on people who have done Pay Day Loans alot. Nice Huh. To those of you who have blogged that you work there- Yuck!
Glad I found Out - Now I can tell everyone I know.
Sue


Submitted by on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 08:49

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Hey started searching for info about Bennett Law and just ignore all the idiots who keep posting "oh I work for them and I'm a really nice person and they are real" or "oh my grandma works for them and she just wants to help and by the way they are real"
They arn't real. Period. They are just trying to scam your credit card numbers and get checks sent to them whenever they can. They are NOT real, I repeat NOT REAL. The reason they arn't shut down is because of a lot of off shore nonsense, but they're just full of shit to be honest. Just ignore them, block their number or trash their letters, they are really honestly full of shit. It's ridiculous.


Submitted by on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 15:24

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I worked at Bennett and DeLoney as a collector about 10 or 11 years ago. The Firm (at that time) was headed by 2 attorneys who employed two paralegals and a number of collectors. They are basically a collection agency with some teeth. It actually wasn't a bad work environment other than the people we spoke to about their debts/possible legal action.
All the work they did at that time was completely legitimate. I have no reason to believe anything has changed. Bounced checks and settlement of civil shoplifting suits was their business model at the time. They can definitely proceed with legal action if you don't take them seriously.
The people we spoke to about their debts came from all walks of life. Some were dirtbags, and others were upstanding citizens who made honest mistakes and were happy to correct them. I'll give this advice: We were always more willing to make a discount deal with the non-dirtbags. The sad part is that they are 100% within the law to contact the debtors they have on file, and it isn't harassment to call. The things they are limited on are calling hours (time of day), and certain language on the phone (I don't even remember what anymore) can get them in trouble, but they do study the laws and try honestly to stay within these bounds.
Good luck!


Submitted by on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 10:28

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