CBE Group collection agency - How do consumers perceive this company?

Add this phone number to the list of harrassing calls received from CBE Group - 202-870-5976

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Originally Posted by SOAPLADY Do not make assumptions. At the agency I worked at, every time an account came up, so did all the state laws. We were also tested on our knowledge monthly. This forum deals with the bad agencies....there are a hell of a lot of good agencies out there doing there jobs without breaking the laws. Low job skills and employability?? Again,the company I worked at required some college and preferred a degree. We had many people with advanced degrees. I myself was a lawyer in Canada prior to my move to the US. We had people from all walks of life and all fields. We would interview 10 people for every position available. Why you ask?? We made damn good money, worked hard and we had fun. Over 60% of my agency made incomes in the 6 figures. We did this without breaking the law and knowing our skills. What the former collector of CBE made a lot of sense. We had a lot of people who called in who thought the knew the law....usually they didnt. We would have to deal with offensive and abusive debtors everyday....it was part of the job.

Fine and dandy that you followed the law to a T... You should since you have a background as an atty in Canada. You are the exception rather than the rule. You only have to have experience in collections. Believe me, most debt collectors do not have advanced degrees. All debt collectors NEED to follow the law to a T whether they have a degree or not.

these eefers r sly they call me from a computer phone at the exact minute of the day 925 am mst and 847pm mst then im put on hold for 5 to 10 mins. on my cell phone mins so i have resorted to giving them a very special beavis and butthead ring tone now i laugh and play all day with my 2 favorite buddies. at the end of the day i come home turn on the computer take a shower then i go to donotcall.gov and file a complant telling them how they act like kim jon ill or adolf they really did ask me for my social security number, name address ect. thats illigal fraud next im calling the local county attourneys office because im trying to get em a new place to live in the cross bar hotel and one more thang that works a little faster for donotcall.gov you can call em with your key pad at 1-888-382-1222 just b a dictater to them if they get u off guard to them play their game i have great credit and i want to c their complant in writing first before i go to the local countys attourneys office but i wouldnt even say that remember play their game

yeah im catching on your cbe group

I settled a debt w the guys and now they refuse to give me a letter showing that the account has been paid! What can i do to make sure i get this!

Do you have anything in writing to document the settlement agreement?

I did get an agreement ltr stating that if I pd a certain amount it would setl the debt. I paid it and now 30 days ltr being that they told me to wait 30 days then call back for it I get a justin on the pho who claims be a compliance officer sd that they do not issue those kind of ltrs. i want a ltr to snd to the credit agency and to have proof that the acct has been paid! What do I do?

Yes i do the faxed me a settlment ltr aftger we agreed on a dollar amount that thry told me to wait 30 days and to call back to get a ltr of satisfation i called on thursday and i spo ke to justin who claimed to be a compliance officer after i spoke to a rep than a manager justin claimed they do not issue settlement ltrs. I want a ltr to confirm i no longer owe the debt for my records and to forward to credit agencies. What do i do?

Most collections agents aren't "thugs". They're real people, with families and bills themselves. They don't know who you are, and believe it or not most of them don't really care whether or not you pay the bill they are trying to collect. They, just like you, simply don't enjoy being called names and lied to all day long. It is a stressful thing to be involved in having delinquent debts, and it just sucks that it has to happen. Trying to play the "I'm going to sue you" game or the "you are in violation of this or that law" game is most often a waste of time. When you are really frustrated because of something causing you to not pay a debt, and someone calls you to ask you to pay it, naturally it's really easy to just vent all your frustrations on this person. Most often this is what starts the hostility and leads to things like an angry collector doing or saying something mean or harassing.

P.S. - Harassment can be anything you want it to be. It's defined in FDCPA as anything that the consumer feels is harassment. If you don't like what they're doing and think it's harassing, it's harassing and you can tell them that.

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Originally Posted by Anonymous Most collections agents aren't "thugs". They're real people, with families and bills themselves. They don't know who you are, and believe it or not most of them don't really care whether or not you pay the bill they are trying to collect. They, just like you, simply don't enjoy being called names and lied to all day long. It is a stressful thing to be involved in having delinquent debts, and it just sucks that it has to happen. Trying to play the "I'm going to sue you" game or the "you are in violation of this or that law" game is most often a waste of time. When you are really frustrated because of something causing you to not pay a debt, and someone calls you to ask you to pay it, naturally it's really easy to just vent all your frustrations on this person. Most often this is what starts the hostility and leads to things like an angry collector doing or saying something mean or harassing. P.S. - Harassment can be anything you want it to be. It's defined in FDCPA as anything that the consumer feels is harassment. If you don't like what they're doing and think it's harassing, it's harassing and you can tell them that.

whatevs....geez you people come on here and act like threatening people is okay,but when someone comes on here and vents about it then they are the bad guys.any collector that demands payment without docs is a thug.any collector that threatens arrest is a thug.any collector that threatens garnishment is a thug.get the picture.the only collectors that get mentioned here are thugs,and should be treated as such.