What to do?
Date: Tue, 02/10/2009 - 11:43
I received a letter from a law office regarding an unpaid account from Kansas Gas Service. It said that I had 30 days from receipt of the letter to dispute the debt. I did dispute it because I thought I had paid it (I received their letter on 12/27/08 and they received my certified letter on 1/26/09).
Instead of providing me with verification of the debt, they filed suit and I received a summons for court. When I spoke to the person the letter said to contact at the law firm, I explained that I had sent them the letter to dispute it and she said they never received it. I told her that it had been sent certified and that it had been signed for by their firm. She said they must have never gotten it and I told her that it was sent to her attention. She balked at that and then told me that I needed to talk to another gentleman that was handling the account so she transferred me to him. I explained that I was disputing the debt and that they had already filed suit without verifying the debt. He was totally clueless as to what I was saying. He put me on hold and ANOTHER guy got on the phone. To make a long story short, he acted like I was nuts for disputing it and said that if they had to do the leg work to verify it they wouldn't be able to work out any payment plan’. He was quite the jerk about it.
I am not sure what to do at this point. Should I file the answer and if so how or what do I do. I did do some research and I may have not paid the final billing as it was for a rental house that we owned. But I am confused as to how they would file the suit knowing that I disputed it.
Instead of providing me with verification of the debt, they filed suit and I received a summons for court. When I spoke to the person the letter said to contact at the law firm, I explained that I had sent them the letter to dispute it and she said they never received it. I told her that it had been sent certified and that it had been signed for by their firm. She said they must have never gotten it and I told her that it was sent to her attention. She balked at that and then told me that I needed to talk to another gentleman that was handling the account so she transferred me to him. I explained that I was disputing the debt and that they had already filed suit without verifying the debt. He was totally clueless as to what I was saying. He put me on hold and ANOTHER guy got on the phone. To make a long story short, he acted like I was nuts for disputing it and said that if they had to do the leg work to verify it they wouldn't be able to work out any payment plan’. He was quite the jerk about it.
I am not sure what to do at this point. Should I file the answer and if so how or what do I do. I did do some research and I may have not paid the final billing as it was for a rental house that we owned. But I am confused as to how they would file the suit knowing that I disputed it.
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because they probably expect you to not file an answer,or show up.then they get the default judgement.i would file the answer that you sent a DV letter CMRRR.it was received.show your copy of the letter along with the signed receipt.file that answer then see what this bottomfeeder does next.keep up with it through your court clerk.not the bottomfeeder CA.
