How to try to settle a collection before court.
Date: Tue, 05/04/2010 - 13:43
I have a debt that was sold to a collection agency, and I found this out because I received a summons from an attorney in Jan. 2010 for it. I responded to complaint, and informed the attorney and the clerk of court that I no longer live in the county they tried to serve it to me to begin with and that I couldn't go to court that far away.
I sent a validation letter to the attorney in January 2010, and the last thing i got was a change of venue court date for this week.
Some people tell me to get a lawyer but I cant afford one. so i doing this on my own, and some people say just let it go.
What should I do? should I contact the collection agency ? the attorney representing them? the original creditor wont speak or give me the time of day.
I want to avoid a judgement but cant afford the whole amount. I want to get past this.
thanks.
I sent a validation letter to the attorney in January 2010, and the last thing i got was a change of venue court date for this week.
Some people tell me to get a lawyer but I cant afford one. so i doing this on my own, and some people say just let it go.
What should I do? should I contact the collection agency ? the attorney representing them? the original creditor wont speak or give me the time of day.
I want to avoid a judgement but cant afford the whole amount. I want to get past this.
thanks.
yes you can call up the attorney and the ca and try to work out
yes you can call up the attorney and the ca and try to work out an out of court settlement with them or pay the debt off in full.