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Stealing
from people of faith
 Click-click-clicking
through the channels...hmmm, what’s on TV tonight? Look at this,
B.E.T. is running a show about God with Pastor Robert Tilton. He is a
fairly convincing speaker like many of his televangelist cohorts, but
what’s his message? You may think it is the same message as the
majority of these charismatic "shepherds" however, this
guy caught my attention when he said to call for his free booklet
titled, "How to Pay Your Bills Supernaturally."
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Follow-up
to Jenni
the Bill Collector
 I
received many responses to the last article, Jenni the Bill
Collector. As you may guess, the negative remarks about the
article came from bill collectors and the positive article comments
from people harassed by bill collectors (the majority). But one
response stood out so much that I had to share this with everyone.
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Jenni
the Bill Collector
 "I
am a bill collector. What a lot of people forget is that what we do
is our job. We do not come to your office and cuss you out because
you wanted an 8:00 meeting. Under the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act) we are legally allowed to call from 8:00 am until
9:00 pm your local time."
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Collection
Company After a 23-Year Old Debt
I received a letter telling me
that I owed a debt of $535.73, but, "if I paid $214.00
immediately," they would cancel the debt. I cannot recall owing
this debt. It was made, according to the company (I called this AM)
in 1980, under my husband's name. I have checked through as many old
papers as I have and can't find this debt.  When
I pay a card off, I always cut it up. I have no cards now, and pay
everything by check. Can they collect on a debt this old?
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Bad Customer Service
July 14th, 2002 I got a call
yesterday at 8:AM.
I don't like getting calls at 8:AM at
work or at home. Obviously, there's nothing I can do about the work
calls but the home calls, I'd like to think that this is an open
invitation to be rude...
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 Payback
Time
I just finished reading the letter from "Tina", who was
upset that she was being "harassed" by a collection
agency. Could you address the other angle of this? I'm 32 and I
guess I have a big chip on my shoulder about people who run up debts
and are then outraged that they would have to pay it back.
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Harassing Collection Calls
 Dear
Dollar Stretcher,
My husband and I have one credit card debt to the tune of about
$3,500. I cancelled the account so we can't charge any more. We have
been making payments of $100 every month, which is well below the
minimum payments that the credit card company requests. They call
nearly every day, most often more than once...Is there any way we can stop the
phone calls? Are we breaking the law by not paying the entire
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 Debt Collection
Dear Dollar Stretcher,
I had an outstanding judgment against me for $1,000 to pay off an
apartment lease that was broken when my ex-husband and I divorced.
The total amount owed prior to the judgment was $1,700. The
third-party collector who's been calling me insists that I pay that
amount. The court said I owe $1,000 which has been paid in full.
What can I tell the collector to make him go away? |
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