vanlassie
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Wed Oct-14-09 11:32 AM
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| 9. Good thinking. I always tend towards the osterich approach......:-/ |
| -How to handle nuisance collection calls. |
JDPriestly |
Oct-14-09 11:23 AM |
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I have one calling me now that says I owe an old ATT bill. |
beyurslf |
Oct-14-09 11:25 AM |
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you may want to check your credit history and see if you do have a debt with att |
WI_DEM |
Oct-14-09 11:29 AM |
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or they may have put something on your credit history that shouldn't be there. |
ejpoeta |
Oct-14-09 11:32 AM |
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There is nothing on it. I have checked. I just bought a house this summer |
beyurslf |
Oct-14-09 04:36 PM |
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maybe you should alert the state attorney general or something. not sure who one would |
ejpoeta |
Oct-14-09 07:22 PM |
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The number never shows up. Just 0's. I don't worry about it. |
beyurslf |
Oct-14-09 10:57 PM |
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Yes. State attorney general. |
Ms. Toad |
Oct-15-09 10:19 PM |
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Hmmm...I just got a weird ATT collections bill too... |
vanlassie |
Oct-14-09 11:30 AM |
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As I responded to another post, our calls started shortly after we switched to AT&T. |
JDPriestly |
Oct-15-09 09:02 PM |
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don't laugh. tell them to VALIDATE. also check your credit report |
ejpoeta |
Oct-14-09 11:30 AM |
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Good thinking. I always tend towards the osterich approach......:-/ |
vanlassie |
Oct-14-09 11:32 AM |
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I posted this because there are a lot of desperate people out there on both sides of |
JDPriestly |
Oct-14-09 11:32 AM |
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Coincidentally, our calls started when we switched our phones to AT&T. |
JDPriestly |
Oct-15-09 09:01 PM |
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when they call, it is a good idea to record the conversation. also to keep track of |
ejpoeta |
Oct-14-09 11:29 AM |
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Also, keep asking for a supervisor |
Ms. Toad |
Oct-15-09 10:23 PM |
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I received a call like this one time when I was home sick. |
PADemD |
Oct-14-09 11:30 AM |
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that's a common practice. |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-14-09 11:22 PM |
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Tape-recording laws, at a glance: |
Robb |
Oct-14-09 11:36 AM |
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Yes, but telling them insures they will be on their best behavior and not venture outside the law |
laughingliberal |
Oct-14-09 11:40 AM |
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We've had a collections agency calling us recently... |
brendan120678 |
Oct-14-09 11:37 AM |
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My phone is listed as "A. 'Ziggy'" |
csziggy |
Oct-14-09 11:14 PM |
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Even if you are the person for whom they are calling the idea of telling them you are taping... |
laughingliberal |
Oct-14-09 11:38 AM |
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This happened to my mom recently, a collection agency was calling about a $25K debt |
dugaresa |
Oct-14-09 11:41 AM |
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People will accept any job they can get. |
JDPriestly |
Oct-14-09 11:45 AM |
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It's utterly vile that there are companies out there trying to collect the debts of dead people. |
Berry Cool |
Oct-14-09 02:07 PM |
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what is more vile is my late father didn't have any debts |
dugaresa |
Oct-14-09 03:22 PM |
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those people make me sick. people don't seem to know that they don't have to pay |
ejpoeta |
Oct-15-09 08:33 PM |
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There is a much easier way to deal with those calls. |
Leftist Agitator |
Oct-14-09 12:13 PM |
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In the New and Improved Business Friendly Amerika 2.0, prosecution for illegal |
Greyhound |
Oct-14-09 12:18 PM |
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Take It From A Guy Who Does Collections |
ChoppinBroccoli |
Oct-14-09 12:30 PM |
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If you don't have a lot to do that day.... |
JoeyT |
Oct-14-09 12:54 PM |
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When my son was younger, I used to put him on the phone. |
kcass1954 |
Oct-14-09 11:17 PM |
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If you don't have a recorder, use your computer microphone. That's what I use and I use it for more |
Better Today |
Oct-14-09 01:15 PM |
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Got a phone call like that just the other day |
LibertyLover |
Oct-14-09 02:04 PM |
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Are you on AT&T phones? |
JDPriestly |
Oct-15-09 09:03 PM |
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This happened to us one time. |
distantearlywarning |
Oct-14-09 03:40 PM |
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why not just ANSWER THE PHONE in the first place...? |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-14-09 11:04 PM |
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We knew we did not owe money. We have been harassed before |
JDPriestly |
Oct-15-09 09:04 PM |
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that's why phones have the ability to hang up. |
dysfunctional press |
Oct-15-09 09:53 PM |
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That's one thing I won't miss about my landline. |
ecstatic |
Oct-14-09 11:22 PM |
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eakspei igpei atinlei |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-15-09 09:04 PM |
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We changed our phone # one time and got calls for the people who had the # before us |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-15-09 09:14 PM |
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I ask the nasty ones the most sexually explicit questions I can think of. |
cliffordu |
Oct-15-09 10:28 PM |
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