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upstatecajun (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:27 PM Original message |
'Am I Going to Have to Kill You?': The Horrific Ways Abusive Debt Collectors Threaten Their Victims |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. If one of those assholes said anything like that to me |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Could he pay the bills with the reward from his lawsuit? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Evidently it was his son's debt. |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. But since it wasn't actually "his" debt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Even if the debt was his he can still go after them. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. good god |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I am in the same boat as you are, and all I can say is, |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is appalling, hard to believe. - nt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not hard to believe at all. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Just out of curiosity, when these jerks call, do they hide their identity? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Usually. They will even spoof the number they're calling from. |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yep, that's what they did to me. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I don't even talk to them. As soon as they say who they are, I hang up. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I had one call me about six years ago, and it was for a debt that was |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wow, and I thought I knew how assholish they could be!! |
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AzNick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Funny yhing happened to me and Ugly Duckling |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. sorry you went thru that. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here's the trick..you NEVER talk to them or even pick up the phone |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. +1000 why not just hang up the phone? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Oh come on....that doesn't make nearly as good of a victim story. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have a debt collector hounding me for a debt I don't owe. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. If you wait long enough, they'll probably pay you to settle |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. My ex-husband and I had many run-ins with bill collectors. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. All I can say to that is |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. From reading the article, it appears these companies are willing |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. We were harrassed a couple of years ago, and it wasn't even our debt! |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Same here. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. Dead men pay no bills n/t |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. Who puts up with that shit? |
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