Yesterday, USA Today published an article on the absues of debt collectors (who we all know as collection agencies).
USA Today Article.
It’s great this is getting more press, as it is a real problem. Of course, the comments on this article were predictable “hey, just pay your debts” was the most common comment. I’m […]

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A client of mine was sued, and did the proper thing, answered the complaint immediately. Well, now the lawyers for a major Junk Debt Buyer in the Collection Industry whom I’ll just call JDB Collections for this post. I even recognized the law firm representing JBD Collections, who handles most of their cases. […]

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It’s what I’ve told my clients about 1000 times…don’t panic when a collection agency sues you. You can EASILY beat it.
From the blog of a Michigan attorney:
I love defending people against debt buyers because the Plaintiffs case is as strong as a house of cards in a hurricane. Debt buyers buy judgments, credit card […]

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On our discussion boards, this thread caught my eye:
http://www.debt-consolidation-credit-repair-service.com/forums/showthread.php?t=284667
Hello everyone. Just got back from court ordered arbitration. It went surprisingly well. I did have quite a surprise when the attorney for the plaintiff (capital one) entered all my forum entries related to this case off this forum into evidence. Since it is a public forum […]

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Well, OK,I don’t have a judgment. But one of my clients does. I’m giving you the conversation as a bit of enlightenment on judgments.
Client: “I have a judgment for $2000, but it was entered in error. They sued me in Utah and I lived in California.”
Me: “Ok, so when was the […]

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Well, actually, you have to read the fine print. They are up 57% from one year ago. But March’s figures were up 5% from February, so no matter how you slice it, things are getting bad. And I predict they will get worse.
According to a Reuters story today, the 4 top states for […]

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This is from a client who just successfully defended themselves against Palisades. Too bad the entire country doesn’t hold to such standards.
“We objected when the Plaintiff lawyer tried to enter a Statement of Account into evidence, and we spoke of Palisades never Validating debts (showed copies of EVERYTHING) the judge ruled in OUR […]

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Just got this email from a client….this collection agencies lawyers tried everything to get this guy to pay and they had no information or proof on the case - sent him bogus affidavits, etc. They sent him interrogatories, scared him half to death, he was on the phone with me, shaking in his boots. […]

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Just received this email - any suggestions on what to do for this lady?
I am being harassed by a judgment creditor from Canada all day and I am in the US . He will not send me anything by US mail to prove I woe him.
He says he brought a default judgment in 2004 […]

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I hate the credit bureaus. But that isn’t news. Once again, they continue to ruin people’s lives because their system, on which the entire credit economy is based, is totally flawed and full of inaccurate information.
I watched the movie Maxed Out the other day in which one of the speakers said that it’s […]

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