Faith Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 I recently had a negative deleted from TU. Now, I also noticed on that same report that they made an inquiry to TU. Can they do this? Do I have the right to write them and say the inquiry was unauthorized and to remove it? You know what I am thinking, that if they pull the report again in a few months and see their negative unpaid collection has been deleted, they will put it back on. How do I prevent this or give them the appropriate threat/response. What exactly is the law regarding them putting a negative back on my report. The reason I did not pay them is that it is an old phone bill from Cellular One. It got bought out by Cingular and now they are asking me for double the original bill, citing "fees" and "interest charges." I told them over the phone to pound sand and to send me an original bill or contract. They have not done so and I got it deleted from TU. Because it has already been deleted, I hesitate to send them a debt validation letter. The only reason I would do so now is to cover my a** in case they try to put the debt back on. If they put it back on, does someone have to alert me within 5 days? I am cloudy on the exact sequence of events here and how to cover myself. [Edit by Faith on Monday, May 19, 2003 @ 07:05 AM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edubb007 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Faith...I am very interested in this too. I don't have any idea but I want to know what you come up w/. I just found out I have two deltions on TU this past dispute and they are waiting to hear from 2 more by Friday closing or they'll remove them. So I want to know if this occurs with you it can happen to anybody. I think the law should protect us from reinsertion. They had thier time and missed out! Oh Well... I'll read the FDCPA an let you know if it covers it. Where's the admin when you need her! Kb? Adsoft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 They must notify you within five business days of reinsertion. If not and you call them on it then you are entitled to permanent deletion of that tradeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paw67 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Yes, the CRA's must notify you within 5 days if an account is reinserted. If they do not, they must removed it permanently. Make sure that you have a copy of your report to prove that it was removed. paw67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edubb007 Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 They CAN reinsert though w/ 5 days notice. What's the point to the 30day time limit? If they blow that off they get to call you and give you 5 days then reinsert it! That seems wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb9tbq Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Collection Agencies do have permissible purpose to pull your credit report. Since this is in regards to a debt owed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith Posted May 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 OK, so then, if it is removed by the CRA, and the collection agency is watching me, and they decide to re-insert it, and I do get notification from the CRA within the 5 days, then what do I do? On what basis can I dispute it or have it removed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 Make sure you have documentation and notify them that they are in violation of the FCRA. You can threaten to sue for the violation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith Posted May 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Meanwhile, I just got a call from this collection agency saying to call them if I want to resolve this "voluntarily." Here is the thing...this was originally a $500 Cellular One bill from 1998. Here it is 5 years later and now the CA is telling me it is up to almost $1000. I told them to send me something in writing like an original contract, blah, blah, blah...they never did. I disputed it with TU and they deleted it. Should I send a debt validation letter to this creditor? Looks like they did not properly validate to TU, or else it wouldn't have been deleted, right? The SOL is up next year this time. What should I do now? I mean, could they still try to sue me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 you don't have to pay fees unless you signed a contract saying that you would, so yes, you need to see that to find out if the fees are valid.why did they delete in the first place? was it due to a dispute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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