NetworkEngineer 16 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 A Quick update: I finally got a response from the Arbitration folks. They sent a letter (and CC'd me) to the law firm representing the junk debt buyer informing them that a consumer arbitration has been filed and the consumer fees of $200 were paid. They are asking the JDB to pay $2,800 for the case to move forward ! They only have a couple of weeks to do this. I'll post an update when I know more. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fisthardcheese 1,502 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 12:54 AM, NetworkEngineer said: A Quick update: I finally got a response from the Arbitration folks. They sent a letter (and CC'd me) to the law firm representing the junk debt buyer informing them that a consumer arbitration has been filed and the consumer fees of $200 were paid. They are asking the JDB to pay $2,800 for the case to move forward ! They only have a couple of weeks to do this. I'll post an update when I know more. This is a good time to send the attorney a settlement offer of mutual dismissal with prejudice. (you drop your arbitration case and they drop the court case with prejudice). I would state that my offer expires on the same date that AAA said their payment is due. This gives them a better 'out' than to pay the bill they are now facing to continue. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NetworkEngineer 16 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 4 hours ago, fisthardcheese said: This is a good time to send the attorney a settlement offer of mutual dismissal with prejudice. (you drop your arbitration case and they drop the court case with prejudice). I would state that my offer expires on the same date that AAA said their payment is due. This gives them a better 'out' than to pay the bill they are now facing to continue. Thanks for the advice. I have it written and will be mailing tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fisthardcheese 1,502 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 15 hours ago, NetworkEngineer said: Thanks for the advice. I have it written and will be mailing tomorrow. I would send it by email. It's the standard and much easier to have a record of what was said in negotiation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NetworkEngineer 16 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 A quick update: Following Firsthardcheese's advice, I sent the mutual dismissal letter and I was contacted by the JDB's lawyer. We agreed to a mutual dismissal with prejudice and a removal of the trade line from my credit report ! I checked the court website and saw their dismissal was filed on Feb 27th. I agreed to dismiss my arbitration (which I advised AAA to do). So Wow - this is a big relief. I could not have done this without the help of this forum - Thanks everyone ! I'll still be checking in if anyone has any questions or if I can offer any advice. I posted a copy of all of my redacted docs earlier in this thread. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BV80 2,840 Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 16 hours ago, NetworkEngineer said: A quick update: Following Firsthardcheese's advice, I sent the mutual dismissal letter and I was contacted by the JDB's lawyer. We agreed to a mutual dismissal with prejudice and a removal of the trade line from my credit report ! I checked the court website and saw their dismissal was filed on Feb 27th. I agreed to dismiss my arbitration (which I advised AAA to do). So Wow - this is a big relief. I could not have done this without the help of this forum - Thanks everyone ! I'll still be checking in if anyone has any questions or if I can offer any advice. I posted a copy of all of my redacted docs earlier in this thread. Congratulations! 👏👍 Thank you for the update on your success! Yes, please keep checking in to offer advice and encouragement. It would be greatly appreciated. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brotherskeeper 924 Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 16 hours ago, NetworkEngineer said: Following Firsthardcheese's advice, I sent the mutual dismissal letter and I was contacted by the JDB's lawyer. We agreed to a mutual dismissal with prejudice and a removal of the trade line from my credit report ! I checked the court website and saw their dismissal was filed on Feb 27th. I agreed to dismiss my arbitration (which I advised AAA to do). Great outcome! Thank you for posting links to your documents. This will certainly help others from California. 16 hours ago, NetworkEngineer said: Following Firsthardcheese's advice, @fisthardcheese 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fisthardcheese 1,502 Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 9:05 PM, NetworkEngineer said: A quick update: Following Firsthardcheese's advice, I sent the mutual dismissal letter and I was contacted by the JDB's lawyer. We agreed to a mutual dismissal with prejudice and a removal of the trade line from my credit report ! I checked the court website and saw their dismissal was filed on Feb 27th. I agreed to dismiss my arbitration (which I advised AAA to do). So Wow - this is a big relief. I could not have done this without the help of this forum - Thanks everyone ! I'll still be checking in if anyone has any questions or if I can offer any advice. I posted a copy of all of my redacted docs earlier in this thread. Congrats!!! Another textbook Arbitration win!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LoveIsPower 27 Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 6:05 PM, NetworkEngineer said: A quick update: Following Firsthardcheese's advice, I sent the mutual dismissal letter and I was contacted by the JDB's lawyer. We agreed to a mutual dismissal with prejudice and a removal of the trade line from my credit report ! I checked the court website and saw their dismissal was filed on Feb 27th. I agreed to dismiss my arbitration (which I advised AAA to do). So Wow - this is a big relief. I could not have done this without the help of this forum - Thanks everyone ! I'll still be checking in if anyone has any questions or if I can offer any advice. I posted a copy of all of my redacted docs earlier in this thread. Hey @NetworkEngineer! I know this happened some months back, and with this COVID thing I'm now catching up on some emails — I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!! Glad the arbitration route is working in Cali!! 🥳 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stitch7022 1 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Hello, Does anyone know what software I can use to fill in my information on the redacted documents? @NetworkEngineer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ConfusedNewb 2 Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thanks for posting your documents, this should help others immensely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Csimp 2 Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 8/9/2020 at 9:44 AM, stitch7022 said: Hello, Does anyone know what software I can use to fill in my information on the redacted documents? @NetworkEngineer I am following this post as I would like to know too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
everythingiseverything 3 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Thank you for posting this info! I used your documents in CA, and was able to get my case dismissed. If you are reading this, you can use Adobe Acrobat Pro to edit pdfs, please make sure you take out the info that doesn't apply to you. Thank you for your work and assistance! I appreciate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jon_117 0 Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 On 3/30/2021 at 3:28 PM, everythingiseverything said: Thank you for posting this info! I used your documents in CA, and was able to get my case dismissed. If you are reading this, you can use Adobe Acrobat Pro to edit pdfs, please make sure you take out the info that doesn't apply to you. Thank you for your work and assistance! I appreciate. To add to this, I used a program called "Foxit Advanced PDF Editor". It is a free software program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
