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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 04:31 PM Original message |
U.S. debt collectors seek cellphone, e-mail access |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ratcheting up a persons cellphone bill by using up their minutes |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They don't care. They are vicious. |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like they can't pay you |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Spam filters and caller ID |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. I met a debt collector who told me training included "getting the baby's milk money." |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have them call my phone looking for another person |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm told that whistles are good |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I've done that a few times |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. In the last couple of months we have had three different bill collectors |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Nutmeg..... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's another technique to use... keep them on the line as long as possible |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. You just made my whole year! Going to have a talk with a lawyer friend of mine. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I got a new number and for two months kept getting automated recorded phone |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Alas, I didn't order caller ID. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. THEY don't know that you don't have Caller ID. Threats are their stock in trade. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I have the same issue. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. To Debt Collector Lobbyists Congress must say: You bought bad paper, get over it. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Oh, Boo-F*ucking-Hoo |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've had credit card companies call my cell phone numberous times. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. I only told the debt collector not to call me or I would snap his spine |
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MiddleRiverRefugee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Give them an "opt-out" of their own... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Most third party debt collectors are scum. Some are decent, but very few are. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ha! There's an extra FISA shoe I've been waiting to drop, how much you care to bet... |
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