Having trouble with debt collectors?

[Q3JR4]

Might want to read http://www.dallasobserver.com/2010-01-21/news/better-off-deadbeat-craig-cunningham-has-a-simple-solution-for-getting-bill-collectors-off-his-back-he-sues-them/1">this.

Q3JR4.
FDCPA ninja.

[rox63]

1. Very interesting...

K&R

[Q3JR4]

4. I agree.

Anything to stir up some sh*t.

Q3JR4
Because he can.

[Christa]

2. K & Rec'd. nt

[tridim]

3. My pet debt collectors don't know my phone number now.

I got sick of them telling me I was a bad person because I lost my job.

[Matariki]

5. Interesting article - but...

I wonder why the author felt the need to describe the state of the guy's house and his 'dumpy' couch?

I kept waiting for some connection to that and the story.

[Joe the Liberal]

6. Very interesting, bookmarking that page. n/t

[tonysam]

7. Texas has LOTS of protections for debtors.

ALL states should follow Texas' lead in this regard.

Probably the worst debt collector of all is Patenaude & Felix, which is a debt collection outfit/law firm and will actually file real lawsuits against you in regular court in order to collect an old debt. I went through this with them, and I hired an attorney to write an answer for them. Eventually, the firm backed off, but very recently I started getting a couple of calls from them. The statute of limitations of four years in Nevada for debt collection had already run out, so I didn't bother to answer their phone calls.

[Q3JR4]

10. That's what I've heard,

which is interesting since Texas is as red as they come.

Q3JR4.

[Cirque du So-What]

12. I wonder if these consumer protections were written into law in Texas

in order to protect the oil barons who lost their shirts during the bust? I can't believe such protections were provided merely out of the goodness of the lawmakers' hearts.

[The River]

8. This Made Me Look

at a recent surgical bill that is now in the hands
of a collector. They have added $300 (21.5% of original bill)
to what I actually owe the hospital? WTF?
I might check and see if I have a case.
Like the guy in the article said, I got nothing else to do.

[dajoki]

9. K&R

[Edweird]

11. I have caller ID... no problem.

[Mithreal]

13. Excellent, thank you

[DKRC]

14. You can look up the number on your caller ID

with http://whocalled.us">Who Called Us. Put the phone number in the box & click on Lookup. It's free, & updated as people report who they were contacted by using that number.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. That is a WONDERFUL link. I might make it a summer project for a relative