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In order to get them to stop calling you at work you have to tell them that they may only contact you at home. However, if you duck their calls at home I can guarantee you that they will call at work. I get tons of these calls every day at my office for people that have not worked for the company for over 5 years. They still call after we tell them not to and they accuse me of being the person they are looking for. So if you think that simply telling them they cannot call your office is going to work - you are living a pipe dream. I don't care what the law states and neither do these collectors.
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05-16-2008 09:02 AM
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There is another Janice at the hospital....
And she is avoiding an old landlord in Michigan......
So when I answer the phone and state Janice LVN, I get his lecture on paying rent. I told him he had the wrong Janice... that I have never lived in Michigan. He acused me of being liar. I got the charge nurse.
She spoke with him, and he called 5 more times in the next 10 minutes.
The other Janice told us to deal with it..... she did not want to talk to him.
So, the Hospital Director was called to handle it.
She called him, told him there were Janice's on staff: we both work nights. One in NICU (me) the other in Well baby (her).
But that his constant calls were interrupting our patient care. He could no longer call the hospital for collection purposes.
He said that he had no other way to contact her, and that the hospital was the only number she gave him.
The director told him to file suit, but that she was leaving on the 14th. But that Txas does not allow debt collectors to garnish wages. The other Janice worked 3 months, put in her resignation and told everyone she is moving to Tennessee. She is buying a million dollar property. 
If she did not pay her rent in michgian, and moves constantly... how can she get approved for such a mortgage!
But he did aplogize to me after the director talked to him.
He was told he would face debt collection violations if he called the hospital again.
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Now that was good!
lmao!
Originally Posted by
atprm
on the same topic but a little off...
today I got a phone call from a debt collector who was a self described attorney...he asked for me, I told him that he had me then he said "I am the new owner of your capital one account..."
before he could get any further I said "have you seen the unemployment rates for the state of Michigan lately? I am one of the ones that are unemployed! I can not pay this bill, and I realize it will go on my credit rating, which is fine with me, this way it will stop anyone from trying to steal my identity! (No one wants to steal your identity when you have bad credit) and since I am not in a rush to get credit of any kind, it can sit there for 7 years like the rest of the bills that I can't afford...please do me a favor, if you are in Michigan...sign the Granholm recall bill so we can get someone into office that can attract business back to the state of Michigan and I can get employment so that I can finally pay off my back bills."
He sat there a few seconds, and I said "hello?? Are you still there??"
He says (
) "is that all you have to say?"
I replied "for the moment, but if you give me a few more minutes I am sure I can think of something else"
HE HUNG UP THE PHONE.
Debbie
When the world knocks you to your knees, your in the perfect position to pray.
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I know that debt collector's don't care if they violate the laws but I actually have one collector that gives me advice on how to deal with the one's that break the law. File a complaint with your state attorney general's office. They will investigate your claim and could potentially have the debt null and voided. After he told me this I checked Pa.'s website and found this is true for Pa. I'm just waiting for this one collector I have to mess up.
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Originally Posted by
sunflowers
I got a call the other day trying to get me to give them info on the neighbor,
How did they know I lived next to this person, and how did they get my #?
I played dumb and said I didnt know who they were talking about.
That is a bit scarey if you ask me...How would they know you lived next door...
I had an insurance guy come to my door on day offering us $$$ to rat out the neighbor who had a workers comp case going on...they were trying to catch the person..we refused the husband was a cop..and we wanted no trouble..
Let my haters be my motivators!
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Send a letter (registered/certified/Signature Request) to the collection agency/angencies. Advise them that they are NOT allowed to call specific places/phone numbes and to contact you via US Mail ONLY.
They HAVE to stop calling or they can be reported.
My hubby got a collection letter the other day and so I called them to find out what it was for. Talk about some witches. They finally told me what the bill was for and I told them that my husband (he was standing right next to me) had never had an account with the business in question. The lady got ugly with me and wanted to talk to him. I told her straight up that I was the one that took care of all the financial issues. She asks me, "doesn't he have the right to talk to me?" and I told her, "Yeah, he does, but he doesn't WANT to talk to you." The bill was over 7 years old and I don't remember seeing it on his credit report in the past 4 yrs, so they can eat it. I told them straight up, he doesn't owe the money, it is over 7 yrs old so good luck collecting from anyone and don't bother us again.
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