Legal question for anyone who knows
 

Is it illegal for a company to send you to collections without making reasonable contact or is it just unethical? . I never got a phone call, any mail or anything.

2checkout.com sent me straight to collections on a debt for a refund made in 2006, The worse thing is I don't even own the website the charge came from, but I use to.:mad:

glad to hear it

I was looking for an answer from someone with brains, you fall short:warning

Why should they have to warn you. Typically if someone did not pay a bill or whatever they should already know they owe someone.

You do however have your rights to dispute such a claim.

i dont see anything wrong with that..

So if you sold a site and someone else illegal accessed your account and made a charge that you got stuck with and knew nothing about, you would be fine with that:helpme

Just so you know, you don't get a negative mark on your credit for being sent to collections. You get the negative mark when you refuse to pay after the 30~ day period.

Not illegal. I had a jackass (from out of State, of course) sending me a collection notice for a telephone provider I never had a contract with. Bogus debt. Lots of companies do that hoping you won't dispute and the debt becomes established, so they can harass you and make you pay, because they threaten to ruin your credit over it. Proper procedure is:

- Dispute, explain in writing, asking them to stop contacting you. USPS-return receipt.

If they keep harassing have your attorney write them a letter, advising them to deal with the law firm from now on, which, in 99.9% of all cases will settle it.

If they are being assholes don't even try to threaten to report them to the State Attorney, they are most likely from out of State and don't give a shit. They might if you complain with the Feds ( FTC at ftc dot gov)

:2 cents:

I don't dispute it, I just don't like being sent directly to collections without common respect of contacting me directly.:disgust

Yep, it's not a way to do business, but it's legal. It's all about cutting costs to a minimum and apparently it saves them enough money to compensate for the customers lost forever.

how much are we talking about?

Alot of truth in that! I sent many emails and finally told them to close the account and Go Fuck Themselves:321GFY/ It should not be legal cuz I sure would sue the Fuck out of them if I had a case.

HI LC you fuck wit

You think I'm Lawrence Connor:disgust You are an ignorant fuck:321GFY

I'm pretty sure he asked people who KNEW to respond, you dont.

This is a business debt, not a personal debt. so fair debt collection practices dont apply because you're not a consumer, you were acting as a business.

You have 30 days to reply and contest the debt and demand proof, i suggest you do. keep everything in writing, dont field phone calls.

i had a company try to collect $1400 on me from a closed merchant acct.
-they contact me in january, i tell them i dispute, want info
- dont hear from them for 9 months and this bitch calls up threatening a lawsuit if i dont pay by the end of the week, claiming she has the documents and wil send them (havent heard from her in 9 months)
-i email an entire transacript of our conversations, email, etc to her boss cc:her and her legal team gets involved due to her illegal threats of litigation

long story short its been 3 months and I have yet to hear lol.


good luck btw

Oh and fewer than 30% of collections goes to trial, and thats only when theres a substantial ($5k+) debt involved.

The money was nothing, I paid it! I just didn't like the whole situation.:(

But thanks anyway:winkwink: