http://lbrandy.com/blog/2010/02/on-debt-collectors/ { on programming and the internets, every monday } Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:39:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://lbrandy.com/blog/2010/02/on-debt-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-26227 Joe Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:39 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-26227 My brother died a few years ago, and I was his executor, so I had the privilege of taking calls from his bill collectors for a long while. A few were respectable, reasonable people, but more were total scumbags of just the sort you describe. My favorite trick: One of them somehow got one of his debts tagged against our sister's credit report. Fortunately, their leverage is substantially reduced when the debtor is dead. My brother died a few years ago, and I was his executor, so I had the privilege of taking calls from his bill collectors for a long while. A few were respectable, reasonable people, but more were total scumbags of just the sort you describe. My favorite trick: One of them somehow got one of his debts tagged against our sister’s credit report. Fortunately, their leverage is substantially reduced when the debtor is dead.

]]> http://lbrandy.com/blog/2010/02/on-debt-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-26226 Matthew Crumley Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:44:30 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-26226 Wow, I have pretty much the same thing happening to me. Oddly enough, I also moved from the 850 area code (Pensacola), but now I'm in the Tampa area, so it's not too different. Mine is named Cedric. Wow, I have pretty much the same thing happening to me. Oddly enough, I also moved from the 850 area code (Pensacola), but now I’m in the Tampa area, so it’s not too different. Mine is named Cedric.

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