Negotiate debt settlement arrangements with your creditors through the Debt Settlement App or Users Web Portal without paying
high debt settlement fees.
Not exact matches
The proposed regulations, put out for public comment Jan. 4, would ban
high upfront
fees and restrict the kinds of contracts
debt settlement companies can offer, effectively outlawing the business model most popular with, among others, Cambridge Life Solutions, a company Matt McClearn and I wrote about in this magazine last fall.
The bottom line on many
debt settlement companies is that
fees are
high and often, or effectively, non-refundable.
Some
debt settlement companies may charge
high fees for their services or promise things they can not keep.
While the average cost of Chapter 7 bankruptcy is about $ 1,800 including lawyer's
fees, the
fees charged by
debt settlement firms are often much
higher.
Competing with consumer proposals, their
debt settlement program came under fire because of the
high upfront
fees charged by these
debt consultants, often for little or no work.
If they charge you a
higher rate (let's say 30 %) on the $ 15,000 they saved you, the
debt settlement company
fee is going to be identical ($ 4,500).
Between upfront
fees,
high - pressure sales tactics, complicated contracts, and false claims,
debt settlement companies should be approached with an extreme level of caution and skepticism.
Also you can clear the
debt when you want, whereas with a loan or mortgage, you have to request a
settlement fee and that is quite a bit
higher than what you initially borrowed.
If you conclude
debt settlement is the best option for you, please don't pay the
high and generally non-refundable
fees charged by the sponsors of those enticing television commercials.
TASC claims
fees need to be
higher because
debt settlement is a much more labor intensive process.
Most
debt settlement companies charge
high fees.
The NCLC concluded that
debt settlement companies use «a business model that is inherently harmful to consumers» because consumers are required to pay
high fees for
debt settlement programs that they are unable to complete, resulting in increased collection efforts and growing
debts while their creditors continue to pile on
fees and interest accrues.
The
settlement rates reported by TASC are contrary to what the States have seen repeatedly in the enforcement actions they have taken and in the consumer complaints they have received — which is that settling multiple
debts can be a long process and consumers, faced with
high fees for the service, growing
debts, and increased collection efforts from their creditors, realistically should never have been offered the
debt settlement service to begin with.
Debt settlement companies often charge
high fees and offer no guarantees.