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One company that was notorious for causing consumers across the nation to have a $ 2,000.00 plus
negative debt collection account on their credit was Bally's Total Fitness.
Not exact matches
Due to the possibility of the
debt and
negative marks coming off your credit, and due to the possibility of not having to pay an unsecured
debt collection account,
debt validation is one of the most popular
debt relief programs in 2018 for Rhode Island debtors to consider.
Collection: A
negative item on a credit report that hurts a credit score, an
account goes to
collections when it goes past due and a creditor wants to collect the
debt that is owed.
They go back and make good on that bad
debt and all of a sudden their scores plummet because now all of those
collection accounts re-report with new report dates, new activity dates and the zero balance does not outweigh the
negative impact that occurs when that activity date comes current.
By paying an outstanding, delinquent
debt you will change the
account status to «paid
collection,» «paid was late,» or «paid was charged off» - which will still stand out as a very
negative listing.
Creditors and
collection agencies have an agreement with the credit bureaus not to delete accurate
negative accounts based upon payment of the
debt.
Then this new
collection agency called ABC
Collection Agency sends you a
collection letter but you either trash it, or don't respond to their 30 day validation notice to «validate the alleged
debt», then ABC
Collection Agency has the legal right to put a new
negative listing called a «
collection account» on your credit reports.
This dire step has has multiple
negative implications, including the fact that the original
account appears on your credit report as a «charge off» (which signals the creditor has given up on trying to recover that
debt), your credit score will be lowered, and the
collection information stays on your credit report for seven years from the delinquency date.
For example, if you had a charged - off
account balance of $ 1,000 you could offer to settle with the
debt collection agency for $ 650 if they ALSO agree to remove the
negative account from your credit report.
There is nothing illegal about asking a
debt collection agency to delete
negative account information from your credit report (s).
Even though a
collection agency can not report a
negative account beyond 7 years, they can still pursue you for an unpaid
debt.
This applies not only to credit newbies, but also to those who have a
negative history caused by extremely delinquent
accounts (e.g. late payments, repossession,
debt collections, tax liens, foreclosure, judgments, bankruptcy, etc.) who are stuck in this vicious cycle.
Can a credit repair program get «
negative marks» and «
debt collection accounts» removed from a person's credit report after
debt settlement?
A
negative account such as a charge - off can appear on your credit report twice, once with the original creditor reporting the charge - off and once with the current
collection agency that purchased the
debt.
Without knowing the whole story, all I can tell you is that if those credit cards are still open and have not been sent to
collections, talk with the credit card companies to agree to either remove the
negative debt once you have made payment or reage your
account so that again that
negative info isn't showing.
The healthcare industry is the single biggest customer of the
debt collection industry, constituting 42 % of the
collection market, versus only 29 % for the banking & finance sector.34 One stunning statistic from a 2003 Federal Reserve study is that over half of
accounts reported by
debt collectors and nearly one - fifth of lawsuits that show up as
negative items on credit reports are for medical
debts.35 Moreover, often medical
debts are sent to
debt collectors for reasons completely out of the consumer's control, such as disputes between insurance companies and providers, or even the result of the provider's failure to properly bill the insurer.
If you dispute a
debt or
negative mark, the
collection agency now has 30 - days to respond with verification that it is your
account, the information is accurate, and you do owe the money.