Sentences with phrase «programming fee negotiations»

They have consolidated and bulked up, just like AT&T has, to gain bigger bargaining power in programming fee negotiations.

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The counselor will then offer a customized debt negotiation program with the fees and results you can expect.

Other services, like debt consolidation which includes negotiation with creditors, would be fee - based, but only to cover the administrative costs of running the agency and its programs.

Debt settlement firms may require consumers to pay fees from 14 to 20 percent of the total debt enrolled in the program before any negotiations with creditors occur.

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

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«The plaintiffs have clearly alleged that: (1) all of the defendants, except Tom Bosley, were parties to the initial settlement agreement; (2) this settlement agreement required the defendants to change and / or maintain their rules so as to permit the plaintiffs to provide their new flat fee business program to consumers, together with the authorized use of MLS services, without providing traditional offer negotiation services; and (3) the defendants «blatantly» breached the express and / or implied terms of that settlement agreement by unlawfully causing CREA to subsequently enact new offer negotiation rules which prohibited the plaintiff's innovative flat fee business model.»

It also says TREB, in consultation with CREA, «introduced new rules that required the listing broker to be involved in the offer negotiation process so as to prevent the Flat Fee Program and eliminate Realtysellers» access to the MLS.»

In 2007, the $ 100 million claim alleges that CREA approved new offer negotiation rules that «no longer permitted Flat Fee listings on the MLS as no offer process assistance was provided» in Realtysellers» program.