Debt Collector to Customer: 'Dear Sh*t'face


	Debt Collector to Customer: 'Dear Sh*t'face

wiccantexan

11-12-2007 3:45 PM

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debt, music, abuse, profanity, correspondence, legal

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11-13-2007 10:37 PM

Jorjor

No, the threats and abuse are not oversights. They are deliberate acts of intimidation.

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"Dear Sh*t" read the letter a New York man received from a debt collection company trying to collect a $16.39 debt.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/debt-collector-.html">The <A target="_blank" href="http://caveatemptorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/shface.pdf"><STRONG>letter from Nationwide Collections</STRONG></A> was addressed to "Sh*t Face" and threatened to take the customer to court over the debt, owed to Columbia House, a music subscription company.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/debt-collector-.html"><P>According to consumer attorney Kenneth Hiller, "These kinds of abusive practices by debt collectors are common." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/debt-collector-.html"><P>The president of Nationwide Collections, Phil McGarvey, told the Blotter on ABCNews.com that the account in question contained the offensive name when Nationwide purchased it from another company. McGarvey said the profanity wasn't caught by his employees because collection letters are sent through an automated system.   </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/debt-collector-.html"><P>McGarvey said the threat of a lawsuit contained in the letter was also an oversight and that his company typically doesn't sue customers over such low amounts of money.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5047C64E-6C28-4404-AFCC-79520836AB8A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>