Tag Archive: debt collectors

Consumers Burdened By Debt Should Consider Bankruptcy, Says MA Lawyer

Fitchberg, MA consumer protection attorney Walter Oney took the time to let a Massachusetts paper’s readers know some of the problems that arise when debt buyers sue consumer for past due debts.
Remember my recent post about how little proof debt buyers have when they sue?  Well, Walter shows that this isn’t just a New York [...]

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Happy Debt Collectors Get More Money From Consumers?

I’m reading a press release about a debt collection agency being named as a good place to work, and am struck by this sentence:
[h]appy employees treat our customers better, and are more effective in recovering their delinquent accounts.
When a debt collector calls you, does their happiness make you somehow better able to take food off [...]

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