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Article #1988Re: Deep in debt, harassed by creditors
From: PFFlyer
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:00
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Richard, I really must tell you that I've discovered the hard way that paying your bills is not always the way to stop being harassed. I am 45 years old & have never had as much of a penny of credit card debt. My only debt is my mortgage and I have always used charge cards, but pay the bill in full each month. But, somehow american express recorded a payment by me of $1100. for my monthly expenses as having been written on one of their Optima checks, rather than my personal check. Altho, it was their mistake, I was harassed several times - even late at night to pay my bill. I tried to explain to the people that I had, but they were very rude to me. The last person I spoke to (before I closed my account) told me that it was my 'responsibility to prove that I had paid this with a personal check'. I have since incurred $25. in bank charges to send them a copy of my check. They have promised me to send detailed records of their accounting system to show when they took out this 'loan' for me & what they did with the money I sent, but, in 3 weeks, I have yet to receive the info, although, it appears that they have corrected the problem & removed the charge. I did not so much as receive a thank you for being a good customer for the past 4 years, nor an apology for their error. I spent over 25 hours (that I didn't have) to try to figure out what they did. So, beware, you can pay your bills & still be harassed if it's your time. No more credit card perks for this gal-I'll pay cash. Thank you very much!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db0a,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0a,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: 10f73f,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gid10f73f,public X-Google-Thread: 107cd9,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gid107cd9,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: f6c48,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gidf6c48,public X-Google-Thread: 10b420,1d2ac1ea7bf5ceca X-Google-Attributes: gid10b420,public From: PFFlyer@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: Deep in debt, harassed by creditors Date: 1997/12/21 Message-ID: <349DC235.607E@ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 309209013 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3499EE04.63E88B7A@pennlawyer.com> <349BF683.76CD@concentric.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Dec 21 5:29:33 PM PST 1997 Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,alt.consumers.free-stuff,co.consumers,misc.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living,misc.consumers.house