Friday, June 12, 2015

Tips In Handling Collections Agencies

By Bernadette Martin


Money is typically needed by lots of people for different reasons. Medications of sick members may have to be paid for. Things needed by their loved ones may also be needed to be bought. Such amounts are usually borrowed from other persons.

However, sometimes, these amounts cannot be paid on their due dates. Collections agencies will be assigned by most creditors to have these amounts collected. The debtors are typically harassed by most organizations. Some steps can be taken by the debtors from Colorado so that such situations can be handled.

The person should always be checking the legality of the establishment which will be collecting his debt. They should be showing a proof of them being a legal firm. Such proof may include their business permit and license. This way, the individual could be avoiding a scam. Nowadays, an illegal organization will usually be posing as a collector and intimidating others just to be stealing money. The government is requiring a collector of identifying himself to a debtor properly.

When the collector contacts him, the debtor should always be asking for a written document from the organization. A written document states the name of the organization, its representative, and the amount he owns. The collector should be sending a verification to the debtor within five working days. An individual should be stopping communication with the collector if they will be refusing his request.

There are laws that these establishments will need to abide to. However, these laws may vary since they are dependent on the states that they operate in. Different states will enact different policies for these activities. The individuals should educate themselves about the policies in their respective states. This way, they will also know their rights whenever they will have discussions with these establishments.

Two situations may be experienced by the individuals during the engagements. Legitimate and also illegitimate claims may be found. Signs that these claims are illegitimate should be checked by the persons. Once these signs are noticed, the organizations should be threatened or sued if their harassments will still continue.

For legitimate claims, these collectors should be talked to by the debtors. Calmness and confidence should be exuded whenever related matters will be discussed to the organizations. These cases cannot be helped by harsh actions. The collectors should be willingly cooperated with. However, their personal information should not be provided since these are not required to be done so by the law.

When foul languages are used by collectors just to have money collected, the rights of the individuals should be remembered. Silence can actually be enforced. Phone calls can also be recorded, if needed. This way, if the courts will be reached, some proofs can be shown. The debtors are allowed by most states to have such phone calls recorded even if the collectors will not be informed about these recordings.

When encountering a legitimate claim, the debtor should be negotiating with the collector. Both could be reaching an agreement where he could be paying a lesser amount within a certain time duration. He should be drafting a payment plan immediately in fully paying his debt. However, he should see to it that he could afford each payment. He should also be drafting a document for this negotiation.




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