American Credit Collections — How to NOT collect a debt

I got a nastygram from American Credit Collections, LLC. out of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the beginning on June, 2007. I immediately called their telephone number [...]

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N.J. Debt-Collection Act Nearer To Reality

The first call came in late April. Megan Duffy, a 21-year-old college student, picked up the phone at her parents’ home in Belmar, N.J., and heard the voice of a debt collector. With just one credit card and a few hospital bills to pay off, she wasn’t daunted. For Duffy and other New Jersey residents who feel hounded by debt collectors, alleviation could be on the way. An Assembly committee on June 4 OK’d the New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which would expand a 1977 federal law and give victims of harassment access to help at the state level. “New Jersey’s long overdue to come up with a state statute,” Burzichelli said. The bill would more strictly regulate the communication debt collectors can have with debtors, and set harsher penalties on violators.

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Collection Agencies Can Help Improve Cash Flow

If you’re aspiring to cut setbacks in your small business to try and improve cash flow, then chances are you haven’t even entertained the idea about employing a third party debt collection agency. After all, if you’re attempting to cut back costs do you really need another expense? The trouble with many small business owners is that they have their thinking turned the wrong way around.

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