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If the collection agency amount is more than the creditor amount which amount do you legally have to pay?
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∙ 8y ago
A collection agency legally require the amount of the debt, plus any other charges/penalties incurred in the collection of the debt.
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If a creditor uses a collection agency to collect on a debt do you still have to receive some kind of statement?
No. The collection agency will validate the amount for you if need be, but the creditor no longer owes you the courtesy of a statement.
What is does it mean for an original creditor to recall their collection?
Recall of a debt by a creditor is when the original creditor asks for the debt to be returned to them after they have sold it, often to a collection agency. This may occur if the debt has not been collected for a certain amount of time, and the debt will be sold to another agency to collect, or if the debtor offers the original creditor a settlement.
Why original creditors sale accounts to a collection agency?
Original creditors sale their accounts to collection agencies when the account has been past due and they have not effectively collected. At that time, the original creditor will charge off the balance from their accounts receivable and turn the account over to a collection agency. When the collection agency collects the debt, a portion of the amount received is paid the the collection agency and the remainder is returned to the original creditor as profit.
Who sent you to the collection agency?
I presume your question is "how did your debt wind-up at a collection agency". There are 2 methods: (1) the original creditor sold your account to an agency for a price that is a fraction of the outstanding balance on the account (so the collection agency now is your creditor legally), (2) the original creditor contracted with a collection agency to get you to make more payment on the debt than you have while interacting with the original creditor only. In either case, a collection agency is a company that makes a profit by getting debtors to make a payment of sufficiently greater amount (than they had been making to the original creditor) such that a greater return can be realized from this continued effort to collect the debt, and collection agencies usually are profitable companies. In my personal opinion, the first method (# 1 above) is used in the vast majority of delinquent debt collection situations. Any creditor organization of at least medium business size has enough staff to attempt to coax the debtor to make more payment, so there would be no reason to contract a collection agency to try again. That latter point being understood, collection agencies sometimes resell a debt account to another collection agency when they give-up on trying to get more payment from the debtor (and the account has not been settled).
If a creditor has written off your debt can a collection agency then come after you for the amount?
If the debt has been cancelled, no; if the debt has been charged off, yes.
Is it legitimate if a collection agency sent you a letter stating that their client would settle for a certain amount if paid by a certain date and they want you to fax the letter to them?
Before making any commitments to a collection agency, you should get confirmatio from the original creditor that the collection agency has legal authority to collect at settle the debt.
If a bill has been sent to collections is it better to pay the creditor the full amount or pay the collection agency?
AnswerOnce the account has been placed with a collection agency, it usually doesn't matter who you pay. Sometimes the bank will accept your $$, other times, they will refer you to the CA (agency).If the agency treated you in an abusive matter, then by all means report the behavior to the creditor and pay them dirrectly. A sympathetic ear in their office can get you a really good deal on settling.It matters, pay the creditor.
If your account is sold to a collection agency how to do you find out when it was sold and how old the account is?
When the collection agency contacts you, they have to give you the opportunity to request information concerning the debt. You will have thirty days to send a written request to dispute the debt. And to ask for confirmation of the original creditor, the amount owed, when the account was remanded to the agency, etc.
Can a company that has placed you into collections call and remove the amount from collections?
Depends. If the debt (usually credit card) was sold then no. The original creditor will then have nothing to do with having the debt returned. Non-purchased debts can be returned to the creditor depending on the contract they have with the collection agency.
Can a collection agency reject a payment from you if it is less than the payment for the settlement they asked for?
Yes, a creditor/collector has no legal obligation to accept payment for anything other than the agreed upon amount. The same premise applies to making less than the minimum payment on credit accounts as well, such action would render the agreement null and void and the creditor can legally demand payment in full.
Can a collection agency ask for my income amount?
no sorry
Can a collection agency Garnish if paying not full amount?
no
