I just received a call from these people claiming I owe $700 to an organization where I purchased some medical equipment. I had paid for the equipment 4 years ago, in full, and was sent a bill 3 months later for $80. I called the equipment company and was told they switched to new billing software and that it was a calculation error but I did owe the money. Ok, why they didn't call me and have me pay it is beyond me. They sent me to collections (this "Asset Recovery" group). I paid the $80 and that's the last I heard from them.
Today I get a call from Asset Recovery stating that I owe $700. I said they had the wrong person. The woman was HORRIBLY rude and said "Oh I have the right person" and claimed they have sent me "50 letters" (to an address I moved from 4 years ago) and tried repeatedly to call me. I said "well then you must have received all 50 letters back - and if you called me today and got a hold of me, why didn't you get a hold of me in the last 4 years?" She ignored me and asked how I would like to pay for my bill today. This went on and on and I told her over and over again that I DO NOT OWE this money and I will not pay her one red cent. She got increasingly more rude and said that I was just trying to skip out on a bill. I of course said I'm not skipping out on anything, and that I don't owe anything to the company that I purchased the equipment from. She tried again to get information out of me and I said she was wasting her time. She said she would report me as "refusing to pay" on my credit report. I said "knock yourself out - I'll just dispute that too" and hung up.
I think these people use scare tactics and OLD INFORMATION to create new income on bills that have long since been paid. CROOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Asset Recovery Group Reviews
I just received a call from these people claiming I owe $700 to an organization where I purchased some medical equipment. I had paid for the equipment 4 years ago, in full, and was sent a bill 3 months later for $80. I called the equipment company and was told they switched to new billing software and that it was a calculation error but I did owe the money. Ok, why they didn't call me and have me pay it is beyond me. They sent me to collections (this "Asset Recovery" group). I paid the $80 and that's the last I heard from them.
Today I get a call from Asset Recovery stating that I owe $700. I said they had the wrong person. The woman was HORRIBLY rude and said "Oh I have the right person" and claimed they have sent me "50 letters" (to an address I moved from 4 years ago) and tried repeatedly to call me. I said "well then you must have received all 50 letters back - and if you called me today and got a hold of me, why didn't you get a hold of me in the last 4 years?" She ignored me and asked how I would like to pay for my bill today. This went on and on and I told her over and over again that I DO NOT OWE this money and I will not pay her one red cent. She got increasingly more rude and said that I was just trying to skip out on a bill. I of course said I'm not skipping out on anything, and that I don't owe anything to the company that I purchased the equipment from. She tried again to get information out of me and I said she was wasting her time. She said she would report me as "refusing to pay" on my credit report. I said "knock yourself out - I'll just dispute that too" and hung up.
I think these people use scare tactics and OLD INFORMATION to create new income on bills that have long since been paid. CROOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!