So I was getting credit collection calls that were driving me up the wall. They weren't for me! Or Josh. All for random people I've never met. (My guess is they have the same last name?) Four, five times a day, from eight in the morning til nine at night, weekends and holidays included.
I was out of ideas since they weren't taking me off their list, apparently. So I reported them to the Better Business Bureau. It worked well for that one company, the one in my city. Calls stopped, I was happy.
From there, the Attorney General wrote me. And called me. Wanting very much to talk to me, in person. I went in sort of grudgingly and they interviewed me in this fancy schmancy office and told me all this stuff about how these creditor companies are out of control in this economy, and breaking the law, and told me all about their practices and what parts are legal and what aren't. They asked me to sign an affidavit and continue reporting on them.
The evening of Christmas Eve I screamed at one lady for harassing me on a holiday (not even calling for me, remember) and so no more calls from that company. The third biggie also stopped calling, on their own, mysteriously.
I hadn't thought much about it all until yesterday, the BBB wrote me to see if a Fox reporter could interview me about these companies. So their crew is coming over tomorrow to do that. I would've never thought one email to the BBB would lead to all this. It's funny to me, everyone talks about taking down a company through the law, or going to the media.....I'm actually going to do it. Entirely unintentionally, but still kinda cool and funny when you think about it!
Anyone had stories like mine, with these callers?
I was out of ideas since they weren't taking me off their list, apparently. So I reported them to the Better Business Bureau. It worked well for that one company, the one in my city. Calls stopped, I was happy.
From there, the Attorney General wrote me. And called me. Wanting very much to talk to me, in person. I went in sort of grudgingly and they interviewed me in this fancy schmancy office and told me all this stuff about how these creditor companies are out of control in this economy, and breaking the law, and told me all about their practices and what parts are legal and what aren't. They asked me to sign an affidavit and continue reporting on them.
The evening of Christmas Eve I screamed at one lady for harassing me on a holiday (not even calling for me, remember) and so no more calls from that company. The third biggie also stopped calling, on their own, mysteriously.
I hadn't thought much about it all until yesterday, the BBB wrote me to see if a Fox reporter could interview me about these companies. So their crew is coming over tomorrow to do that. I would've never thought one email to the BBB would lead to all this. It's funny to me, everyone talks about taking down a company through the law, or going to the media.....I'm actually going to do it. Entirely unintentionally, but still kinda cool and funny when you think about it!
Anyone had stories like mine, with these callers?
