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The truth behind all those threatening calls.
1."We'll say anything to get you to pay."
"You just need to pay me $1,200 by 2 p.m. or I'm going to send the sheriff out to arrest you." That's what one debt collector told a client of credit counselor Jan Jones, who works with the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Alaska. One woman in her 70s who fell behind on credit card payments was told she'd be deported if she didn't pay right away, says Dafne Torres, director of operations for InCharge Debt Solutions, an Orlando, Fla., nonprofit credit-counseling service. While some collections agencies are courteous and professional, "a lot of them will say anything and everything they feel they can get away with it," says Torres.
http://www.smartmoney.com/borrow/debt-stategies/10-things-debt-collector...
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I think you need to have a real sadistic streak in you to work in a job like that. I've worked in offices where there were staff that handled any delinquent accounts and I swear they relished many people's lives miserable. It was a power thing for them.
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I think you need to have a real sadistic streak in you to work in a job like that. I've worked in offices where there were staff that handled any delinquent accounts and I swear they relished many people's lives miserable. It was a power thing for them.
I think that's true too. Bet they don't feel so smart when they are caught going beyond the legal boundaries though.
It's horrible the tactics they will resort to! Do these people have no soul? I don't care how desperate I'd be for a job. I would never behave like that in a million years.