08448113701

Called me twice.  I called them back - on the first occasion they refused to tell me who they were or what they did...  I came on here and called them back on the Geo number, explained who I was and asked why they had called... they confirmed it was a wrong number - so no worries.

The only gripe I have is with the obnoxious oik who refused to tell me the nature or full name of the business when I first called the number - that is unforgiveable.

Hi all i have had roughly 12 calls from this number in the last week but they only started caling me a week ago never answered until today ..... i googled this number last week and got nothing on it but then found this site :) the man on the phone asked for me by name to which i replied "I am sorry she is not  here at the moment can i take a msg " the man then gave me a ref number and phone number to call but would not say who he was and what he wanted said he would not disclose this information which is funny because he kept asking who i was and i just told him if you dont tell me who you are i am not telling you who i am Do not phone this number back premium  rate number they keep you on hold for ages then to ask personal details about you which you should never give out over the phone as they are not the people you owe debt to they cannot do anything about it :) oh yes and I also am on a pre payment meter and always have been so why they think they can phone me up and try and get money out of me is outrageous i just hope they dont get anyone naive enough to actually pay them anything pigs ........

you are an idiot i am rally sorry to say but i have had no debt ever in my life i have house which i have stayed in for most of my adult life with 2 young children and my husband but you seriously have the cheek to put everyone in the same boat and say "we" are not paying our bills get a life this is pure cheek i have payed all my bills and always will these idiots have been calling at my house number had over 15calls in a day from them for a bill that isnt even mine saying i owe eon money when i dont as i am with scottish power and always have been so get your facts straight before you decide to go on a rant about people and as for the debt company helping you thats a joke debt company's wouldnt make their money if they about "HELPING" people would they ?

0844 8113701??  Keeps calling up to ten times per day!

PDSC or some such - it seems to be some kind of a scam to get money from you??

Past Due Credit Solutions Scam ?

http://www.penaltychargesforum.co.uk/showthre ... T-SOLUTIONS-LTD

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2451229&highlight=pdcs

I've had 3 doorstep collectors appearing at my house in the past 3 weeks when im not in, and theyre not dislosing any information on whyu they are comming. I got called by this number and realised what it was, refused to pay and theyve put a negative feedback on my credit rating. Got a letter advising me an officer of the court will be arriving to seize my assets. [***] it.

not to everyone love, i've had same issue as everyone else and why would they hang up the mnute you ask a question about them, even EON hav told me they dont know why t happened, it may hav worked for you but i spse they gota look coshure sumtmes to keep running and make money in the fture, whch they wont be from me they couldnt even spell my name and i was payng by prepayment meter as well,it is a scam love its jst unfortnate u did owe money and also why would one debt collecting company pass the debt to anther debt collecting cmpany and say its because they cannot collect money...its a pile of crap!!!

they have called and asked for my husband and we have no idea who it is so husband gonna call when he gets hom ebut will it be a premiun rate?

well i have also today had a message to my mobile from this company (P.D.C.S) who have somehow got my number
i have called back on private number to investigate. this is after i have called them once to which i asked him for a letter and he said a letter had been sent to my home address but due to me not having a case number he couldn't tell me when or where it had been sent to.which isn't that helpful..... i then called british gas which was who it was "on behalf" of .... by the end of this conversation i was told that they didn't even have my name on the system and that neither of the houses i had lived on either were not supplied with them and one had been changed to a different name and also my name itself was not on the system.... i then called back PDCS and told them that i had contacted british gas and they had nothing to do with me and i certainly didn't have any debt with them.... i then demanded they remove me from the system but funnily they couldn't do anything because can you guess ....... no case number.... i feel that fair they may in some casses be real deal clients of a large company but they are mostly out to scam... they are located in south africa http://www.pdcs.co.za/ as they have .Za and that is what the address on the site shows......

08448113701..07854948573..08445597155.

all trying...on behalf of eon.

arrogant to say the least. never had an eon account.

waitng for written correspondence....will update

Unable to rent a house from afew landlords as my credit rating has been damanged for non payment of utility bills? Never responded to calls from this number until checked credit rating on credit expert.

To the above that supposedly knows everything about 'debt law' (haha), the terms and conditions from Npower (and im sure you can find these on british gas, eon, scottish power websites) showing that there is always a final bill on pre payment meters.

http://www.npower.com/web/At_home/juice-clean ... tions/index.htm

PDCS there actual idiots. Apparently I don't live where I say I do. Couldn't make it up. [***]!

Some one close to me had a letter from these clowns. It IS a scam, the victim in this case owed nothing but I went to the PDCS website and tried to make a payment to them using a fake name and case number. I also invented a customer reference number. Guess what? They would accept the payment. Odd that...
Suggest you report them.

Although this company are currently legitimately registered and confirmed by CSA, they appear to have earned themselves a vast reputation of misconduct.
Please research other public forums for Past Due Credit Solutions and PDSC.
Aggressive, intimitating staff deliver threats and unfair or non negotiable terms which are NOT SET OUT IN ENGLISH LAW, in a highly unprofessional, inappropriate manner.
A reputable debt collection agency will contact you in writing and will not request that you contact them or disclose ANY personal information in order to present the matter for negotiations.
My educated advice is DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE PEOPLE. DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED, BULLIED OR FRIGHTENED BY WHAT IS STATED. If in doubt, go straight to the Client they claim to be acting on behalf of. This is your right according to the law.

Gary Hunter and others...
If your post is genuine, (that is to say, you do not work for or associate with them,) please be advised to stop your payments to PDCS immediately and go direct to the company or source of contract from which the debt originates.

Yes it is a scam. Do you perhaps work for them?  Sounds like it.

As people need to go is "Google" "PASTDUE CREDIT SOLUTIONS" to see what a bunch of muppets they are.

Do call their PRS number - it will cost you money.

I will answer this as best I can in the hope that Creditors and Debtors better understand each other.

"Although this company are currently legitimately registered and confirmed by CSA, they appear to have earned themselves a vast reputation of misconduct."

If there was a breach of conduct within a company registered with the CSA, complain, all business conducted by PDCS is maintained to a high standard and would long have been disconnected with the CSA if there was any misconduct. PDCS's long and prosperous career proves this theory void. Any complaint made to the OFT (Office of fair trading) or other governing bodies will prove 'Past Due' works towards high standards, legally and professionally.

"Please research other public forums for Past Due Credit Solutions and PDSC.
Aggressive, intimitating staff deliver threats and unfair or non negotiable terms which are NOT SET OUT IN ENGLISH LAW, in a highly unprofessional, inappropriate manner."

Key word being here being PUBLIC. Any illiterate fool can post ANYTHING they desire on these websites, however what cannot be denied is the LAW which you can openly search on the internet. Why don't you check out the Consumer Credit Act? What threats, unfair or non-negotiable terms were made? None. You're trying to avoid paying a debt that you LEGALLY OWE.

"A reputable debt collection agency will contact you in writing and will not request that you contact them or disclose ANY personal information in order to present the matter for negotiations.
My educated advice is DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE PEOPLE. DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED, BULLIED OR FRIGHTENED BY WHAT IS STATED. If in doubt, go straight to the Client they claim to be acting on behalf of. This is your right according to the law."

Several warning letters, formal demands and final demands are always sent to debtors. If they have an incorrect address you will not recieve such letters. The personal information, that will already and always be held by the debt collection agency will first need to confirm they are speaking to the correct person before getting into details about your debt. For example, if you had split up with your partner and your final demand letter was sent to your previous address which you and your ex-partner lived at they could, using your 'logical method', obtain personal information about you that you most likely will not want them to know, by picking up the phone and saying "yeah its me, Joe Bloggs how much do I owe". Under the Data protection act 1998, credit agencies will need to confirm they are speaking to the correct person one way or another. It just so happends this is the easiest method, if you are uneasy about confirming your address ask them first to confirm the post code which they will happily do, and will prove they will have a valid contact address for you.

"Gary Hunter and others...
If your post is genuine, (that is to say, you do not work for or associate with them,) please be advised to stop your payments to PDCS immediately and go direct to the company or source of contract from which the debt originates."

Big companies sub-contract debt collection agencies for a reason. So they do not need to deal with snotty little debtors that are trying to wiggle their way out of paying a debt (and giving people misinformation about creditors). Contact the company that you owe the money to, they will refer you to the debt collection agency they have HIRED. Big Companies such as SKY, British Gas, Scottish Gas, Npower, EON, BT, Hydro electric, Hydro Gas, and various other insurance/utility/consumer service companies, will NEVER hire any company that does not comply with the law. That is self-explanatory.

It may seem like big companies are trying to 'bully you' as so many people put it, but when you owe money, you just have TO PAY UP, or face consequences of non-payment. The money will fall into the right hands one way or another, let us just hope you choose the easy method of repaying your debt.

It's funny so many people think they are correct when they know aboslutely nothing about LAW, or creditors. It seems people like to listen to what they want to hear from other un-educated e-gangsters, everyone changes there tune when they are confronted with collectors face to face?

PS. The telephone number is national rate. For those that think it is in there legal right to offer a repayment of what ever they choose, you people are truelly MIND-BOGGLING.

Any other queries will be answered correctly and swiftly. Anything asked in a polite manner can be quickly resolved.

Big Heavy, your understanding of the CCA and the law in general is almost as hilarious as the sock-puppet posters who are obviously linked to PDCS.

"PDCS's long and prosperous career proves..."

PDCS was incorporated in July 2005. Long? No. Prosperous? Yes, if the measurement is how many people are bullied into repaying.

"Any illiterate fool can post ANYTHING they desire on these websites"

The sock puppet posts from 'tam' et al show that PDCS believes this.

"however what cannot be denied is the LAW which you can openly search on the internet. Why don't you check out the Consumer Credit Act? What threats, unfair or non-negotiable terms were made? None. You're trying to avoid paying a debt that you LEGALLY OWE"

What an incredibly simplistic view of the law. You're ignoring the part that requires a DCA to prove that the debt is owed in the first place.

"Big Companies such as SKY, British Gas, Scottish Gas, Npower, EON, BT, Hydro electric, Hydro Gas, and various other insurance/utility/consumer service companies, will NEVER hire any company that does not comply with the law. That is self-explanatory."

Many of these companies use in-house DCAs, whose conduct flies in the face of what the law allows. A cursory search of the Internet will make this clear.

"It may seem like big companies are trying to 'bully you' as so many people put it, but when you owe money, you just have TO PAY UP, or face consequences of non-payment. The money will fall into the right hands one way or another, let us just hope you choose the easy method of repaying your debt."

Of course people should 'PAY UP' - if the debt is owed. You keep forgetting that the burden of proof lies with PDCS, not the alleged debtor.

"It's funny so many people think they are correct when they know aboslutely nothing about LAW, or creditors. It seems people like to listen to what they want to hear from other un-educated e-gangsters, everyone changes there tune when they are confronted with collectors face to face?"

A good example of what a DCA cannot do - the 'LAW' (what's with the caps?) does not grant a collection agent any rights above a member of the public, without a valid court order. The best course of action is to close the door, and call the police if they refuse to leave your property. Doorstep collectors rely on intimidating the unwitting into thinking they are bailiffs, which is very much unlawful.

"PS. The telephone number is national rate. For those that think it is in there legal right to offer a repayment of what ever they choose, you people are truelly MIND-BOGGLING."

Anyone has the right to offer their own repayment. It is for a court to decide if it is fair, *not* PDCS or their hired goons.

Big Heavy, it's quite clear that you work for PDCS, probably as a team leader in their call centre. I would suggest you actually research the environment in which your company operates before sounding off like this, because the Internet community at large has very little sympathy for companies and employees who think they won't be held to account. Even a novice server admin will be able to trace the sock puppet posts (and probably your own) back to the same IP, and I wouldn't be surprised if that IP is linked to PDCS.

I'm sure the CSA would be very interested to know why PDCS think it is acceptable conduct to post thinly-veiled threats and baseless accusations on a public forum.

i had a call off these people today,they were saying i had an arrangement in place to pay them my outstanding elec debt,but i had already paid earlier that morning to the debt recovrery agency i had letters from(UDS) which e-on confirmed was the right company as it had cleared on there system