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some of you are posting the most ridiculous thing's i have ever read.  if you guys would simply pay your bills you wouldn't get the phone calls.  though the majority of debt collectors come off as cold hearted and hateful they are there for a purpose.  do you not realize how much money they bring back to the economy?  your everyday prices would be so much more expensive than what they are now.  as for commission... yes, they do get a certain % but ONLY after they collect so much, so those of you who think collectors are making money off every call they make are completely wrong.  again, if people would make sure they had the funds to pay for their bills there would be no problem.  grow up and be responsible..  you received a service, so pay for it.

we recieved a call from this place, they asked for me i wasnt home so they told my husband that we owed a pretty large amount to a local hospital. when my husband said that we hadnt recieved anything in the mail they ask for a mailing address when my husband told her she said thats not what i have. she gave him an account number and said to have me call her. when i saw this message i called the hospital and they checked all of my family members names and said that there were no charges or evidence that we were there on the dates the lady gave us. so she called them to ask what it was for they told her that there was no such number. i called back and the guy who answered ask me all kind of info like social and address ect. i told him i didnt want to give any thing out, i would like to speak to the lady who called.(the whole time he was typing in the back ground) , dont give them info make sure they give it to you. he then connected me to her and she never picked up and they hung up on me. she must of know it was me and knew the hospital lady just talked to her. watch out sounds like a big scam to me...........

This company is not a "scam", they have been in business for almost 50 years.  They do not "buy" debt like a lot of companies do nowadays.

Before you all get sue happy, it would be helpful to be familiar w/the laws. ----Debt Collectors (dc) are allowed to call you at work.  Unless you or your boss explicitly state "do not call me/him/her at work anymore".
---How do you think dc's get all your contact phone numbers?  Our client gives us all your info.  They want the money that they are entitled to.  I'm sure if any of you owned a business you would want a company to recover it
for you.
---DC's are NOT ALLOWED to tell a 3rd party why they are calling.  This is for your protection.  The debt can only be discussed w/a spouse or the parent (if the kid is under 18).  So if you want to know why they are trying to get ahold of you sister, they're not allowed to tell you.
---Contrary to popular belief - dc's get more from being firm, not nicey-nicey.  This is an established fact.  Being firm does not mean yelling at you, calling you a deadbeat, swearing at you etc. However, dc's will come accross as meaning business and you really need to take care of this debt now.
---My personal favorite "as long as I send them $10/month they can't do anything".  Uh - WRONG!  There may not be further collection activity but a lot of times there is. (Try paying $20 a month on your car note and see if you get to keep your car).  
---I'm sure you are all aware debt collectors do not use their real names.  So trying to find someone by the name you are given will not get you anywhere. (There is only one state that does not allow fake names.  It's Idaho or something around there.)

Lastly, as someone stated above, DC's are giving you a chance to take care of your obligation BEFORE you get sued or other action is taken.

If you haven't received a bill (for any reason) you still owe the debt.

People are posting comments about "Just pay your bills"... what about the people who simply can't right now?  I was working and going to school last year-I had to back out of school for a while for work and then I was laid off.  The school sent my loans right to this collection company.. I got 1 phone call and when I answered I got drilled and hounded with questions.  They said I owe them almost $2000 and It had to be paid THAT day- they told me to go to my banks and call my credit cards and see if I could get a loan.  I'm supposed to be collecting unemployment but with some school issues they were withholding my checks- so i was bringing in no money at the time.  I couldn't get a loan- through banks or family.. I was so upset and crying on the phone.  I told them I would absolutely pay them off because I do know I owe.  They were not willing to work with me at all.  I kept in contact with them and I finally got it to where I could pay $100 a month.  I don't know why they couldn't have told me this upfront- it's like they wanted to get me upset first.  I told them that I could give them a prepaid check for $100 I told them the date they could cash it and it was verified over the phone.  Well when I checked my bank account it was cashed right away.  It cause all sorts of problems with my banking.  When I called to find out what was going on they told me they cashed it on the day they should have, and I never gave them a post dated check.  I KNOW I didn't give them that day.  I clearly remember telling them when it could be cashed and we verified it several times.  I was so mad that I was lied to and they tried to tell me I never gave them a post dated check.  They couldn't have waited FIVE days to cash the check??

A couple weeks later I was getting more calls but I don't like to answer "unavailable" calls.  They left a message and I called back right away.  A man was trying to get a payment from me- I told him I had nothing right now but I would next week... He said I could give a post dated check- I told him no way because of what happened last time- then this lady chimed in who was obviously listening in on our conversation and told me even if I gave them a post dated check- it doesn't matter when they cash it because the money belongs to them.  Right I get it's your money... but I asked not to cash it because I didn't have money in my account... They lie like crazy.  She threatened me with court this and that... I understand it's got to be an awful job to collect money from people- and they probably have to deal with a lot of angry people... But I didn't say I didn't owe money- I didn't say I wasn't going to pay them.  I was trying to get them to work with me so I COULD pay them.  If they aren't willing to work with me- how can I be willing to work with them?

Our jobs are to collect money plain and simple.  I know it seems heartless they way we treat people but our jobs are to help get as much money for our clients as quickly as possible.  When you go to the hospital they don't give you one stitch a month for the next 4 years.  When you go to a car dealership they don't give you one piece of the car for the next 28 months.  When you don't pay your bill it goes to collections.  The agency that gets the debt is trying to get the money as quickly as the services provided were given.  Complaining that collectors are rude because they wanted me to pay my bill all at once.  Oh my the horror.  You have a bill and they want you to pay it...  what a concept.  When you tell a collector your sob story it might help if you're not watching your cable television while talking on your cell phone.  It also helps not to say I will pay you when I get back from vacation.  Probably don't want to say your unemployed when you really aren't.  Our jobs are to find out your financial situation and do what is best for our client.  If you lie and say your not working and can only pay $10 per month and a collector finds out that is a lie.  Then it's in the best interest of the client to sue.  Be up front, honest and patient.  Collections is not customer service and all they are trying to do is collect a debt owed.  One last tidbit for all the insurance should have paid comments.  It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to make sure your insurance company paid.  NO ONE ELSES, everyone read that.  YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.  Doctors submit bills as a courtesy.  So when you say, insurance should have paid I am not paying.  All that does it gets you sued.  Be an adult and make some calls do a little work and find out what the problem is.

Apparently this company is a piece of work even if they have the WRONG NUMBER.  I don't have any debt collectors calling me but I certainly feel bad for whomever gets calls from these people.

See, I was trying to do something nice, by letting them know they'd called for "David" at a wrong number.  The automated message that was left on my voicemail asked me to do so, and I politely obliged.

Well... had I known how I'd be spoken to by the agent who answered ()male, said his name was Paul Murphy) I'd never have done them the favor.  He basically called me a liar, claimed I was someone's mother, and told me to step up to the plate, be honest, and pay my offspring's bill.


???

He wouldn't even hear the fact that I was doing them a favor by reporting the mistake.  Could not fathom that they'd actually had a wrong number and I was being honest.


Is this how bill collectors are allowed to speak to people?
I'm looking into filing a complaint- wherEVER I have to file it.

"here everything we need and see everything you can imagine."

Really?  You HERE everything?  You are a moron, shut the F up!  Go back to bill collecting, genius.

keeps calling and asking for a person named josh, won't stop calling, even though they have been told no one by that name is here

Add your phone number to the Nat. Do Not Call Registry, very easy to do. If they call, make a complaint there and on the FCC's website, also very easy to do.

If you have been on the Registry for 30+ days, which I am constantly on it, make the complaints right away.  Every time I have dones this w/ bill collectors, usually calling me and it's a wrong number, this has gotten them to completely stop calling.  No questions asked.  

I just went ahead and made a complaint about this stupid co.  They call, let my voicemail run for a minute w/ breathing and hang up.  Looking for "Andrea" to pay her medical bills, I am not Andrea, I have told them this, I am on the Registry, I have now made the appropriate complaints.  I suggest everyone on here do this!

This number calls me 3 times a day sometimes really late at night and the phone going off wakes my 3 month old. I've tried calling the number back and it rings forever, I let it ring for 10 min. Whoever these people are they need to stop, I think after I done writing this I'm reporting it to fox2 problem solvers, everyone should join me and maybe they can get these people to stop, before they scam some poor older people on a fixed income.

I hope and pray you read this...Our economy is in the toilet and of you idiots dare to venture a guess as to why???  I will make it simple...When people like you fools get services then do not pay for them it #1 causes those services to increase in price and it can cause the loss of jobs because when you stop cash flow thats what happens...so you saying i don't have the money or whatever your excuse is--"sick kid" --"pay cuts"...whatever it does not mean the bill is not due...Another thought for you ignorant people...do you think that the bill ends up with a collection company after 10 days---30 days---60 days? no many of the bills go 90 to 120 days...heres the kicker you wanna send in $2.00 AWESOME...they can still come after you genius...maybe if you talked to the original creditor the $2.00 would have saved you a credit issue...I have several friends who do collections for aliving and they are your neighbors your classmates...whatever they are trying to make a living too...Sorry idiot life is not free

asylum ---your dumb...the do not call registry is for solicitors...those are people who SELL things...not COLLECT them

you are dumb they can't and don't call after 9pm local time...so calling you really late is a lie or you have mastered the concept of telling time yet...

your dumb its not a collectors job to be nice...its business...get over yourself...

I am not going to tell you dumb...it is actually illegal to leave a message on a cell phone where the person does not id themself...it falls under 3rd party disclosure...put your name on your cell vm if you wanna message.

Got a call from this number as well, to which I do not owe any medical bill. Totally harrassement

calls twice a day, never leaves a message. i'm sick of dealing with these calls.

You posted all the information like it was not already public, congrats your so smart!!!   If you paid your bills, people would not call you end of story.  You say your sick, or don't have the money well the bill is still due. To the lady who said its a gym, wow speechless.  Just to clear things up it is perfectly legal to call your work, your family, your friends, and your neighbors, it is called skip-tracing.  They call your work on purpose.  If people had normal names they'd probably say it correctly.  Collectors are not rude if you take care of your obligations, most all of you that think they are rude probably give them every excuse to not pay your bill so then they get firm (not rude).  It's no scam they have all your info it's called verifying information to make sure it is correct.

the national do not call registry is for telemarketers. It is not for people that you owe money too or people that are attempting to collect money owed to another company. They hear that this is not there phone number constantly, I personally get phone calls daily asking for someone I have never met and I have called around and there is nothing that I can do about it. Please get your facts straight before you post things. Thanks.