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Consumer Complaints in 2008: the Top 10

September 1, 2009

The National Associaion of Attorneys General released their list of the top 10 sources of consumer complaints for 2008, and the winner is: debt collectors!
No surprise there, after all, what other profession has been the bane of the poor since before Christ? Evil enough that Shakespeare took time to write about one in Venice.
Second place, [...]

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Debt collection complaints going up; what to do if you get a call

March 22, 2008

According to the FTC, consumer complaints about debt collection abuse were up significantly in 2007 (PDF link). This is hardly surprising, as debt has been plentiful and cheap lately. Complaints will almost certainly go up in 2008, since credit card borrowing is way up along with credit charge-offs.

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