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| Sat, 10-30-2004 - 4:54pm |
I have an account in collections. The collector mailed me a letter on 10/8 offering to settle for less then half the balance (to my relief - it was bill my son's Dad charged up). Here's the sad part - they wanted a response by 10/27 and I just got the letter last night. The letter and a bunch of other mail were delivered to my neighbor & he procrastinated on dropping it off till last night.
Am I hosed on this settlement offer? Should I wait & see if they send another letter? Shoud I make a counter offer? Should I call them & explain what happened? I've had bad experiences with collectors in the past and hate the thought of calling one... they are always so rude and un-reasonable.
Any wisdom that could be imparted on this subject I'd appreciate, I really don't know of anywhere else to seek advice on this subject.

This is an *excellent* question for the Debt Q&A Board!
All my best,
Danni
I don't really care about the credit rating as it's already shot. I put my son's father through college & such and then after a couple years when we were in shape for me to finish my schooling he left me 3 months into my pregnancy. He had run up both of our credit cards over the years sooooo I've kinda had to start over w/o out declaring bk(couldn't afford filing fee).It's been 4 years and I'm finally starting to crawl out of this hole of deep poverty - any offers to settle are a releif to me (as long as I can afford the offer). I keep worrying someone if going to sue & get a judgement against me before I can get caught up with it all. . .
Thanks for the advice - hope you have a safe & happy Halloween :)