This Makes No Sense

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Registered: 10-27-2006
This Makes No Sense
Mon, 09-21-2009 - 11:29am
I recently pulled my credit report and found a doctor bill from 2007 that went to collections a year ago. Well, I called the doctor's office themselves to find out what I need to pay and they said that I owe 169, but the report says 79. I did make some payments so that is why it's 79. So then the billing lady at the doctors could never spit it out how much I actually owe. I could tell she was stuttering a lot as if she was trying to make up some number. Well then she comes out with me owing 101. I said no that is not what the collections agency says on the report. So then she says that I owe 79 to the collectoins agency and 22 dollars to the doctor. I asked how this was and she said because it's the fee that they got charged for sending it to collections. I laughed so hard and I said when did you plan on notifying me of this fee and she stuttered and said well we don't it just sits there we never collect. ?????????