Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Shouldn't Recognizing The Right Debtor Be An International Collection Agency Necessity?

By Rob Sutter


There are certain things at work in which you just laugh at yourself because you made such a silly mistake. Maybe you're someone who works in retail and you accidentally gave the wrong amount of change back. Perhaps you're into accounting and you wound up misplacing your favorite pen. These seem like issues which could easily be rectified or have little bearing on the actual work done but an international collection agency has to make certain that few mistakes are made or perhaps none at all.

There is a reason as to why I cite this story and it has to do with an article posted on NBC 10. The story talked about a woman named Heather Bryant, who owed a specific debt and was contacted by an international collection agency has a result. No matter what kind of amount stands, the truth of the matter is that it has to be paid off. However, this may be one circumstance where I could see differently, since there was more than one woman possessing that name within the region. You can imagine that reputable agencies such as Rapid Recovery would not make such an oversight.

There is a law that should be stated, as far as debt collecting is concerned. As told by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, unless the debtor allows the collector to do so, it is prohibited to contact the person while they are at their place of work. It's a request that should be honored as such. There could be legal problems which could arise otherwise and it's not the kind of problem that a strong company should have any problem abiding by as well.

It's clear that there was a Heather Bryant as far as name was concerned but no other features appeared to match up. I think that any agency of this nature would be ashamed to make such a mistake. I don't know if all debtors will allow these problems to simply slide because I think it's one of the worst feelings to be targeted for money owed that you do not even recall. I believe that that most surprising aspect of this story is that it is legitimate and not something you could pull out of the tabloids.

I'm not going to deny that people oftentimes misplace items in their places of work. The mistake seen in this report, though, is one that I cannot attribute to any strong international collection agency. It is apparent that these companies have done great work in the past and that they're able to operate in order to collect funds for any client. However, this report seems to speak out about the shoddier companies as opposed to those which work well on a constant basis.




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