Stop Bill Collectors Harassing Phone Calls Pay Bills Advice Booneville Mississippi By Denvil Crowe
There´s only one thing that bill collectors want from you: money! Money is the only thing that will stop them from writing you and calling you...unless you have an attorney. An attorney will tell you the truth about what bill collectors legally can and can´t do. This knowledge removes the bill collectors´ ability to use scare tactics to get you to pay.
If you have ever been the victim of nasty, harassing phone calls from bill collectors, you know just how disturbing, scary, and even intimidating they can be. You wonder if they can really do what they threaten, if they can really come take your stuff, whether it´s legal for them to call you at work, and if you really have to put up with the harassment.
Some bill collectors will even call you a loser or a deadbeat, even though you are honest, hard-working, and always paid your bills in the past. You don´t deserve this kind of treatment.
In our experience, most bill collectors will say whatever it takes to persuade you to write a check. The more uncomfortable you are, the more they like it. They know you really want to pay your bills and that you feel terrible when you can´t; they feed off this pain. They know that the more uncomfortable they can make you, the more likely it is that you will write them a check just to make them leave you alone.
Worst of all, some bill collectors will call you at work. Not only is this embarrassing, but it can even cost you your job if the calls continue.
Even though the law says that bill collectors can only call at certain times and places, in our experience, these laws are violated every day. They are hard to enforce, and the penalties for breaking them are small compared to the money they can make by violating them.
Anyway, often you can´t even figure out who called and from where. Many bill collectors use fake names and call from outside your state. Who can you sue when you don´t even know who called you?
But there´s some good news. You can stop those harassing phone calls, but you may need to file bankruptcy to do it. The alternative? It´s open season on you and your feelings if you don´t file bankruptcy. The nasty calls just keep coming and coming.
An experienced bankruptcy attorney can show you how filing bankruptcy takes the monkey off your back and stops bill collectors cold! The minute you file bankruptcy, the bankruptcy court issues an "automatic stay," which orders all your creditors to leave you alone.
Once you file bankruptcy, it is illegal for creditors to continue any collection efforts or even to talk to you. That´s right—bill collectors can´t call you anymore; they have to contact your attorney.
Just imagine—no more harassing phone calls, no more letters demanding payment. Maybe you can even sleep at night again!
Bill collectors hate this because they know that attorneys know the law. They know they can´t push us around or get their way with misinformation, scare tactics, or illegal threats. Once you file bankruptcy, bill collectors are no longer in charge; you are!
Nobody wants to be charged with contempt of court and dragged in front of a federal judge. If creditors ignore the automatic stay, under laws like the Federal and State Fair Debt Collections Act, you can sue them. Bankruptcy court judges have been known to severely punish creditors who break the law. When you file for bankruptcy, creditors must leave you alone; if they don´t, they´ll suffer the consequences.
If times are hard and you can´t pay all your bills—if the harassing phone calls at home and work are out of control—you have a simple choice. You can do nothing and continue to live with the ever-growing stress, or you can look into filing bankruptcy and stop the bill collectors cold.
If bill collectors are calling and harassing you, consult an experienced bankruptcy attorney. Most offer a free initial consultation. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
The Law Office of Denvil F. Crowe P.L.L.C., designated as a Federal Debt Relief Agency by an act of Congress and the President of the United States, proudly assists consumers seeking relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code. If you need debt relief, I´m ready to help.
Understand your rights for bankruptcy, bill collectors, harassing phone calls, and other stressful financial situations by contacting us at: (662) 844-7949 or (662) 842-HELP (4357).
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