Creditwrench Newswire

The Creditwrench Newswire keeps you informed about strategies, court decisions, articles of interest and more dealing with the world of credit and collections

Overkill defined - (Found July 8, 2008 )

A 14-year-old boy in Barnstable, Mass., was arrested after distributing drugs to several classmates -- Viagra.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-06-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-21-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Badgering phone calls and threats, insults and outright lies -- these are just a few of the unfair and illegal tactics that some debt collectors unleash on consumers. These rogue collectors don't represent the entire industry, but they are not uncommon. "It's just threats and intimidation, but you keep it vague," says Michael Flannagan, a former debt-collection supervisor in Tacoma, Wash. "A lot of things bill collectors do are downright dirty and illegal."
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-21-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-21-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

I saw this idiotic letter posted on a message board called creditnet this morning. I would provide a link to that site but I would hate to introduce those of my readers not already familiar with it and it's inanities to that message board so I shall refrain.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/0521-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-22-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

I learned a whole lot about RSS today and so that is what I have chosen as the topic for this first post of the day. In fact, what I have learned today is important for visitors and blog webmasters alike.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-22-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-27-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

President Bush telephoned the leaders of Spain, a supporter of Bush's decision to invade Iraq, and of Canada, an opponent, in advance of next week's summit of world leaders.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-27-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-28-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Reminiscing about the old days of Magna Carta News BBS and credit boards and how it was before the internet.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-28-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-29-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

An article about Barry Sussman who was indicted by the feds for operating a very abusive collection agency.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-29-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 05-31-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Credit Checks What Are They Good For With homeland security on the top of everyone's minds, significantly more companies are using credit checks as part of their standard preemployment screening process. The increased need to be more careful is understandable, but how companies are doing this is questionable.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-31-03a.html

Creditwrench Blog article 06-01-03 - (Found July 8, 2008 )

Credit checks - (Found July 8, 2008 )

We've been getting letters from attorneys who claim that beyond the first 30 days, absent a demand for validation, the CA is NOT required to provide validation documentation because; "you missed the validation 30 day window.
http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-02-03a.html