Inside ARM takes exception to my reward for proof of illegal debt collection policies
March 8th, 2010. Published under Scams. No Comments.
Inside ARM, a magazine dedicated to the debt collection industry, and in my opinion a mouthpiece for ACA International, the lobbying “organ” (insert your own joke here) for the collection industry to congress, has taken exception that I and my “small” magazine are offering cash rewards for written/documentable proof that collection agencies have policies that authorize and encourage illegal debt collection. Read the story at Inside ARM (opens in new window) for yourself. Mr. Patrick Lunsford is referring to my article entitled, “Debt Collection Employees – looking for Debt Collection Policies that prove Illegal Collections”, which you can read here . I look at it this way, if I hadn’t been subjected to abusive collection tactics (and many, many other consumers as well) there would be no need for myself to write such an article and offer cash for proof of abusive (documentable) collection policies. In addition, I have been approached by many consumers offering to add cash to the bounty for proof of abuse (there are more of us than there of them). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Congress itself has long turned a blind eye to rouge debt collectors and illegal collection tactics. It is time for consumers to go on the offensive and put a stop to it. I for one will gladly layout my hard earned money to prove that more than a minority of the collection industry actively engage in abusive and illegal debt collection tactics. It’s time to name and shame them all, embarrass Congress, the FTC and the entire U.S. Justice system until strong measures are put in place to monetarily discourage abusive debt collection practices. A small town business and lifestyle magazine is currently running a solicitation looking for debt collectors, or former debt collectors, to come forward with official documentation detailing illegal company policies. In other words, they are trying to find written proof that collection agencies encourage their employees to break the law. And they’re offering a cash reward. It’s just a small indicator of what faces the ARM industry in the media throughout the rest of the year, and going forward. News outlets have figured out that the “debt collectors = evil people” paradigm is stale and needs updating. I think that the solicitation is the opening salvo in a reenergized attack on the industry.”