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Subject: Debt collectors now going after the debt of dead people.
Written By: Reynolds1863 on 03/04/09 at 12:00 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/03/debt-collectors-now-comin_n_171644.html
Umm if I ever have to pay off my brother's debt I'm screwed. As if debt collection weren't painful enough.
Subject: Re: Debt collectors now going after the debt of dead people.
Written By: snozberries on 03/04/09 at 12:07 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/03/debt-collectors-now-comin_n_171644.html
Umm if I ever have to pay off my brother's debt I'm screwed. As if debt collection weren't painful enough.
dang...there goes my evil plan. :-\\
Subject: Re: Debt collectors now going after the debt of dead people.
Written By: Jessica on 03/04/09 at 11:08 am
Doesn't surprise me. Debt collectors are a sleazy bunch, even if they're employing "the human touch".
It's nice how the DCM employees get foosball time and massages because they're so stressed out from harassing people who's relatives have just died. ::)
Subject: Re: Debt collectors now going after the debt of dead people.
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/04/09 at 6:54 pm
It's f**King Dickensian man! It reminds me of something out of Nicholas Nickleby.
I'm sorry to hear survivors are paying these skinflints because it says to the collection industry, "this is worth it!"
Lots of times people die in debt because of our dysfunctional health care system.
I can see the Republicans floating a bill to make next of kin legally obliged to pay the debts of the deceased. If they had the votes, they'd do it!