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Debt collector comes "a-fishing".............

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  • Tupperware_Queen
    Tupperware_Queen Posts: 1,794 Forumite
    fermi wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    There is so much on that thread, I'd forgotten that. :T

    They don't have a number for me at the moment. :cool:

    its almost worth gettting a payg just so you can do it Fermi!!
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  • fermi
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    Ineedaname wrote: »
    You could still try it in reverse I guess, ring them and wait for the inevitable 'security' questions, then answer them wrong?

    That thought had crossed my mind. :)
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  • Ineedaname
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    Would be even more hilarious than the original if it worked.
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  • iquit
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    I vote for the latter please please please. In need of a good laugh.
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  • debt_doctor
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    Well, it might become a double act!

    Ive just got home and I have a letter from 'past due credit solutions' (5 years past due in this case!) chasing a debt owing to Eon (formerly Powergen)- a pre bankruptcy debt.

    Hmmm........ come in to my parlour said the spider to the fly!

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  • fermi
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    lol. Must be that time of year again.

    I'm not even sure what my one(s) are after? Everything on my credit file is marked as settled by the original creditor or a DCA that was unfortunate enough to buy it.

    Perhaps one has been sold on despite that? Or it's one of the few that were never eligible to be on file anyway?
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  • SunshineBear
    SunshineBear Posts: 188 Forumite
    Could someone explain this thread. I need a laugh right now but dont understand this thread. Is it that they shouldn't be calling you at all?
  • betterlatethannever
    betterlatethannever Posts: 5,280 Forumite
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    Good grief, do these people not know who they're dealing with :cool:

    Your FERMI :A. They're either very brave or very stupid:p
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  • JCS1
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    SunshineBear wrote: »
    Could someone explain this thread. I need a laugh right now but dont understand this thread. Is it that they shouldn't be calling you at all?

    Yes - the debt would pre-date BR and therefore it is not payable. And such letters being sent to fermi and debt doctor (who both know the rules inside out!), means that the phone calls and letter to the debt collection agencies could be entertaining.
  • SunshineBear
    SunshineBear Posts: 188 Forumite
    Look forward to updates then.
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