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Debt Collectors.

Hi, I owe money on c/cs and loans, which has been passed onto a collection agency.
I've just got a letter from them, saying they are holding a package, (parcel/packet/letter) for me.
Is this some backhand way of contacting me/calling round in person?

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  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Is this like when the police contact criminals to tell them they've won a free speedboat?
    I wouldn't trust em as far as I could throw em!
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • keith_lard
    keith_lard Posts: 517 Forumite
    Yes!

    Contact 'only' by letter and keep them all as reference.

    ask them for the copy of the original signed agreement first!

    k.
    If you want to see a rainbow, you have to get used to the rain.
  • MABLE
    MABLE Posts: 4,239 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi, I owe money on c/cs and loans, which has been passed onto a collection agency.
    I've just got a letter from them, saying they are holding a package, (parcel/packet/letter) for me.
    Is this some backhand way of contacting me/calling round in person?

    Why would take be holding a package for you. I assume you have not set a redirection through to them. Myself I get the impression they are just trying it on.

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