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IMHO, COLLECTION AGENCIES DON'T WORK

At a previous company, we hired United Mercantile and they never collected a cent from either of the two accounts we sent them.

They made things up like saying the one guy's corporation was surrendered when it wasn't and on the other one, I later reconciled with customer and he said he NEVER received a single call or letter from them.

Both were relatively small amounts (about $5k and $10k) and it would appear that they never lifted a finger to get their 30% or whatever it was.

I like the lawyer approach -- the more names on their letterhead, the better! :) No company likes the threat of legal action.

Good luck!



Did you have to pay anything to the collection agency?


No, not up front--part of their pitch was "we don't get paid unless you do".




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