Louis M. Green, Attorney at Law » Consumer News http://louismgreen.com/blog Handling Oklahoma Lemon Law, Consumer Fraud, Collection Defense & Credit Reporting Cases Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:37:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 © 2003-2006 louis.green.esq@gmail.com () louis.green.esq@gmail.com My new BLOG i360 New Media Marketing site is ready to work for me! louis.green.esq@gmail.com No no http://louismgreen.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Louis M. Green, Attorney at Law http://louismgreen.com/blog 144 144 (I See) Dead People are the Newest Frontier in Debt Collecting http://louismgreen.com/blog/i-see-that-dead-people-are-the-newest-frontier-in-debt-collecting/ http://louismgreen.com/blog/i-see-that-dead-people-are-the-newest-frontier-in-debt-collecting/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:10:44 +0000 admin http://louismgreen.com/blog/?p=24

Debt Collectors rate at or near the bottom of the barrel as professions go.  Now, they’ve given us another reason to dislike them even more.

An article by David Streitfield of the New York Times describes how “debt collection industry consultants” have identified collecting debts from the relatives of the dearly departed as a hot new market.

MINNEAPOLIS — The banks need another bailout and countless homeowners cannot handle their mortgage payments, but one group is paying its bills: the dead.
Dozens of specially trained agents work on the third floor of DCM Services here, calling up the dear departed’s next of kin and kindly asking if they want to settle the balance on a credit card or bank loan, or perhaps make that final utility bill or cellphone payment.
The people on the other end of the line often have no legal obligation to assume the debt of a spouse, sibling or parent. But they take responsibility for it anyway.

Click Here to Read the Full Story.

Don’t know how these people live with themselves.

Louis M. Green

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Imagine this Halloween Nightmare:  You discover that your car is really two cars that were “clipped” together by a body shop at the request of an insurance company in order to save money over paying salvage value.

Whether it was your car that was involved (heaven-forbid) in the serious accident and a “clip-job” was ordered, or you purchased the car used and later discovered the clip, you and your occupants’ safety is especially at risk in the event of a second accident.

“Clipping” is a penalty in football, and it should be in the car market. One of the reasons I’m a consumer advocate attorney is to stand up for people when corporate greed puts health and safety at risk.

Read about Clipping in an article written by  Christopher Jensen in the October 5, 2008, Chicago Tribune.

Louis Green

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A great piece from The Colbert Report!

Democrats may see the glass as half empty, but the repo men see that
you are behind payments on that glass. (03:31)

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