Comments on: Freedom Debt Relief Bragging About Being in Forbes. Not So Fast Fellas. Back the Bus Up.

By: Dinah

Dinah — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:42:25 +0000

Goldline certification is just as good as a bottle cap pin.
Just another fake sparkle to lure unsuspecting distressed consumer like me.
I was in one of FDR’s settlement programs and I was sued for $2,317.77 which ended up in wage garnishment because according to them, my $12,271.00 payment was not enough funds to settle the law suit.
I’m sure the company’s employees would defend the company because they were the satisfied ones who siphoned the accounts of struggling clients.

By: Dinah

Dinah — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:42:00 +0000

By: Steve Rhode

Steve Rhode — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:39:01 +0000

Joy,

In general, typically money taken as fees by debt settlement companies is not refunded unless you threaten then with BBB complaints and complaints to your state Attorney General.

If you’ve only been in a few months then it might be better to cut your losses now if that is what your gut is telling you to do.

If you went into debt settlement because you could not make the minimum payments on your debt then you might want to make an appointment with a local bankruptcy attorney for a free consultation and learn about how you can be protected by the law and get a fresh start.

Steve

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:35:16 +0000

I started an account with Freedom Debt Relief on 2/15/10…. and I really wish I had read more about this business before I did. I can probably come up with past due amounts on three of the four debts that were incorporated into FDR’s program, but there’s one that’s a much larger monthly payment that would be tough now to bring current. I’m really not enjoying the constant “pay up deadbeat” calls and emails I’m getting. I have already had two drafts go into the GSC account that was set up to fund this mess, and my current balance in the GSC reserves only reflects half of that money (the other half has all been withdrawn away into “fees”.

Should I cancel my account with them? How much of the two drafts should I expect to lose and never see again, even though there has been nothing paid to any of the creditors?

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:05:34 +0000

I have first hand experience with being lied to by Freedom Debt Relief. I was told by them in a email(I have a copy) and in a phone conversation they’d come to a settlement with Chase Visa on my old credit card account. In order to accept this settlement I needed to agree to stay in the program for another 18 months paying them a little over $400 per month, boy was I stupid! About 7 months later I began receiving calls and letters in the mail from a debt collection agency about this Chase Visa account. So I called Chase Visa after getting the runaround from FDR. Chase Visa told me they had no such agreement with Freedom Debt Relief and there was NOTHING in my account file about an agreement with Freedom Debt Relief and they don’t negotiate with FDR because of litigation going on in California.

By: Steve Rhode

Steve Rhode — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:51:56 +0000

Tabatha,

OMG, thats fantastic! Finally someone wrote about that California thing other than me. I can’t believe it took so long. I went public with that years and years ago and I even wrote about that incident here on this site. Click here to read article. But for clarification, I was not sued. I was blackmailed by California and then we agreed to resolve the disagreement.

Freedom Debt Relief isn’t a competitor of mine and I wasn’t aware that writing about the press release they sent out had an ulterior motive. They sent it. I write, that’s what I do.

Steve

By: Tabatha

Tabatha — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:23:33 +0000

You have to pay to be a member of the BBB, so it’s not much different from Goldline.

PS You seem to be no stranger to lawsuits: http://www.corp.ca.gov/ENF/pdf/2002/myvesta.pdf

Maybe you should tell your readership you have ulterior motives for flaming competitors?