Date Received: 2017-06-02T00:00:00
Product: Other debt
Issue: Written notification about debt
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: The collection age ncy Collection Services of Athens failed to validate this debt. A bill statement does not obligate me to pay nor does it validate debt. The y did not produce the documents establishing liability to them. In US la w encyclopedia, XXXX XXXX , XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX . Sections XXXX ; it says that one can not subrogate onto a contract that they were not originally on, did not have any interest to protect, and then claim successor in rights and interests. I submitted a debt validation letter to Collection Services of Athens b ack on XXXX and I received a bill which does not equal validation. I have disputed this with XXXX and they stated that the debt has been verified which is inaccurate and inval id. Co llection Services of Athens h as not properly validated the debt within the 30 day time frame and are continuing to reporting invalid and inaccurate information on XXXX .
Company: COLLECTION SERVICES OF ATHENS, INC.
State/Zip: GA 300XX
Company Response to Complaint: Untimely response
Was Company Response Timely: No
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 2499971
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