Diversified Consultants, Inc. – CFPB Complaint ID 2557830

Date Received: 2017-06-24T00:00:00

Product: Other debt

Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided

Consumer Complaint: Approximately XX/XX/XXXX – XX/XX/XXXX, I had left XXXX as a customer. I had contacted them and on a recorded line, their people agreed to a payment plan where I would pay $ XXXX- {$80.00} a month on the amount of my cancellation fee and the remainder owed. I proceeded to make the first payment that was agreed upon of {$50.00}.

The following month, I went to make another payment of the agreed upon amount, I checked my mail and found they had sent me to collections via Diversified Consultants, for the amount of {$230.00}. Upon contacting XXXX to ask about what had occurred to nullify the agreement that was made ( and after being hung up on multiple times ), they had said that I would not have been sent to collections if I had paying what was owed ( even though I was told we had an agreement to a payment plan. ) Upon calling Diversified Consultants to try to remedy the debt, I offered 65 % the sum of that was owed. They refused to accept it. Upon asking if they were refusing to accept any payment on a recorded line, they said yes.

XXXX then continued to send notices of the debt via other collection agencies and contacting my family to where I had to tell them to cease and desist contact to my family. I disputed the validity of all the notices of the debt when I received them, As well I was still receiving email statements from XXXX asking me to pay that amount to them.

In XX/XX/XXXX, I had received another collections notice. Upon dispute of the collections notice, I received correspondence from XXXX about disputing the debt that was owed. Upon filling out and sending the information they requested via mail, I received no further notices about the debt.

Approximately XX/XX/XXXX, I went to review my credit information, and found that Diversified Consultants had reported on the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, the sum of {$230.00} as being delinquent.

Written proof available upon request. Due to account numbers on statements.

Company: Diversified Consultants, Inc.

State/Zip: OR 970XX

Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation

Was Company Response Timely: Yes

Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A

Complaint ID: 2557830

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