Quick Answer: CFPB complaints against USAA can help document harassment patterns but may not immediately stop aggressive collection practices. This consumer filed after USAA called multiple times daily despite working with a debt consolidation company, violating Fair Debt Collection Practices Act guidelines.
Date Received: 2017-12-29
Product: Credit card debt
Issue: Communication tactics
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Consumer Complaint: USAA called me repeatedly on the following days despite my debt consolidation companyh working with their settlement department ( seperate ticket XXXX ).
Days include : XXXX XXXX ( at XXXX and XXXX ), XXXX XXXX ( at XXXX and XXXX ), XXXX XXXX ( at XXXX and XXXX ), XXXX XXXX ( at XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX ), XXXX XXXX ( at XXXX and XXXX ).
As per previous ticket, I did inform them to work with the consolidation firm. I ‘ve also, admittedly very angrily, informed them of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act which states that they may not harrass by calling multiple times in the same day.
Also stated on the previous ticket, I spoke to a manager and he sent a message to the team for them to contact me at a specific time and day to sort this out and have XXXX XXXX on the phone. They did not call at the specified time/day ( XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX ) or the day after. Then they called again on XXXX ( today ) .This leads me to beleive that theyh do n’t want to work with me on the debt, but just to harrass me.
Company: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
State/Zip: UT 844XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 2767061
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