Question: Dear Steve, The Discover debt that I got sued for was dismissed by the court four years ago and now another collections agency that Discover sold the dept to is keep asking for me to pay them back. How can I have this collection agency stop asking me for the money? Can I send … Read more
Question: Dear Steve, I have 2 charged-off accounts, and I want to call and try to pay towards debt but can only afford about 100 per month. Will they work with me.. capital one and discover Will, the creditors work with me. Hope Answer: Dear Hope, The answer is not what you would expect. Here … Read more
When if the Debt Relief Bureau, not the Debt Relief Bureau? When you get a flyer in the mail from an anonymous source promising you help to get out of debt. An amazing reader Tish sent in a new debt relief mailer through my I Buy Junk Mail program. Well here is another anonymous mailer … Read more
I was laid off over 2 months ago, my husband 7 years ago and still out of work. I have a Discover loan in the amount of 23,000 interest rate 10% payment 479 per month. I called to see if they have a hardship program and all they did was tell me to turn down … Read more
“Dear Steve, I was with Note World Settlement for a long time. After them not being able to settle with Discover after 7 year. They told me Discover could NOT do anything to me any more (staute of limiation law) I live in WI. Now I got a bill from Discover for the full amount … Read more
I have $13,000 worth of credit card debt that has been charged off. The account is still being held by the Discover Card. They haven’t sold it off…..yet. I also have another account with Discover, but I am up to date on it and have never been late.. I also have a Chase CC that … Read more
Discover Financial Services (DFS) said the proportion of its customers who are a month late on their credit card payments hit an all-time low during its second quarter, helping more than double the card company’s profit. The record low in credit-card delinquency rates, which the company said covers a 25-year period, highlights the sharp turnaround … Read more
“Dear Steve, I am $9000 in debt on Discover. 1/2 of the balance is at 13% and the other half is at 0% for 1 year. The problem is how they disburse the pymts. The min pymt of $200 goes to the 0% balance. Then i need to pay any interest charges and anything extra … Read more
“Dear Steve, I was served a summons from Legal Recovery Law Offices, Inc. which is representing Discover. I spoke with Discover and they still own the debt. They turned my account over to collections with NCO. NCO is having LRLO, Inc. act as the lawyer for Discover. The last time I paid them was September … Read more
“Dear Steve, Like 5 yrs ago I had a Discover card for 2500.00. I paid about 1100 of it then no work. Paid another 700 to collection agency through direct deposit every mo. in the amount of 70 dollars. At the end of the year my balance was higher with interest and penalities. Now I … Read more
“Dear Steve, I have credit card debt with Discover. I tried to negotiate with them. Debt is $5k due to interest rate and late payment. I would like to settle, but I cannot afford to pay a lump sum of $3600. This is a huge learning lesson. I was told I cannot file for bankruptcy. … Read more
“Dear Steve, I have about 4,000 dollars of VISA debt and about 11,000 dollars Discover card debt. I also have considerable student loans. I recently came into some money and wanted to pay off all my credit debt – which I have barely enough money to do… anyway, I was thinking about asking Discovercard to … Read more
“Dear Steve, I have a Sam’s card and was paying on it until i lost my job and can’t pay on it.. plus had to go to the doctor for depression and medication. The credit card company calls and I explain it but they are nasty and I’m scared to what happens next. What can … Read more
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Evelyn “Dear Steve, Got involved with a debt elimination progam and it didn’t work. Attorney Berman’s office is suppose to be the attorney for Discover. Berman’s office got a judgment against me and I took them back to court in April and had that overturned by the judge since the judgment wasn’t valid. Berman’s office … Read more