Erin “Dear Steve, I am a student, owe AMEX $5,500….am in a full time graduate accelerated program for next 14 months, cannot work & cannot pay the minimum payment, my mom has been helping me but cannot do it anymore..I called AMEX to try & get some help but all they offered was a low …
“Dear Steve, I received an offer from a collection agency for an old debt. The collection agency offered 4 options. To pay $10 a month until the debt is settled. The other three options are to settle for less then the amount owed, but I am worried this will have a negative impact on my …
Brian “Dear Steve, I had about $47K in credit card debt and then lost my job and was sick and in a hospital. I was planning on filing bk, but due to the knew bk laws, I was unable to file bankruptcy. I was out of a job for about a year, and used any …
“Dear Steve, I went through a bad time financial about 6 years ago. In 10/2004, I turned a vehicle back into the lender that financed it MMCA. I only ever heard from them once by phone and recently, in the last 90 days, they have transferred the old debt to a collection company showing it …
“Dear Steve, I turned my car in about a year ago. I have perodically made small payments to a collection agency. This loan was through Capital One Auto Finance. The reason for turning the car in was it was costing me more to keep it running than I could afford. This was a nice car …