Collections

I thought this going to be about baseball cards and comic books.

 

Better yet, give a wrong number -- the same wrong number, always -- to anyone who has no reason to know your phone number. That's what I do, and I've never received telemarketing calls for years. It's ... beautiful.

 

I think I get yours. Thanks, pal.

 

I've never really been much of a collector. No interest in cards, although I've accumulated a few over the years they're all essentially worthless.
I loved comic books when I was a kid, but I didn't really collect them. I read them and threw them in a box. I'd re-read some but I never took care of them. Threw the out when I was a teen.

 

Coincidentally, I literally received a call last week from John Brown of the Wilbur Law Firm with regards to a collection notice they were trying to serve to someone I know.

 

Last year I cancelled my Verizon plan (was out-of-contract) and switched to AT&T GoPhone. I love GoPhone, by the way. For $60 a month I get unlimited talk and text with 4 GB of data with one month of roll over for data.

Back on topic, I canceled a few days before next month's payment was due. I never payed for that month -- why would I when I canceled before hand and didn't use their service after I canceled. Verizon subsequently tried to get the $53 or similar they claimed I owed for the last month. I've had to have gotten calls/letters from 10-15 different collection agencies since then. I sent a few of the agencies letters back to refute the debt, but I got tired of doing and quit after it seemed like I'd get a letter from a new collector every few weeks. They all must have given up because I don't think I've gotten any letters or calls in six months. They sure wasted a lot of paper for $53 they never got.

 

I get a perverse pleasure knowing companies are spending more money to collect/remind/nag than I owe them.

 

Hurts your credit, though.

 

That's why it's a perverse pleasure.

 

Thanks for covering for me bro.