be very careful with these bottomfeeders - the are KNOWN FDCPA VIOLATORS
from www.budhibbs.com - go here for more info on how to FIGHT BACK
Collect Corp Inc.
415 Yonge Street, Suite 700 / Suite 2000
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E7
866-821-7325
Fax: 877-766-7693
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
80 Bloor Street West, Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2V1
Phone: 877-706-1898
Other Locations:
111 Peter Street Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario (416-961-9622)
17 West Street, Corner Brook, Newfoundland (709-634-9155)
16 Bath Rd #105, Kingston, Ontario (613-548-7777)
74 King St W, Oshawa, Ontario (905-438-0039)
455 North 3rd Street Suite 260, Phoenix, Arizona
(602-443-2920), (716-849-9604)
300 International Drive Suite 100,
Amherst Centre, Williamsville, New York (716-849-9604)
Head Debt Collectors:
Nicholas Wilson (President)
[email protected]
Graeme Stirrett (Executive V P Operations)
John Tilley (Executive V P)
[email protected]
Steve Townend (V P)
[email protected]
Thomas Pestka (Executive Director)
[email protected]
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Bud Says Consumer Comments Below
Used to be a decent organization, lately they have apparently turned a blind eye to the law and gone WAY down on the quality of debt collectors they hire. We understand they are paying off many more law suit because of the violations their debt collectors are pile up. It’s the usual group of lies, threats, intimidation, of arrest, seizure and notifying third parties about debts.
Here is an email we received about them:
“When Maria of Collectcorp called us regarding an AMEX bill, she was NOT happy that we couldn't pay that day in FULL. She told my husband that if things were that bad for us, he either needed to file for Bankruptcy or blow his head off! I don't think it would matter if I'd recorded the conversation with her, she didn't actually THREATEN violence... The joke is on her, though, because there's no life insurance either! Unbelievable...”
The good news for consumers and attorneys is they DO pay the suits and pretty fast, using several reputable law firms, one in Southport, CT, and one in Houston, TX.
Head Debt Collectors and Canadian residents Linda Matheson and James Bruce Conley appear to be suffering what a LOT of older established debt collectors is up against and that is the influx of all the new blood who thinks there is a pot of gold in this industry. That competition has greatly enlarged the market, causing a thinning of both accounts and the pool of reliable collectors available. They recently opened a new office in Phoenix due to the problems in Buffalo.
Meanwhile, consumers are getting smarter, consumer attorneys are filing more lawsuits and Collect Corp is paying off. Anyone contacted by Collect Corp is advised to tape record their calls as a good tape will always result in a bigger settlement.
If you find anything on a credit report from Collect Corp., you would be wise to dispute it with the credit bureaus as “not my account.”
Make them validate their claims in writing, NEVER give a Collect Corp collector access to your banking or credit cards. Contact me for referral to a REAL consumer attorney.