Well ladies and Gents I also worked at HP Locate which was most definitely a legitimate business!! First of all the business started only 2 years ago so they are actually still workin out a few kinks. BUT as far as the work that was done, Just because u feel like its harassment Does Not mean it is!! There are rules and protocols that are followed! If they said you couldnt call friends, relatives, neighbors, etc.... then we wouldnt have! As for the agent who called at 2am That 1 agent was wrong and im more than sure fired! That was 1 person who broke the rules not the entire company. This Erik R person was standing up for the company in the first post when he was still working there, but it seems like after u lost ur job is when u got on here and started down talking the company? STILL UPSET HUH? LOL! Get over it! And as was said they have the right to call whom ever is listed in the national database as a possible contact for the person they r looking for. Every1 does not always update their information so if you receive a call thats for some1 u dont know simply tell them that. I dont know that person please dont call me again. Simple as that! But at the same time with my experience when i was there im sure i spoke with over 100 people who said they were not the person we were looking for but in fact were. When this happens guess what we have to invalidate your actual number and try to get in contact with u thru others. And for the fam and friends who want to be nosey and find out what it is before actually helping out make it harder on us and themselves. WE CAN NOT RELEASE ANY1S PRIVATE INFO TO JUST ANY1! THAT IS Y THEY HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH THE CORRECT PERSON. HP Locate is simply a Locating company not a debt collector. They locate people, Thats the damn job!! Heritage Pacific is the company that HP Locate comes from and they are the actual collectors. Do ur homework!!
I am getting several phone calls a day for someone I do not know, have never known, nor are they my neighbors... I told these people this.. was suppose to have my number removed... at 8:45 tonight I get another stupid phone call.. .THIS TIME .. I let loose ... The young lady actually asked me tonight How did I get to her in talking to her because my number was suppose to be invalid! ... I told her that your stupid company called me! She told me that she was going to talk to her manager immediately to have my number removed... Heard that before! AND THEY WERE RECORDING ME WITHOUT TELLING ME OR GETTING MY PERMISSION!
I actually work for HP Locate. We work in conjunction with at least 2 private investigators licensed in Texas, and the main focus of our work is legitimate debt collection. Just because we have contacted you doesn't mean that you (or any associate of yours) has done something wrong, but bear in mind, debt collections is a LEGITIMATE BUSINESS. Also, we are not interested in harrassing you. Chances are you were contacted because we aggressively try to locate people who have an OUTSTANDING DEBT to pay. These are typically properties that eventually went into foreclosures. Because of the restrictions put on debt collections by the FDCPA, we cannot reveal to anyone except the person who is listed as the borrower in our database that they have an outstanding debt. This is the only reason we are coy about what information is revealed. Since we have the social security numbers of the actual borrowers, we try to contact possible relatives, former employers or businesses, or neighbors, and we use such information to locate and directly contact those people who those outstanding debts. If you don't want us to call you again, simply say that you want you're number marked "do not call". It takes 24 hours for it to come into full effect. Please google more on "skip investigation" and educate yourself about what we do as a legitimate business.
Your ignorant of the law. We are debt collectors in full compliance of the FDCPA. As I already put in my lengthy entry under the same name, we have licensed private investigators legitimately locate people who have not fulfilled a financial obligation.
It is against the law for you to contact relatives, former empoyers, neighbors...in an attempt to collect a debt. When asked to be removed from your call list you ignorant [***] hang up! I have recorded every call from your employees who barely speek english! When asked to stop calling
That's great! I just did the same thing........called them 15 times this morning, and will continue to do so every 1/2 hour like they have been harrassing me. I have contacted the Massachusetts Attorney General and reported them.