Again, calls are recorded, they didnt call you names and they didnt harass you. Pay your bills and then they wont have to call you. They have and A+ rating with the BBB. It's amazing the lies people say because they dont pay their bills and get mad that a collection agency calls them! Grow up!
got a call from this number too. If this is a collection agency, they probably have the wrong number since i do not owe debt to anyone or any company. They keep calling and calling. It is very annoying. They don't ever leave a message or whatever.
just got a call from this number but i missed it. i called back and "lary" answered the phone. i asked him what business he was calling me from and he kept asking me my name. i said i want to know who he worked for. and he hung up on me. very shading. if you do have a collection agency harassing you, i suggest that you call the business/company/hospital that you owe money to directly and pay them so that companies like this dont recieve a dime!!!
I received a call from my sister that this company needed paid or she may go to jail because of writing 1 bad check 9 years ago. I was going to take care of it for her but wasnt about to give my info. to just anyone over the phone so I asked if I could ask some questions about the company and what he does for them and also if they had a website. The guy...i think his name was J.K. or Jake....said he could not answer my questions in a rather rude manner and then I told him i wasnt giving my c.card info to him and he hung up on me. Later that night, I looked up their website and the link to the BBB and also typed in "Meade and Associates fraud" and got like 5 pertinent results....this is one of them. I looked up the "office manager's name and called him...for the time being his was Toni Martini and he said he couldnt help me unless i had an account number. I told him all i had was her name and he looked it right up and started mentioning things about it. First of all, why would he take my word for it and look it up without her permission. While he was researching it i said i didnt want to get one individual in trouble but rather help correct their very obvious customer relations issue and he (the so-called manager) argued rudely with me about the intentions of my call. So i said, ok fine then, what if i did call to get some specific in trouble. Whats wrong with that when I legitimately recieved poor service. to which he responds, if there's nothing else i'm going to move on. He did not even listen to my entire complaint! what a manager!
I believe that even if this company is real...which it may be, they have serious customer service quality problems. I also think its funny that certain people have commented numerous times on their behalf...one said, if u dont have problems with your debt then why are you on here...I will tell you why, because you acted so rude to us that we couldnt believe you could possibly be a legit company. and we wanted to make a complaint and warn others....I think the more interesting question is, why do you keep getting on here to comment about how good they are? If u recieved excellent service would that be a reason to look up a blog about bad service and argue with us? not likely. i have contacted the BBB as well as another federal operation to protect consumers...and u cant say im on her because i have debt an am not paying it...it was my sisters and i know she makes bad financial decisions and I do not condone it...but was merely concerned for the well being of my neice and nephew if she really did go to jail. do your research before doing anything further. And by the way, i gave the money to my sister and she went in to the court and paid it to the clerk of courts. she got a receipt and doesnt have to worry about this 3rd party nonsense. dont be fooled, u dont have to pay them, u owe the money to the court. The can see that it goes to the right place.
One more thing, as far as their mission statement says that they provide profeesional expertise and also keep the name of their client safe. the guiy told me it was kroger where my sister had written the bad check...thats funny. Why would u disclose your clients very personal information!????
I just had the "privilege" of dealing with these people. I understand that they represent themselves as a collection agency. When I returned a call to them, it too was answered "Hello". I explained that in todays society with scams happening all the time, I was reluctant to give any information over the phone as I did not want to become the victim of a scam. I asked them to send a "test" fax on letterhead so that I could be assured of who I was speaking to ESPECIALLY after answering the phone with a simple Hello and was told they couldn't do that. To the post made by ME - you obviously must work for these people. I can't even bring myself to call it a company. I don't mind making good on debt owed - what I mind is collection agency that run themselves in this manner. Don't ask for my credit card information over the phone and not be willing to provide proof that you are a legitimate company!!!!!!!