I am being continually harassed by this company over a bank account that was use fraudulently. When I tried to explain the situation the person got ruder and ruder and would not even allow me to give them the information about the fraud claim that was made both to the San Fransisco Police and US Bank.
Debt collectors must treat you with truth, fairness, dignity, and respect. Period. Any debt collector who crosses the line and abuses you for the collection of a consumer debt can be sued in federal court for damages under a law called the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
Debt Collectors Are Prohibited From Doing Lots of Things
* Threatening lawsuits, garnishment, liens, or arrest for not paying a bill
* Calling your family, friends, neighbors or employers to collect a debt
* Leaving abusive phone messages
* Insulting, yelling or swearing at you
* Calling your workplace after telling the collector not to call you there
* Lying, threatening, or otherwise harassing you in any way
If you have suffered from any of these abusive bill collection practices, you may be entitled to compensation. We can help any consumer who is currently in collections, or has suffered from collection harassment. Call us today at (612) 379-8800 to speak with an attorney and get a free phone consultation on your case.
About 1 month ago my husband received a call from a guy named Joe,he said he was looking for our daughter,my husband was in the middle of a project,had his hands full at that moment,and asked him to call back and leave a message,also that she did not live here with us and we don't give out her number,but could pass his number on.the guy"joe"then used the word
"harboring"and "we'll have to take it to the next step"and hung up.Very rude.the next day he called back and Sarcasticly said"are we going to deal with this a little bit better today?"I asked what the call was about
and tried to explain that my daughter would call him,but then he said to me "do you always interupt when people are talking to you?"and hung up.
My daughter did call the phone # and spoke with a different guy I guess from a place called Bridgestone and Assoc.she told them not to call her parents anymore,and supposedly worked out a payment agreement with them from a 20 dollar mistake that happened 2 years ago she was then 18 and now they say she owes 600.00 dollars(that makes me so mad the banks can do that to young people)anyhow, a month goes by and yesterday the phone rings and its that Joe Derezinski again totally rude saying my husband does'nt love his daughter (because my husband hung up on the Joe guy)and I said I thought my daughter worked out a plan etc..
He said in a totally RUDE voice "she FAILED MISERABLY,your daughter failed miserably again""YOU call her"then click he hung up.
I know this is a long note but when I read that this guy has spoken in this horribly rude and threatening way to others too,I just had to write.
I just recieved a letter in the mail saying my delinquent account has been purchased by Bridgestone. Not sure what account they are talking about. When I called the number it says the number is no longer in service. The number is the same you have, 432-2400.
Recieved a Phone call from them on 12/9/2009 asking for Jason when my wife asked what this was in ref to the individual refuesed to say and that if she raised him right he would not be in the situation he is currently in whatever that may be.
Recieved another cxall from the same individual on 12010 about 1300 hrs this time I talked to him and told him that jason did not liove here and I did not appreciate him telling my wife that she did a horrible job raising her Child he them told me that i should have raised him better I told him why dont you come on over and tell me that he then stated this call was recoreded and I said good record this Jason Does not live here stop calling and harrasing us he got ignorent with me once again i told him come on over and we will talk about this.
Bridgestone at 763 432 2400 was calling me for my son, i explained to them he didnt live here anymore. They they said they would remove my number. They were decent.