Bill, have you ever been laid off from a job? And then started another job only to get laid off once again? Maybe had a successful business and the government changed its regulations so you went out of business? Yep, that is me. Some of us folks have always paid our bills on time but have gone through company wide and departmental layoffs. Unemployment pays me about 25% of what I used to make. So, food and housing first and everything else after. No, I'm not lazy as I'm applying for approximately 6-10 jobs every single day, including jobs that pay $10 an hour whereas I once made 6 figures a year.
I received a call from Chris Campbell from Viking Collection Service on a Friday but had not received any paperwork from them in the mail yet. I did not call back. On Monday I received a letter from them regarding my Chase bank account. Before I could get to the office on Tuesday, he had already called my office again, called my mother, and called my former roommate as these were the prior numbers I had listed. I called Chase first to confirm they had turned it over to Viking and they confirmed they had. I then proceeded to call Viking and talk with Chris Campbell. He was great. I had been asking Chase for a settlement offer for the past 6 months and was told they could not help me. I asked Chris what type of settlement we could agree on as I have just gone through a divorce and have only my divorce settlement money to work with as I was downsized from my job in 2009 and restarted my business doing the same type of job independently and am just earning enough to pay my basic expenses. We were able to agree to me paying 45% on a balance just over $20,000. I felt this was fair and I overnighted the check to him and received a confirmed settlement payoff the very next day on Wednesday. I may have been able to hold out and get a lower settlement but for me it would not have been worth the aggravation, stress and time. I was very happy with my whole experience after having read all the negative things on this site and was worried about what I would go through. Chris was very professional and kind.
No Idea who these people are, however I called them back. To see who they were and why they were calling they let me know they are trying to get a hold of Hal Dubarry? NO idea who that is. I ask them to stop calling their response? You dont know them at all? You dont have any connection to the Dubarrys? Seriously lady? NO I do not know them. I havent even heard of them. Thank you for wasting my time. But call again and we will seriously have an issue. Belkin services? who is that? I dont have any debt, I just graduated
Since your credit is already ruined when credit collectors called. You can simply ignore them and let the whole thing slide for a couple of years. By then your no response no contact will force your debt to be sold and resold to other debt collectors for pennies to the dollar. Then contact the last debt collector and settle for 10 cents to the dollar. Once settled make sure the debt is removed from your credit report.
dial 952-943-7575 it is viking collection services and ask for eric wolfe plain and simple. no scam your in collections and he is trying to collect on a debt.