Credit Card Company Offered Settlement, Should I take it?
I have been on a debt payment plan for 6 months, but withdrew after I found out I could be paying less interest than with the credit counseling agency. I also thought the $50 monthly fee was a waste of money that could be going towards the debt. I contacted one of my credit card companies, Discover, and they offered me an internal payment plan that was more than the minimum payment, lower interest than with the counseling agency, and I agreed and am using that. With Chase, I called and they offered either a monthly payment program, and he also told me they would settle for 60% of the debt, so the $2700 I owe would be $1600, and I could make 4 monthly payment and be done with it. Should I do this? What are the pros and cons? I can make the 4 payments financially. I'm not worried about my credit report, I have no need for financing, I've changed my spending habits and have used cash only for 8 months now. I just want to put this debt behind me. Tips? Thanks!
Good for you, you're on the right track.
There's no magic number regarding how low a credit card company will go to get a settlement. They simply want as much money as possible, so if they think they can get $1600 by offering you a settlement that's better than having a $2700 debt on the books that you never pay.
I would start by offering them about $1200 for the debt, and see where that gets you. Never accept a first offer. But if they don't budge, $1600 is a good deal since it allows you to pay this debt off in 4 months.
The key to dealing will collections people is to get everything in writing. Don't send them a dime until you have your agreement in writing in your hand. Never send payment based on a verbal promise of a settlement and never send it based on a promise that the paperwork is in the mail. Keep good records and make sure their paperwork clearly states the payment structure, and the fact that those payments settle the debt in full.
Congratulations on being on the road to being debt free.
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"This topical collection of essays emanates from the Consumer Protection in Europe: Theory and Practice duo colloquium in December 2009. That conference explored consumer protection in Europe and covered topics which are even more relevant today given the revisions to the proposed Consumer Rights Directive, the appointment of an Expert Group on a common frame of reference and the Green Paper on European Contract Law. It was organised within the work programme Credit and Debt: Protecting the Vulnerable inEurope - a project placing emphasis on vulnerability in financial transactions. This volume focuses on consumer protection in credit and investments in the context of unprecedented turmoil in those markets and EU harmonisation initiatives in the area. Itexplores key issues such as responsible lending, information disclosure, consumer confidence, the regulation of consumer investment services and the protection of bank depositors"--
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it. Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods—that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors. Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption”) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it. Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history—as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy.From the Hardcover edition.
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