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ZipDebt Client Comment Forum (2007-2019)
This post is intended to provide a forum for ZipDebt clients to post comments about their experience with the program. Recently, I spoke to a person interested in my program, and they told me that they didn’t bother to read any of the testimonials on my site because “everybody fakes testimonials.” Well, that’s probably true…
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More Debt Collection Madness
In a follow-up to a recent 4-part series on debt collection insanity in Massachusetts (see my blog entry for August 10, 2006), the Boston Globe has published a new article, “Debt Collectors Hunt the Innocent.” The focus of this latest article is on the growing problem of collection agencies targeting the wrong person. As the…
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Fed Report on Fair Credit Reporting Act
The Federal Trade Commission and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System have released their joint “Report to Congress on the Fair Credit Reporting Act Dispute Process.” The report makes for some pretty dry reading, even for someone like me who’s really into this stuff. But there are also some fascinating tidbits of…
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Consumer Credit Spikes Upward in June 2006
Consumer credit jumped by $10.3 billion in June 2006, according to the latest figures released by the Federal Reserve. Of that amount, $6.65 billion was in the form of revolving (credit card) debt. With most analysts predicting an increase of just $4 billion in June, these figures were much higher than expected. In addition, the…