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…
Buffalo Collection Industry in the Cross-Hairs
The Buffalo News has run two articles highly critical of the local debt collection industry. The first article, “Merchants of Debt,”focuses on the large collection industry presence in the area. Many of the complaints made by consumers about collectors are against firms located in Buffalo, which is a major hub of the collection industry. The…
New Survey Finds Americans More Worried About Debt Than Terrorist Attacks
A new national survey was released today showing that Americans are more worried about not being able to pay their bills than they are about terrorist attacks. The survey was co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, a non-partisan think tank. “Public Recognizes Debt as a Fast Growing Problem in U.S.” discusses the survey in…
ZipDebt Quoted in MSN Money Article
MP Dunleavy, columnist for MSN Money, just published an article that ZipDebt readers may find of interest. The article is titled, “Losing at Balance-Transfer Roulette,” and it tells the story of two 25-year olds struggling with credit card debt. Both of the women whose stories are told in the article played the balance-