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…
Check Diversion Programs to be Made Exempt from Debt Collection Laws
If you’re in a type of business that’s subject to government regulation (designed to protect consumers from some of the more abusive practices of your business model), and you don’t like one or two of the laws, just spend a bunch of money lobbying Congress and presto — no more pesky consumer protection laws to…
Who Supports the New Bankruptcy Law? — Just Follow the Money
An interesting article appeared last week under the title, “Bankruptcy Law Does Have Supporters.” Well, no kidding. Of course the new law has supporters. How else would it have passed Congress? I’m sure most of the executives in the credit card industry think it’s a pretty good bill. They should know. Collectively, they spent millions…
Debt Collectors Want Your Cell Phone Number
In my previous post, I discussed the annual report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act issued by the Federal Trade Commission. As noted, the FTC receives more complaints about debt collection than for any other industry. We can expect it to get worse, however, if the collection industry gets it way on a key…