http://www.creditwrench.com/newsmon/ The Creditwrench Newswire keeps you informed about strategies, court decisions, articles of interest and more dealing with the world of credit and collections http://www.creditwrench.com/credwren1.gif http://www.creditwrench.com 120 80 Creditwrench is the foremost provider of cutting edge techniques for dealing with creditors, collectors courts and debt. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-06-03a.html A 14-year-old boy in Barnstable, Mass., was arrested after distributing drugs to several classmates -- Viagra. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-06-03a.html Seems that the State of Oregon is testing GPS units to be placed in every car so that they can tell how many miles you travel and when you drive up to the gas pump and turn it on a mileage count is transmitted to the gas pump which then tacks on a mileage fee for having used the roads http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-04-03a.html The importance of keeping credit pure Mind those bills. All of them. Credit card companies are watching. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-03-03a.html We've been getting letters from attorneys who claim that beyond the first 30 days, absent a demand for validation, the CA is NOT required to provide validation documentation because; "you missed the validation [30 day] window. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-02-03a.html We've been getting letters from attorneys who claim that beyond the first 30 days, absent a demand for validation, the CA is NOT required to provide validation documentation because; "you missed the validation [30 day] window. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/06-01-03a.html Credit Checks What Are They Good For? With homeland security on the top of everyone's minds, significantly more companies are using credit checks as part of their standard preemployment screening process. The increased need to be more careful is understandable, but how companies are doing this is questionable. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-31-03a.html Credit Checks What Are They Good For? With homeland security on the top of everyone's minds, significantly more companies are using credit checks as part of their standard preemployment screening process. The increased need to be more careful is understandable, but how companies are doing this is questionable. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-29-03a.html An article about Barry Sussman who was indicted by the feds for operating a very abusive collection agency. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-28-03a.html Reminiscing about the old days of Magna Carta News BBS and credit boards and how it was before the internet. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-27-03a.html President Bush telephoned the leaders of Spain, a supporter of Bush's decision to invade Iraq, and of Canada, an opponent, in advance of next week's summit of world leaders. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-22-03a.html I learned a whole lot about RSS today and so that is what I have chosen as the topic for this first post of the day. In fact, what I have learned today is important for visitors and blog webmasters alike. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/0521-03a.html I saw this idiotic letter posted on a message board called creditnet this morning. I would provide a link to that site but I would hate to introduce those of my readers not already familiar with it and it's inanities to that message board so I shall refrain. http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-21-03a.html Badgering phone calls and threats, insults and outright lies -- these are just a few of the unfair and illegal tactics that some debt collectors unleash on consumers. These rogue collectors don't represent the entire industry, but they are not uncommon. "It's just threats and intimidation, but you keep it vague," says Michael Flannagan, a former debt-collection supervisor in Tacoma, Wash. "A lot of things bill collectors do are downright dirty and illegal." http://myarchive.8m.com/a/05-19-03a.html Although America has one of the most potent allies against unfair debt collections practices known to mankind in the form of the Federal Trade Commission and various state agencies designed to help prevent such abusiveness as we speak of here, those despicable practices long outlawed by our governments, both Federal and State still abound today and unless the consumer is fully aware of his rights, he will most assuredly be abused by creditors and their collections agents alike.