Paying your bills on time and in full keeps you out of idiocy like this.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Paying your bills on time and in full keeps you out of idiocy like this.
LOL, I just made a similar point on FB to an old friend about Glenn Beck.
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
I had one of those debt collectors call my cell phone. It was 702 area code which is Nevada.
I answered and he asked for me by name. I said, "What? Who is this? I don't know what you are talking about."
Then I hung up. He was shit out of luck since I did not acknowledge anything and kept him in the dark like a mushroom.
Now I have some guy that is 70 years old writing me about that debt. I gave him the address of the woman at court house and told him to write and she would write back with options for him.
Generally the way it goes is, "Submit your claim to the Probate Court or write it off. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke