Re: unexpected call from collection agency
- From: "Gary Niskanen" <garyniskanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:44:22 GMT
Check with the doctors office prior to doing anything
<rtistbyday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Can anyone please help a student who needs some advice? Here's my
> situation:
>
> I was recently contacted by someone claiming to be a collection agency,
> who said that I owed $600 to a doctor for treatment performed almost a
> year and a half ago. The supposed agency said that they had sent me
> several notices, but it seems the notices were sent to an old address.
> No notice was ever forwarded to me, and I have no written notification
> that I owe any money, nor did the doctor ever call me (my phone number
> hasn't changed).
>
> I've tried to contact the doctor's office to confirm the debt, but he
> is on vacation and won't be back for a week. The address the
> collection agency wants me to send the money to is different from the
> doctor's address (it's just a PO Box). Is this significant? Should I
> send the check now or should I wait until I can contact the doctor? I
> don't have any real proof of the debt, but I'm a bit worried about
> waiting for a week; I want to act quickly to avoid a bad mark on my
> credit record.
>
> And, should I mail the check to the doctor or the agency? I don't want
> to send the money to one and have the other claim I still owe them.
> Any advice on how to go about this?
>
> Thanks everyone,
> Rachel
>
.
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