Allied Interstate are Liars

Allied Interstate are Liars

October 6, 2005

Allied Interstate has called my home every single day for several weeks now, and continues to call as early as 8:00am to as late as 4:00pm, and leave voice messages all the time. Their message is always the same: “This message is left in accordance with federal and state statutes. Please call Allied Interstate at 1-866-252-5308. This is not a solicitation. In accordance to federal laws, no further information can be left on this message.” This company has broken New York State laws as my phone number is on a DO-NOT-CALL list set up by the governor of New York. When I finally got so annoyed at the messages, I called to find out what the Allied Interstate was on 10/6/05 at 12:35pm. The rude representative said “hello” and asked if I was calling from the phone in which I received my message. I told him, “no.” He proceeded to tell me that I must provide him my number before he can tell me anything. I asked what is Allied Interstate? His response was that it’s a “company.” He asked for the number of the phone where I received my messages, and I informed him that I would share with him my telephone number of the phone where I received my message if can he explain what kind of company Allied Interstate is. He started raising his voice about how if I don’t give him my phone number that he will not tell me anything. I told him that I’m not going to tell him my number if I don’t know what this company is about. He replied, “Then you know what? You will just keep getting the phone calls and the messages.” So, I told him that I will report him to the government if he continues. He replied, “Go ahead. You’re wasting my time.” We hung up. Then, I looked up the company on the internet, and it seems that Allied Interstate has been sued many times in class action law suits for inappropriately lying to the people about debt they’re collecting that do not exist. The thing is I have excellent credit background, and do not hold any debt other than a mortgage, which is paid timely. Therefore, there is no reason that they need to contact me about a debt. If they are calling me for any other reason, then their call is a solicitation, which they are not allowed to do if I am on the NYS Do-Not-Call list. According to an internet search, it appears that Allied Interstate has locations in multiple states. Here are a few: 340 Interstate North Pkwy, Atlanta, GA (an adjustment and collection services) 3010 LBJ Fwy Ste 1200, Dallas, TX 75234-2710. The number listed is 972-888-6038. 435 Ford Rd #800, Minneapolis, MN 55426-1096. The number listed is 763-546-6600. Anyone who has similar experiences should post your complaints, and report the matter to the Attorney General’s Office, Better Business Bureau and your local Consumer Advocate. Look in the Blue Pages that are behind the White Pages for the addresses and contact information. Sincerely, New York City Click this link to e-mail the message author: Email User

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Just called Allied Interstate back and told them the call was being recorded but the Federal Bureau of investigation. (I lied)

I asked a very nervous girl what her name was and she gave it. I asked what was the name of the director of the company and she refused. Told her we'd just have to subpoena her and she hung up quickly.

They're pissing down both legs right about now. :)

Everyone feel free to slam them with calls and jam up their phone banks. Be as nasty as you wish.

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They just called us to collect a supposed unpaid internet bill for which we have never subscribed to. They said they sent 4 letters to us, etc. We even called AOL (who they said turned us over to them) and they said we owe them NO money! Thanks for ur post, am contacting the Attorney General in the morning.

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Those bastards have been calling me for months always asking for the same person whom I don't know. They always say they'll take my number off the list, but they don't. You jackasses who work work there are out and out liars. Get a real job. Tomorrow I'm going to start calling them everyday.

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"Quit being little bitches. I work for Allied and you all are pathetic. Tell us your number, we remove, conversation ended. If you argue, we argue. We will win in the end if you decide to argue. There is no law on how many times we can hang up on you in a day."

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I am responding to the above comment which is not true, and the poster darn well know this. Or, ignorance is bliss, as you do not know the truth about the company for which you work. Allied Interstate thinks they are above the law. AI has ignored a cease and desist order which has been on file for my telephone number for two years. I was just waiting for enough evidence, and now I have it. I have asked on a dozen different occassions for AI to remove my number from their database. Yea, they do, for about three weeks. Then the calls start all over again, up to several calls a day. A cease and desist order DOES NOT expire. So you see, you are wrong on so many levels. Not only do they call people who DO NOT owe them money and ask for erroneous names, they DO NOT stop calling when asked, and they also violate cease and desist orders. Quantum skip tracers do not know their you know what from a hole in the ground, as they keep giving AI my number, and AI ignorantly keeps calling me, violating the cease and desist order (there's only about 250 people at this street address). BTW, you really sound like a disgruntled employee, and I am sorry for you that this is the only gainful employment you can find. Get a new job if it's at all possible, and you will be a much happier person. My prayers are with you. Oh, and you will NOT win this arguement, because as you see, it is NOT as simple as telling AI to quit calling, as you say. You do not have a clue as to the truth in this matter, so maybe you should just take a deep breath and rethink things. Sticks and stones...(name calling is SO juvenile. Got any more nasty names to call us?) I win!

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Please call their attorney and tell him what you think of Allied Interstate's abusive and annoying behavior:

Kurt Tullar, Esq.

Vice President, Legal

iQor, Inc. (owns Allied Interstate)

335 Madison Ave.

27th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10017

Ph: 646-375-6187

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The commany Allie Interstate has called my house hold many times and was seaching for my mother. My mother has changed her name after she divorced my (idiot) father. They have been calling my house looking for her under her married name and has been rude to my self, my grandmother and my uncles and aunts who pick up the phone. I know that my father has used her name on many things that have sent agencies such as the IRS after her for things he did, always being under her married name. At least the IRS is nice when we tell them. The people at Allied Interstate will not beileve that they are annoying the wrong person if this is a ligimit debt. BUT as I have seen from reading online there is a 90% chance that there is no Debt. Like the unlike the writer of the origional complaint we do not have our name on a Do Not Call list BUT in the state we live such calls are illegal (under harrassment calls) One of the representitives swore at me before proptly hanging up the phone. Who do they get for this job? Alliens???? who no nothing of the civilized world. Currently I am fairly angry since they have called 4 times in a row!! (last 5 minuets) Thanks.

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Our 16-yr old son has been receiving multiple calls from this company. Our phones are on the "do not call" registry, and we have instructed him not to pick up calls from #s he doesn't recognize. He finally told me that this company has been phoning him 4x/day for more than two weeks. I phoned the company, gave them our son's cell # and they asked whether I knew a "Gene Woo". I said 'no' and they said they'd delete our son's # from their automated dialer. What infuriates me is that they made no attempt to verify whether this was the correct # and placed multiple, unsolicited calls to a minor. They were entirely unreceptive and unapologetic.

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Honey, you're nothing but a Goddamned LIAR. You people harrass me DAILY about an account that the alleged creditor knows NOTHING about. You are ALL rude, smart-mouthed, lying CROOKS who speak such broken English that it is almost impossible to understand any of you; you are argumentive, hostile for no reason whatsoever, and downright HATEFUL. I fully intend to SUE you for telephone harrassment, by the way; I've been recording all of these calls, calls where I can clearly be heard asking you to stop calling me. You have finally crossed the line with me, and by the way, "bitches" is too kind of a word for any of you; I prefer the one that begins with the letter C and ends with a T. YOU are the ones who are "pathetic". Why don't you go out and find a REAL job, you dirty, lying, sneaky, EVIL camel jockeys?

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First of all, I must explain that I am under 18 years old. I have just recently got my own cell phone, and about 2 weeks after, I started getting calls from Allied Interstate. In being that I have never had a job, never had a checking account, or even ever owned any kind of credit card, it really is absurd that I would have any kind of debt to pay. I barely even have a savings account, much less any money in it. Allied Interstate always calls me around 8 or 9 am, and during that time I am usually sitting in a high school class. My school has a strict cell phone policy, so I am lucky that I have not gotten my phone taken away. I have yet to return their calls, but I don't plan on it, and will change my number if necessary. This is just nuts, a company should not have the right to contact kids under 18 years of age, much less record any phone conversations, much less without parental consent. Something clearly needs to be done about this company and its clearly "shady", if not illegal, activity.

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I received a call from them via my sister who lives 600 miles away whom I haven't spoken to in months. When I called them back, the girl basically told me that they go after any info they can on you, neighbors, aquaintances, employers? Really?? She also said to not be surprised if they call every 2 days or so? I thought that accorrding to the FDCPA they could not contact me for a week after speaking with me? And is it legal for them to be hawking people I may or may not even know? Especially since I live on a major highway and my next neighbor may be 1/4 mile away?

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First, they donot tell you you are being recorded. (violation of Federal wire tapping law ) second, they do not put a periodic tone on the line (violation of Federal wire tapping law )

Third, they don't identify themselves ( violation of state stalking laws )I think a call or email to your Congressman and Senator and ask them for legislation to fine such companies who harass would help.

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This is also in response to the previous comment: 'Quit being little bitches. I work for Allied and you all are pathetic. Tell us your number, we remove, conversation ended. If you argue, we argue. We will win in the end if you decide to argue. There is no law on how many times we can hang up on you in a day.' You are a perfect example of the mentality and rudeness of some of the people who work at Allied Interstate!

I've been receiving calls from Allied Interstate on a regular basis over the last three years. The times I've returned their call (1-866-396-7770) they first ask for my phone number, then I'll ask them the name for whom they are calling, at which point they'll mention anywhere from one to several names; however, MY name has NEVER once been among those named, which is as it should be since I have never in my life been in debt. When I tell them no one by any of those named lives or have ever lived at this number...that I alone have had this phone number for over 8 years, they will ask me 'Well, do you know any of these people?' Sometimes they just keep pushing and pushing. . .'None of these people ever lived at this number?' or 'Are you sure you don't know any of them?' What part of NO do they not understand?! Besides, if I did happened to recognize one of the names as that of a neighbor, I'll be damned if was going to tell Allied I know them!

Evidently what Allied Interstate does is call people who live in the same vicinity/neighborhood, or at the same address if you live in a multiple dwelling, as that of someone they're trying to contact, in hopes that you will say you know them and then provide them with some sort of contact information. If you ask me, a very unethical way to locate someone or to conduct business. Especially if they expect a neighbor to 'rat' on someone they may know.

Yesterday when I returned Allied's recorded message that was left on my answering machine, and after telling them that no one lived at this number with any of the six names for whom they said they were calling, I asked that they not call me again. . .that I'm sick of being woken up at 8:30am, especially since I go to bed at 4am because I work graveyard shift. They told me they will remove my number. Well, I actually got another recorded call from them again TODAY, and this time they called after 6:30 pm.

So when the person below who used to work for Allied wrote: 'Tell us your number, we remove, conversation ended'...to put it politely, you're full of BS!

They're truly making me crazy, and I wish I knew how to prevent them from ever calling me again!

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Quit being little bitches. I work for Allied and you all are pathetic. Tell us your number, we remove, conversation ended. If you argue, we argue. We will win in the end if you decide to argue. There is no law on how many times we can hang up on you in a day.

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The only way I got them to stop calling my cell phone was to place a compliant with the BBB, they finally took my number off of the list.

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Allied Interstate (especially the one with #s 1-888-748-4956 is a collections agency working for Capital One Credit Cards. Main Branch is in Columbus, OHIO.

It's "SKIP" meaning we're trying to locate a person using the #s they've used to contact Capital One previously, directories, yellow pages, etc.., those whose accounts are past due.

Allied Interstate strictly follows the FDCPA. All calls are being recorded and monitored for quality and compliance purposes.

And as per FDCPA, we are not allowed to give out information that may reveal the purpose of the call.

Allied Interstate is FAIR.

Allied Interstate is TRUE.

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I am currently being harressed by Allied Interstate and I have no account in Collection. I have nothing showing on my public record on my bureau and they have called me at the most 3 times per day. Yesterday when I had come home for being away for a day and a half, I had 5 repeated calls from this scam company. I don't pick up my phone. I had called the 866 number displayed on my caller ID and it is a repeated recorded message from Allied Interstate. It goes through a loop. I am sick and tired of this calling my home. The 866 phone number is 866-753-3671. It is indicated as an unavailable name. I have no real estate and I have excellent credit. I have read about the law suits placed on this company and they have developed a poor record for the BBB. They are no longer with the BBB because of the complaints and the law suits. I need help in getting rid of them from calling me.

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I usually don't comment online but after being harrassed by allied interstate i want to put out my story to let other people know how rude and disrespectful allied interstate is. They called me wanting me to pay my debt... i said please send me a statement in the mail. i will be glad to pay by personal check. they refused wanting a check by phone saying they are only required to send one in the mail and they already had done so in october! i refused to give personal info over the phone and would rather to send a personal check. The person on the phone ( who couldn't barley be understood had asked me if i had ever gone to school and got an education.) after refusing to pay check by phone again he told me he had my husbands social security number and would call my bank and get my account infomation that way! i yelled at him refused telling him id call my bank n shut the account then if he could do that.. i hung up on him they called back to back to back for 4 minutes str8 before i took phone off the hook

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Allied Interstate is a complete joke of a company, and you must be hard up for a job to work for the company for 1, and to DEFEND such horrid practices for 2. Your beloved company has harassed me for months!!!! My name is listed in the phone book with a first initial and a very common last name, and it has been listed that way for years!! I continue EVERY DAY to get stupid, annoying calls, and when I bother to call back (I've called 6 times!..every time a different toll free number by the way) I'm told they're looking for a person with a name beginning with my initial (it's an "S" so I've gotten Sonya, Sylvia, Sally, Sarah, etc, etc!) It's become beyond ridiculous. I've been told by this stupid company that they have "researchers" that actually spend time making sure the number they're calling is correct...I laughed at the guy tonight and said I think his researchers are throwing darts at a dartboard full of phone numbers!!

I am writing every legislative person, the better business bureau, and any and all I can find an address for. I've had my name listed like this in the phone book for over 15 years and have NEVER had to deal with such unprofessional, and surely illegal shananagans of a low-life, so-called "company"!! I've cannot believe that ANYONE would somehow approve of these practices or even think of condoning it! They need to lose their license # and go BYE-BYE!!!

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I do pay my gosh darn bills. ALL OF THEM!! I have a job. A good one. And so does my husband. So for you to say to get off my A and get a job and pay my bills is a little ridiculous. You people called me and when I refused to give my personal information out, the agent got really rude and even laughed at me. What kind of a person does that?? I use to work as a telemarketer many years ago and I would have been fired if I had ever treated anyone like that. Why should you people be any different?? Use some tact and don't ask for people to give out their personal information over the phone. Don't you people ever watch the news? People get their identity stolen everyday because they give information to the wrong people.

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I just had similar situation. Allied Interstate called my home. When I answered the phone, there was a recording stating that it was not a solicitation and that I needed to call them back. I called to see what it was about and when I finally got to speak to a person, they were really rude. The guy insisted that I give him my home phone number and I told him that I was not giving out any of my personal information until he could tell me who he was and what he was calling about. He could not do so. He kept saying that if I just received a call from them, then they obviously already had my number. I replied, "if you already have my number then why do you need me to give it to you?" He started laughing at me and asked me what it was I thought he was going to do with my number. He said that my number is not personal information. I disagreed with him. My telephone number is tied to my home address and I don't just give that information out to just anyone. I really took offense to him laughing at me. I thought it was really rude. I had to ask for his supervisor several times before he finally put him on. That person read off the last four digits of my phone number and asked me to confirm it. I did. Then he asked for my ex-husband and my mother? I told him that they do not live here and he said he would remove my number. I tried to complain about the person that I had previously spoke to and the supervisor said, "well, you laughed at me when I first got on and I didn't get all bent out of shape." I tried explaining to him how rude the other person was and then He got really rude and hung up on me. I don't know what the deal is with these people but after reading some of these posts I am glad I did not give them any personal information.

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They have been calling my cell for the past couple days now and this number shows up on my cell phone 888-748-4956 and they never do leave a message. I think they are looking for the previous owner of my cell phone number

since. I know that I do not owe anything so they probally have the wrong number.

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I received a call from this company who claimed I owed money. I did give them my phone number because I thought they were legal and within rights. I decided to do some research and low and behold this company is indeed illegal. I have a do not call block on my phone. My question is what do I do now? We should stop companies like Allied from harassing innocent people.

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I received a call from these people today, and they were not calling for me. He wanted my name but I refused to give him my name because they should know who they are calling. He finally gave me the name of the person he was trying to reach but I told him that he had the wrong number and I hung up. I just hope they don't continue to call.

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The people at Allied call my house every single day, at least three times. If someone answers, half the time, noone is on the line, or it's a computer telling me to hold. When someone EVENTUALLY answers, the first thing they do is ask how you plan to pay this so-called debt. They ask for a ridiculous monthly fee. Even if told that the fee is way to much, they have the nerve to tell me to borrow the money from my boyfriend. Or, to go get a second job. Saying that I obviously don't make enough to pay their fee,so I need to get another job to do it. This is ridiculous!

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I bought a house from someone 3 1/2 years ago. Allied Interstate continues to call for the previous homeowners despite my insistance that I do not know where they went and that they do not live here. The FTC and Attorney General have not been any help. I believe my only option will be to get rid of my home telephone and just use my cell phone.

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I have been getting dozens of calls on my fax line from 866-396-7770 in the past 24 hours. I�ve tried calling them to request them to cease & desist to no avail as no person ever answers their phones. I called my phone company (AT&T) who suggested I sign up for their �Privacy Director� service. This STOPS the auto-dialers in their tracks! They MUST identify themselves prior to the call coming to me. I LOVE THIS! My fax line has been ringing off the hook since 8 PM last night & the line is now QUIET! If you are getting calls from these scum-bags on your landline, contact your phone company to ask if they have a similar service. If you are getting calls on your cell phone, call your cellular provider to see if they have some sort of number blocking as well. This might not work for everyone, but it sure has helped me.

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For everyone who reads this: You don't have to take this. If you receive a call from a collection agency, tell them they're FIRED! and not to ever call your number again.

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Yeah they started calling my house too, saying I owed a debt. Which I know I have a good credit score and no companies have even contacted me about a debt, so they are liars. It don't really bother me too much because I have caller ID and I don't answer out of town area codes. So I haven't talked to them and I never will. So they can just keep calling until they get tired and figure out that I'm never going to answer their call.

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To the "polite" person who says they work for Allied Interstae. Maybe you should get off your --- and get a real man's job. There is no need to swear and call names. I have had one call from them so far, and when I told the man that I couldn't afford to make payments out of my $600 a month retirement social security(no pension, no savings, nothing else), he said "you retired when you knew you had this unpaid debt. When did you retire?" I told him 12/2005, at almost 66 years of age. The reason I retired because I have extremely ill health and am in almost constant pain. I live in SD and on my called ID the number showed up as being from Yankton, SD, well since then I found out they don't have an office located there and Yankton is far enough away from any of their locations that an employee wouldn't be commuting. Today I received a 4 page financial statement from you wonderful people and that came from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I don't know what part of can't afford to make payments employees at collection agencies can't understand. It is as if they don't speak or understand English.

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Allied Interstate are assholes! They call all times of the day and night. If that isn't bad enough, the assholes have started harrassing me at work. Everyone that I have spoken with has been beyond rude. I understand that being a debt collector is a tough job but get over it, you decided to make that your career. Really you can call me a million times everyday and that will not make me have any more money than I did when you called the first time. Get a clue.

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Sorry, hate to tell everybody who thinks that the Do Not Call List pertains to collection agencies that they're wrong but it's true. I've already looked into it. Whoever had my phone before me racked up some major debt and had about 6 different collection agencies calling my phone.

People need to start educating themselves on their rights as consumers. If you don't want collections agencies calling you tell them not to call that phone number again. Doesn't work? Get their address and write a cease and desist letter. Doesn't work? Tell them the next time they call you are going to write a letter to your attorney general as well as a letter to the FTC for violating the FDCPA. And do it. Look it up. Like I said our rights as consumers.

And saying that they like other companies can't call you if you're on the list is also wrong. There are exceptions to everything. That's why when you read the Do Not Call List website or the FTC website they are always specifically talking about telemarketers.

" No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most telemarketing calls, but not all. Because of limitations in the jurisdiction of the FTC and FCC, calls from or on behalf of political organizations, charities, and telephone surveyors would still be permitted, as would calls from companies with which you have an existing business relationship, or those to whom you�ve provided express agreement in writing to receive their calls. "

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt107.shtm

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Allied Interstate has been calling my home for the last 2 months everyday. I don't have any debit, so I was not concerned. I called them and told them to take me off there calling list and they promptly did. I hope their automative machine stops calling. This is the number that kept popping up on my caller ID: 775-319-1507.

Thank you all for your post and information regarding this company. Maybe, all your post and letters to the better business bureau have made a difference or maybe I was just lucky.

Sincerely,

Washington DC

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These so "companies" are simply vultures finding old debts that have been written off by the original company you owe or even settled and not yet removed from the books. They buy your debt for litterally pennies on the dollar and try to collect them.

Then this ass hole has the nerve to tell you to get a job and pay your debt. Well, I say to all of the collectors for companies such as these, "get a real fucking job ass hole". If you don't like that, get my info and look me up. I will explain to you very clearly what I'm talking about and comvince you to understand,,, the American way.

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May 20, 2008

I recently started receiving phone called from Allied Interstate.

I received one last week while I was babysitting for a friend. The original call is a recording stating that you need to call them back (at 1-800-617-5065) in regards to a debt that is owed. When I received the second call yesterday, I called them back. I was very confused about what I owed. I'm very happily completely debt free so I had no idea what this was about.

The man I spoke to yesterday did not (and would not) tell me his name. At first he couldn't find my account and wasn't sure why I'd been contacted. Then after giving him my phone number 2 more times he found my account. I'm not sure if he knew my name or address until I gave it to him �for conformation� � I didn't really think about the fact that he might be fishing for information at first. He had such a think Indian accent that I could barely understand a word that was coming out of his mouth. He stated that I had a debt that was owed for a �book club� that I belonged to. I was confused because I've never belonged to a book club in my life. Finally he told me that the debt was owed to Easy to Make, Easy to Bake � which is a company that sends you sets of recipe cards.

The man was very pushy about the debt. He kept saying that it was only a small amount, only $28.42, and that I really should just pay it. He kept telling me that if I did not pay it it would show up on my credit report. I told him that I did not owe them anything and that the debt that he was talking about was taken care of over a year ago (April 2007). Finally after telling him about 20 times that I did not owe anything I said �okay, I'm going to go now� and his response was �maybe you should call the place where the debt originated.� I said �thank you, that was my plan� and he hung up on me.

I called Easy to Make, Easy to Bake and spoke to a very nice man there who cleared my debt (apparently it hadn't been taken care of like I though). What had happened was that I received recipe cards that I returned because I wasn't using the ones that I had and somehow it never showed up on my account that they'd be returned. I thought that they had cleared my debt back in April 2007 � I sent several messages through their email customer service. Anyway � he cleared my debt and took me out of collections.

Today I received another phone call from the recording. When I called them back I spoke to a woman named Olivia who also had a very thick Indian accent. I explained to her that I'd spoken to a man at Easy to Make, Easy to Bake and that he said that I had been removed from collections. I told her that I wanted them to stop calling me because I did not owe anything and there was no reason for them to be calling me. The woman was very rude. At one point she started yelling at me about how I just needed to pay the debt. I very calmly told her that I did no owe anything and that I hoped she had a nice day, then I hung up.

I called Easy to Make, Easy to Bake again today to confirm with them that I did not have a debt with them and the nice woman that I spoke to on the phone told me that my balance was zero. I asked if she knew how long I was going to be receiving collection phone calls and she put me on hold for a few minute. When she came back she told me that she would send me a letter stating that my balance was zero and that I should not be in collections anymore.

Then I called Allied Interstate again. The man who answered the phone (again wouldn't tell me a name) asked if I had just called. I said �yes, and you answered� and he said �no before, did you call?� and I said �yes, I spoke to someone about 10 minutes ago.� I told him that I wanted them to stop calling me because I'd confirmed or the second day in a row that I owed nothing to Easy to Make, Easy to Bake. He asked what I was talking about. I told him that I'd spoken to a man yesterday and a woman today that confirmed for me that I did not owe anything to them. He said �yes, you did speak to a man and a woman yesterday, they were from my company and they told you that you owe $28.42.� I told him that I had spoked to the people that he was talking about but that I had also spoken to people from the company that I �owe.� He basically called me a liar and told me that I could speak to the same people that I'd spoken to before because they were both sitting right next to him.... this is when I really started to wonder what was going on with this company. Does everyone who's taken a phone call from a certain person just gather together when that person calls again? It was crazy.

Finally after a few minutes of yelling at me and calling me a liar he put me on hold. Then he transferred me to someone in billing without even telling me what he was doing. This man gave me his name - Rafael Soul.

(I'm not trying to sound racist of anything because I'm totally not at all, but all of these names sound very fake � especially for people with such think Indian accents)

This man again tried to get me to just pay the �very small debt of $28.42� and I again stated that I did not owe the money and that I was not going to pay them. At this point I was really more scared to pay them then anything � I was worried about what might actually get charged to my credit card. Rafael told me that if I've paid the debt that I must have some kind of proof that the debt had been paid and if I did have proof that I needed to send it to them. I told him that I didn't have proof of paying the debt because the debt was never actually owed. Then I told him that I was being sent a letter from Easy to Make, Easy to Bake stating that I owed nothing and that I had been removed from collections. He told me that I needed to send him this letter when I got it.

Then I had to get the address for Allied Interstate. I asked him several times for the address and he said that I just needed to send the letter. Finally I said �Look, I'll send you the letter if you give me the address. I do not have the address to send you anything. I've never received anything in the mail from Allied Interstate stating that I've got any kind of debt and there is no way that I can send anything without an address. Finally he gave me the address:

Allied Interstate

P.O. Box 361445

Columbus, OH 43236

After this he told me that he would close my account but that I would need to him the letter or proof of payment. After this I told him that they should probably work on their customer service. He told me that they weren't customer service. I told him that I understood that they weren't the �customer service department� but all companies have a level of customer service to them. I told him that I understood that it was probably hard to people people to pay money that's due � especially when he's years old � but that yelling and people on the phone and telling them that they are liars is not at all a way to get them to pay anything.

He hung up on me.

I really hope that the phone calls stop!

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I love the part of ( Does not apply to them) Bull****. They like any other company cannot call if you are on the list, and most! 1-866 #'s are a long distance service trying to get YOUR info so they can use YOUR info for their own, and about the SO CALLED PERSON THAT WORKS FOR THEM !! I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING CREDIT CARD AND I DO ! PAY MY OWN BILLS AND I HAVE NEVER ! BEEN LATE WITH ANY OF MY PAYMENTS , SO QUIT FUCKING CALLING ME. SINCERLY, PISSED OFF IN WISCONSIN.

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This company keeps calling me to "collect a debt" they day my brother owes. He does not live here and has no telephone number to be reached at. I am afraid to answer the phone and try to tell them this as I was harrassed by another company last year until I sent a cease and desist letter. That was money out of my pocket for something that is not my debt. My credit history is excellent and I dont need collectors calling me at all hours.

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I work for allied interstate..we follow american guidelines and the fdcpa to a T all of our calls are monitored by the company we collect for. If you call in and we request the phone number its so we can remove it if there are no accounts pertaining to it. As an agent i am doing the job i am paid for. We dont intend to harrass anyone we run on an automatic dialer and dont control as agents who is called. If you request for your number to be removed we will remove it no problem. PAY YOUR GODDAMN CREDIT CARDS AND WE WONT CALL YOU. People pay your 15 monthly minimum..get off your ass and get a job..or dont answer the damn phone.

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The Do Not Call List doesn't pertain to collection agencies...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Do_Not_Call_Registry

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The Do Not Call List doesn't pertain to collection agencies...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Do_Not_Call_Registry

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These people from Allied interstate are driving me crazy, they call all day long and very early on weekends and leave as mamy messages as they can, I'm new in this country, so, I don´t even have any debts yet. Is there any way I can make these people to stop calling my house and disturbing me and my family?

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This bunch of idiots at Allied Interstate calls us at least 6 times a day between 8am-9pm , and as early as 8 am on weekends..and has been doing so for about 3 weeks! The worst part of it is, they aren't even calling for US!! They are calling for someone who lived here (a rental) EIGHT YEARS AGO! We have repeatedly told them that this person doesn't live here & we do not have any contact information for them. They've been told this as many as 6 times in a single day. At this point we are so frustrated we are having the house phone cancelled (in the landlords name) & are swapping personal cell phones to get peace restored. I can see going after a person who owes money, but not an innocent person who happens to have their debtors former phone number!

I love these collection types who comment here wanting us to feel sorry for them because they have to deal with "dead beats" & cursing people. Well, maybe if you used REASONABLE collection tactics ,like calling once per day & sending written bills, you might get somewhere. But, let me tell ya, MY heart isn't bleeding for you. YOU chose that heartless profession, so you can suck it up. Yeah, the people are wrong for not paying, but I doubt MOST people set out to buy things & not pay. Life isn't always neat & orderly. Things happen. You calling & harrassing them constantly doesn't get you paid any quicker.

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I have also received a few calls from Allied but the number is registered in Nevada 775-319-1506. I do not have any outstanding debt except student loans that won't be due until December 2008. I'm not answering my phone when they call and since my brother is an attorney I dare them to start crap with me.

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They have now called me two days in a row. I have excellent credit and am never late on any payments. In fact, I am early if anything. Besides my mortgage, I owe on one credit card and a boat payment to Bank of the West. When you call the number they leave 866-252-5308 it says they are experiencing technical difficulties...call back later. I live in Florida and am also registered on the Federal Do-Not-Call-List.

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hey, well this guy called me , and told me i had a det with sears. i told him i hate sears and i never shop there. then he tell me how am i going to pay this. i said that i am not paying anything. then he says that this det is from 97' and 03. tell him well i came to this country in 2001!! so your lying... they he asked if the las number of my SS was **** , i was like no thats not it... lol i didn't even check. well he told me that they had called the wrong person. yea rite. when he called he new my name and everything. they should shut down this company for trying to steal ur money true lies of det.

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the best way to get back at these companys is to use your FAX to call there toll free number this will tie up there number 24/7 because a FAx needs a fax tone to complete the call so it keeps calling forever.

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What you say is true. A Debt Collection Company has to deal with deadbeats & Cursing Deadbeats at that. Aint easy for a Bill Collecter Buddy. Oh and just for the record, if they ask you what number you received the message at, You should give it to them so that they can pull up info. If you dont give it to them, how do u expect em to tell you anything at all. They have millions of accounts. and they cant search without info.

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I called yesterday because I know i have some debt. i tried to see if i could pay online and all i saw was the complaints on google. its amazing. i called the number and the guy on the other side said HELLO. and i said excuse me? I work in customer service in a call center too and you do NOT answer a phone like that, then hung up. needless to say, i am not paying until i get a hold of the company that put me to collections to find out if it is legit. and even then I will get a prepaid debit card that way they dont have my credit card number.

as for the person saying being rude comes with the territory, I work at a call center for MEDICARE, with members pissed off allll day long. I do not ONCE lose my tempter with them. just because you are having a bad day does not give you the right to be that way with everyone else. its call checking your attitude at the door. if you don't like your job, get a new one.

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I would like to address use of the words "dead beats". All who are in debt are not dead beats. I have only medical debt and it is because I have a chronically ill child for whom medical care is both necessary and costly. A person cannot pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to fifty different medical facilities inside of 30 days as expected before it is sent to collections. So, no.....nobody has to right to be rude without knowing ones circumstances and if seeking medical care for a child while knowing I cannot afford it makes me a dead beat, then so be it! Collection agencies can call me 100 times a day and I assure you it will not make my income shoot up enough to write a check. I will not deny my child medical care for fear that some idiot will consider me a dead beat. I didn't go buy a car and refuse to pay, I saved my child's life and will continue to do so.

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The reason they cannot tell you what type of Company they are is because it is illegal under the FDCPA to disclose information that they are a collection agency. If a reference on your application is called and they call back Allied and ask what type of company they are and they say collections, your reference now knows you are in debt and Allied violated the FDCPA, if your reference was to ask the name of the company they must give it to them and you the "debtor" Until they confirm they have you on the phone, they cannot disclose information. They may have been rude, but its not customer service, its collections (big difference)!!!! By the information you provided, they did nothing wrong or illegal, if they were rude, well it comes with the territory. Remember they deal with dead beats and people cursing them out all day. There job is to recover money owed to their clients.