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How To File Credit Card Complaints Under New Regulations

When you have a problem with your credit card issuer, it is hard to find someone who can help, or sometimes, even listen. It is frustrating at best, and unresolved issues can magnify your personal financial crisis. On July 21, … Continue reading

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Northern Leasing Systems Do not do business with this company

In 2001 I leased a credit card terminal from Northern Leasing Systems. They never sent anyone out to program it even after I contacted them. Frustrated with waiting, I just gave up and told them I wanted to cancel the … Continue reading

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States Want Coordinated Crackdown On Debt Relief Firms

The attorneys general of 40 states have asked the Federal Trade Commission to tighten regulation of companies offering debt relief services to consumers. The FTC is currently reviewing a new rule proposal to amend the current Telemarketing Sales Rule. The … Continue reading

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Professor Elizabeth Warren speaks about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Consumers can enter the market to buy physical products confident that they won’t be tricked into buying exploding toasters and other unreasonably dangerous products. They can concentrate their shopping efforts in other directions, helping to drive a competitive market that … Continue reading

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Firstplus Complaints Talk To BBC

Recently I fell prey to the sweet sound of a 7500.00 credit line. I understood that I could only shop online however, it was not made clear that I would have to pay a deposit on anything I bought that … Continue reading

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Credit card complaints, resulting proposals

Hidden fees. Consumers would have to be forewarned of charges. Currently, for example, a card issuer can let a customer exceed the account’s limit and then, without notice, assess a fee. Tiny print. Disclosures would have to be in 12-point … Continue reading

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The top 10 Complaints

1.Health care: Most of the complaints were over medical billing practices or trouble with medical records. 2.Telemarketing: More than 2,400 consumers filed complaints over unwanted telemarketing calls, many of them illegal robocalls 3.Lending: More than 2,300 people had problems with … Continue reading

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Best Buy Employee Arrested For Stealing Credit Card Information

Anyone who bought something using a credit card at the Best Buy electronics store at 1880 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. in recent months might want to check their credit card statements closely after an employee was caught stealing credit card … Continue reading

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FTC recruiting identity theft victims

For the ninth year in a row identity theft – particularly in Arizona and California — was the number one consumer complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission in 2008. Of 1,223,370 complaints received in 2008, 313,982 – or 26%- … Continue reading

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Disputing Negative Records With Credit Reporting Agencies Part2

Disputing Negative Records With Credit Reporting Agencies Part2 OK, you’ve disputed with a Consumer Credit Reporting Agency – and got a reply ‘verified’. This means that the record stays. What has happened? The CRA (Credit Reportin Agency – Equifax, Experian, … Continue reading

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