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by srynas on Mon Mar 13, 2006 at 11:04:25 AM PDT

It appears that you may have done the right thing, what you left out though is the basis for why a company should see it your way, especially with a collection agency.

When presented with a "fake" bill, you need to demand that the vendor send you proof of your supposed obligation, such as a signed contract.  Collection agencies should also have copies of the required proof.  However, with collection agencies, by the time a collection agency gets your "account", you may be close to the statute of limitiations. That means they won't try to hard unless its a large amoung to money. Once the statute of limitations kicks in you are under no obligation to pay, but the collection agency can still send those friendly reminders. (there is a way to stop them, but I don't have the specifics.)

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