Congratulations!!!
As for zombie stuff...I hear you. I have one from 1996. Back then we wrote checks. I wrote a check to the company. They cashed it. Then a year or so later, they sent me to collections for the bill. For years, every single collection agency that contacted me, I sent a copy of the bill and a copy of the cashed check to them, along with a letter saying there was no valid debt since the company had cashed the check. I would also include copies of letters that were sent to the previous CA's. Each CA would then send the debt back to the OC. And the OC would go find another CA. As recently as last year, I was still getting letters trying to collect on an invalid debt. *insert eye roll* Now I ignore them. It was NEVER a valid debt. It was sloppy book keeping on the store owners part. I mean seriously, I am in store, I buy some computer parts, I hand them a check, they write paid on my receipt, they cash the check, the check cleared...how on earth would I owe them money??? But this stuff happens.
