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Help! I do not know what to make of this...

Tersie319 — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:49:07 GMT

Before I learned of the TFC, I sent out a bunch of DVs. One of which was for my DH. It was with IC System for medical debt at a clinic he uses.

Today we get a piece of mail from the clinic (return address on envelope). There was not a letter but several billing statements. They date all the way back to 2008-2012. The balances range from $2-$88 with a total of $110.

I have been going through all my files trying to figure out why he got these statements. They only thing I can figure is they must be from the IC System account that has a balance of $408. If these are one and the same, that sure is a lot of interest charges! But this is the only thing it could be. I don't see any other reason why the clinic would suddenly send me a stack of old statements.

What do I do from here? Do I send another letter to IC System for clarification? Or do I contact the clinic? I'm guessing the clinic must still own the debt since they sent the statements. Maybe they could pull account back from ICSystem and allow me to pay them directly. I would only offer the actual amount of $110, not $408. PFD

What do ya'll think?

Re: Help! I do not know what to make of this...

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:53:32 GMT

I would contact the clinic.

For future reference, you can ask the CA for an itemization of the accounts in a DV letter. Whether it is the federal one or the TFC one.

Re: Help! I do not know what to make of this...

Tersie319 — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:08:37 GMT

Thanks Guiness!

Re: Help! I do not know what to make of this...

RobertEG — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 03:20:20 GMT

Presuming you sent your DV to the debt collector, they are required to respond back to the consumer.

Communications from the creditor are always nice, but do not constitute verification from the debt collector.

If your DV was timely, then they simply remain under a cease collection bar absent any response from them.

If you send another letter to the debt collector, I would not typify it as another DV, but rather a request for clarification.

If a residentof TX, there is no period in which a dispute of information must be sent under that statute.

You can still send a dispute under the TX code, thus requring a resonse within 30 days.