Allied Interstate’s earns a 4.0-star rating from 35 reviews, showing that the majority of clients are very satisfied with debt collection services.
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Unsolicited phone calls
I have been getting calls from allied interstate and have just ignored the message assuming it was from a telemarketer. I actually listened to the message today and called the company back realizing it was for debt collection and i don't have any debt in collections. The gentleman on the phone asked if the number i was calling from was the same number i was contacted on to which i replied yes. He said the name of the account which was my friends dad and i explained that i had no idea how my number would be associated with any of their accts to please remove it and not call me again. I called my friend to notify her and she said her mom was getting harassing calls from allied interstate and they left a very vulgar message stating that they would call all of her neighbors. I am appalled that a company is doing that but is that even legal to do. She also confirmed that two other neighbors of ours also received the calls as well. What can we do about this. She saved the threatening voice mail and I saved mine regarding the call to call them back.
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Terrible experience
Allied Interstate has been calling my cell phone number and then hanging up when I would answer. I used my home phone and called the number that showed on my cell phone. After pushing English button a man came on the phone. I said some one called my cell phone from this number. He wanted to know what my number was and I said not before you tell me who you are. He said this is Allied Interstate. I said okay I would like to speak to your complaints department. He said we don't have one. I wasn't surprised. He then went into trying to collect data from me. I said thank you and hung up. They weren't interested in helping me so why should I help them.
How can I get Allied Interstate to STOP calling my home? I am very ill and was told by my doctors to rest and sleep as much as I can. What I joke that statement has turned into the past at least month now if not longer. Since sometime around mid April I have been receiving calls from 6:45am est to 9:30pm est from Allied Interstate. I mostly get a recording telling to me dial a 1-800 number it is urgent they talk with me.
After about the 5th day of getting woke up at all times of the day I called the number. I was told the call was recorded for training reasons and Henery asked me for my phone number. I gave it to him and he asked me was I someone I never heard of. I told him no I was not that I had just got the phone number the month prior. He said no troubles he will take my number out the system. What a LIE that turned out to be.
I now receive 5 to 7 calls a day starting like clock work at 6:45am and can go on all day long into the very late evening. I have called these people many, many times asking them to please STOP calling that I was NOT who they are looking for. I got a laugh and was told yah right lady and I am the easter bunny.I was also told the calls will not stop till I pay my bill. IT is NOT my Bill I screamed out of frustration and hung up.
Yesterday I was at my wits end not knowing what to do so I decided turn about was fair play. I called them idiots every 10 minutes on the minute asking for someone who didn't exist. I could tell by the 25th call that I made they were getting upset. By the 40th phone call I placed I asked them how they liked being bothered. I promised them if I receive a call tomorrow morning I will start all over yet again.
I am to ill to be playing games with a bunch of idiots that can not confirm a telephone number actually still belongs to the person they are looking for. Sad to say they are such idiots they cant seem to call people themselves. I get a tapped voice morning wake up call every day and its getting to the point where I want to pull my phone out the wall. People say take the phone off the hook. Well my medical condition I can not do that. My phone HAS to remain working and on the hook 24 hours a day. Can someone PLEASE explain to me why these people are allowed to bother people they are not even looking for? Better yet PLEASE tell me how to make it all STOP!
I have been getting wake up calls from Allied Interstate between 6:45am est and 7:20am est. They call me at least 5 times a day EVERYDAY. They are looking for someone who used to have this phone number before me. I have just got this number in Feb 2008 and DO NOT know the person who had it before me. I have been real polite to these people the first 25 calls they made to my home.
I try my best to explain to these people I am NOT who they are looking for. I also explain to them I have Astrosytomas (brain cancer) and need my rest to please STOP the calls to my home waking me up. They tell me till I pay a bill which by the way is not mine the calls will NOT stop. This morning I have had enough. I took the [protected] telephone number off my caller ID and continued to harass them in the same way they have me the past month.
I called them people every 10 minutes or less asking them for people who don't exist. I know it didn't do any good to do it but it sure made me feel better and I could tell after the first 3 hours of me doing it they to were getting as upset as I am about their calls to my home. I swear if they wake me up tomorrow morning I will continue to harass them as mush as they do me. It is putting a physical stress on me by them waking me up looking for someone who don't live here.
I am not looking for pity because I have cancer I am looking for PEACE in my own home. Why are companies allowed to continue to call a number when they are asked to no longer call. When I try to calmly explain to them I am not who they are looking for they get rude. Can someone please tell me how to end this craziness. I need my evening and morning sleep. Yes the calls will go until 9:00pm est and on Sundays with an electronic voice. (NOT even a real person). Someone please help me with advice on how to stop this mess!
I am complaining about a company that is called Allied Interstate. They call my house 4 or 5 times everyday for a month now. The person that they say owes them the money does not even have the same last name as us. I tried telling them that and they agreed to take my number off of their system but that was a week ago. When I called them today they told me I owe the money and to just pay up. I can not believe that a company can be so pathetic and still be in business. I have no idea on how to make them stop. Any suggestions?
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
You could always turn the ringer off when you are sleeping.
Even if you owe on a debt DON'T make any payment agreements with a debt collector because you have no contract with them to pay this. Making a payment agreement with them over the phone would be considered a verbal agreement. Let them know that you are going to pay the company that you have a debt with and not them. Be firm in telling them this. Also make payments to the company they will accept them. You only have a contract with the company you owe and not a third party collection agency.
they called and when I said hello about 30 times no said anything back. I can hear people shuffling in the back ground then someone hangs up the phone. When I called the number back saying that I just received a call from this number. They asked me for my number and I gave it to them then the guy hangs up. Allied has so many numbers here are a few. Don't let these people harrass you. You have to answer the calls if you don't then I shows that you are avoiding them. When you speak with a rep after they tell you the phone call will be recording/monitored then ask that person if they're ok with you recording the conversation. Most likely they'll say no or hang up but answer their calls. Also check to see whether or not you're in a 1 party or 2 party law for recording state. Some states need you to get permission from the other party to record the conversation. Just to be on the safe side if you're not sure ask them anyway. After I asked a rep that they haven't been calling to speak with me. Just calling and playing a recording. The funny thing about that is you can hear when they click on the recording and then turn it off and hang up.
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Harassment
You are not allowed to call more than one time per day. Your number has been on my caller ID over 10 times today alone. I will report this to the FCC if it continues. Not leaving messages is completely unprofessional and unnecessary. When I try to call back, I get someone who doesn't seem to speak a word of English. I don't know who you are or who you represent (see the "no message" line above), but I have no business with you, and will not deal with you until you can conduct business in a proper and LEGAL manner.
Allied Interstate calls at all hours of the day and evening. They leave messages asking that we return their calls. When I call, the recording says that "no one is here to talk to you" or "that mailbox has not been set up yet".
The people who call from Allied Interstate ask about a person who does not live here, and does not have our phone #. We have repeatedly told them that we are not the person they are looking for--and to stop calling us.
The 2 times that I was able to leave a message, I explained all of this and asked that they not call us again. That lasted about 2 weeks and the calls started again, today!
This collection agency called my sisters house looking for me, without authorization to contact her. I don't appreciate it. You really shouldn't call others houses looking for individuals that don't live there. The person who called could hardly speak english and wouldn't give any information. My sister didn't know who it was or what the problem was. So therefore she would not give them any information. I feel it is unnecessary to call relatives to get information on an individual. And if your going to do so, have someone who speaks english. It is discouraging to people when they can not understand them.
If your calling someones house at least you can say what the nature or the call is. Maybe that might not be their (customer) telephone. You know people do use other peoples' phone, and if your not following the laws then how do you expect for people to pay their bills, see this is why the consumer doesn't care about paying bills anymore.
Some people don't want to be bothered by the same stupid a-- person that we just spoke with an hour ago. Stop harassing and just ease up on the calls. You call all day don't you get tired?
Yesterday, while minding my own business, in my own home, my phone rings and its Allied Interstate calling. 'Please hold, we are not solicitors' I should have hung up right then and there. But curiosity got the best of me. When someone finally came on the line, I was informed I had an outstanding debt from 1988! In my maiden name... I've been married for 14 years and the debt is over 20 years old! And I thought they were calling about a high school reunion or something like that... boy was I wrong!
Duh... that's 20 years old and I filed bankruptcy shortly after that. The college dropout went on to say that it doesn't matter... yada, yada, yada... 'I'm not harassing you' 'you're mad at the wrong person' I kept saying that this was 20years old, I filed bankruptcy, if this debt was mine, it would have been included in this judgment. They finally told me what the debt was and the amount... less than $700.00 --I said, 'you're harassing me for a loan that is 20 years old and less than $700.00?' I guess he got tired of me because he told me that he 'didn't have to put up with me' and transfered me to supervisor. Again, I should have hung up, but my pride got the better of me. I explained to her that 20+ years ago someone has stolen my SS# and this debt was 20 years old, I filed bankruptcy etc. Then SHE called me combative... yes after calling me and harassing me with a 20 year old debt that I'm not even sure is mine because someone stole my identity way back then, you can imagine I was a little upset. I was stupid... she confirmed my address so I expect that I'll be getting something in the mail from them... of course it will be in my maiden name and as far as I'm concerned my future answer will be, 'there is no one at this address/number by that name' I've already called my attorney and they are sending a letter stating that this is well past the statute of limitations (TN's statutes are 6 years-- I'd say over 3 times the statutes is well long enough!) Furthermore, I'd imagine that the phone company can be contacted if they continue calling and harassing me. I will also be looking at contacting my attorney general and the BBB. Doubt it will help, but this company is unethical and a bigtime SCAM ARTIST--they must be stopped!
This evening I received a phone call from Allied Interstate about an alleged debt that I know nothing about, nor have I received a letter from this company until this phone call. When I asked for information on this alleged debt the gentleman gave me the run around, as did his supervisor who thought I was threatening him by asking for information of alleged debt to be mailed to me for verification which is my right.
Tomorrow I will send a debt verification letter to them and see what i get, if anything. Has anyone else dealt with them before?
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I received 4 different phone calls LAST NIGHT from this group! They had my name correct, but that was it! They kept saying that I am in collections for a Mystery Guilt Book Club. I am no such memeber of this book club; I have never even heard of this. Then when they tried to compare information with me. They had the WRONG ADDRESS and the WRONG SSN. (I did not give them my correct information...what do you think I am stupid)
Do they not check into the information to make sure that they have the right person before they start calling and harassing innocent people!
I don't owe anyone money and somehow Allied Interstate has my number. They keep calling me and when I pick up the phone there is no one there.
How do I get off their list they call me two to three times a day. This is harassment. Can something be done to put them out of business?
At least make them put someone on the phone when they make these harassing phone calls, so you have a chance to find out why they think you owe money. They are not accomplishing anything by their current tactics because you have no idea why they are calling you.
I took a Sallie Mae student loan out back in 2002. I graudated in 2005. Since graduation, employment in this field has been terrible. I have gone into default. I don't currently have a job or any income. No unemployment, nothing. I am continuously looking for work but nothing yet.
This guy is telling me I need to figure out how to pay my bills. It's not for him to tell me how to pay my debts. I have no money, property or anything else that I can use to pay my rent, or food much less this student loan. I don't appreciate being berated by this type of person or company. Don't ever call me again. There should be laws against this type of harassment.
They called here but would not give any info to me.
Then they called my husband's ex-wife from 16 YEARS ago in another city. They told her he has alot of debt and isn't paying it and even said it was Capital One that he owed! THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW
We called capital one and the account is CURRENT - we said we were reporting them and they reported the caller to a "supervisor" We are still reporting them it is such BS
Try this website to get a cease and desist letter from the on the left
http://www.fairdebtfaircredit.com/
They have sample letters and send it to these people:
Allied Interstate
435 Ford Rd. suite# 800. Minneapolis Minnesota, 55426
There is also a # for an office in OH [protected]
Just a footnote..it is legal to call a reasonable amt of times..usually no more than 3..as long as no voicemails are left..
Harassment re: umpaid debt (not mine)
I have been left recordings both at my office (I have no idea how these companies got my Direct Dial # at the office) and at my home under all kinds of company names that don't exist (including the latest, Allied Interstsate) about an unpaid debt for some Hispanic man. I have called the numbers left by these companies and found out about they were calling about this man who is no relation to me, nor do I know anything about him. I have been promised MORE THAN ONCE, after I explained the situation, that my phone numbers would be removed from their files. However, again today, I received the call from "Allied Interstate" about this same man! When I got a representative on the phone, I told him that I was tired of receiving these calls, that I have asked to be removed from their list, etc. He then, again, asked me about this same Hispanic man and I told him, again, I have no knowledge of this person at all. He got ugly with me when I told him that I consider these calls harassment and they had better stop NOW. A co-worker told me about your website, so I am filing a complaint against the above people. If I get another call from the other anonymous company, I will pass that number on to you, as well. This must stop. My privacy is being violated. I have no debt, and there is no reason for these companies to be calling me. It's not my problem they have a mixup in phone numbers, but I particularly resent being called at my office! How in the world did they get that number? Please see what you can do about this problem and get me relief. Thanks.
I'm having a problem with these people calling my house a couple of times a day hanging up on us .At first they were asking for a person who does not exist in our household. We are being harrassed by these people what can we do?
Harassing calls
Received calls for several months from Allied Interstate. I Do Not Owe anyone and it appears they are 'fishing or hunting' for some one else. Even returned a call to their 800 number one time and the 'threatening message' was horrendous. Called the State Attorney General's Office, they advised I send a letter advising they must NOT contact this phone number again. Sent letter certified mail, but Allied refused to accept. Again called AG office and they referred me to the FTC. Called and filed a complaint. Everyone must call and file a complaint. [protected]. The more calls to the FTC the better outcome for the consumer.
We receive calls 2-3 times daily from Allied Interstate. When we answer, it is a recording regarding a debt that is owed. We do not owe on any loans or anything. We can't get them to stop calling. This is a scam to extort money. This is a disgusting and unprofessional way to conduct business. They take advantage of elderly people that do not understand.
Why does this company not have a real person on the phone so that these matters can be cleared up? They have been calling for over a year!
Is there not some sort of government regulation that controls crooked companies like Allied Interstate?
I just had a collector call me I asked a simple question about me account - he couldn’t help said he didn’t know what kind of collectors u got working there...maybe they should know what there doing before making a call.. I simple say ok goodbye and he called me back...only allowed to call 1 per day...maybe a go back threw the laws meeting would be great for your company . I used to be a bill collector for 4 years and we wouldn’t get a way with anything like that. They screened all our calls...
My complaint against this company is that they keep calling and calling even after we have told them that the people they are calling for Do Not even live in this house.
The people they leave messages for on my phone are folks I had never heard of until Allied started calling!
How can you stop that? We have called their number once, but twice to inform them of the error. The calls stopped for about 2 weeks, started again and are now a daily occurrence. We will call them again, but I doubt it will last long again. Help!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Even if you owe on a debt DON'T make any payment agreements with a debt collector because you have no contract with them to pay this. Making a payment agreement with them over the phone would be considered a verbal agreement. Let them know that you are going to pay the company that you have a debt with and not them. Be firm in telling them this. Also make payments to the company they will accept them. You only have a contract with the company you owe and not a third party collection agency.
they called and when I said hello about 30 times no said anything back. I can hear people shuffling in the back ground then someone hangs up the phone. When I called the number back saying that I just received a call from this number. They asked me for my number and I gave it to them then the guy hangs up. Allied has so many numbers here are a few. Don't let these people harrass you. You have to answer the calls if you don't then I shows that you are avoiding them. When you speak with a rep after they tell you the phone call will be recording/monitored then ask that person if they're ok with you recording the conversation. Most likely they'll say no or hang up but answer their calls. Also check to see whether or not you're in a 1 party or 2 party law for recording state. Some states need you to get permission from the other party to record the conversation. Just to be on the safe side if you're not sure ask them anyway. After I asked a rep that they haven't been calling to speak with me. Just calling and playing a recording. The funny thing about that is you can hear when they click on the recording and then turn it off and hang up.
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Multiple calls a day trying to collect a debt that isn't mine
I have been harassed with phone calls several times a day for months, asking me to pay a Sprint bill which is not mine.
I have never had a Sprint account.
When I called Sprint, they told me they couldn't help me unless I gave them an account number. How could I do that when I never had one!
I checked my credit rating and it is all right so far, but that could change if Allied posts to it, and what part of "it wasn't me" don't they understand? The thief must have used the phone book.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Stop them
Allied Interstate should be shut down. This company harasses me day and night. They even have me on speed dial for a debt I do not owe. It is over 10 years old and it is for a repossessed car my son had. The bank got there money through auction and still sold the debt to this company. I am in litigation with an attorney to stop them. Anyone else who has a problem with them should do the same. A good free consultation firm is - [protected]. They will call you right back, take your information and will help you get these sharks off your back and your telephone.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Just another collector
Look I'm going to make this simple, and I expect a torrent of shout downs from Allied because they know it's true but don't want you to know the facts about collection agencies.
First, they’re a collection agency, they can't sue you for one simple reason. They weren't a party to the original agreement between you and the original creditor.
The original creditor can sue you and has every right up to the time limits of your state.
The collector claims to be an agent but an agent is still not a party to the original debt. If you do somehow end up in court simply demand the signed document that shows you and the collection agency have an agreement. That will end their case abruptly because there is never any such document.
This process is called discovery and if the plaintiff can't produce evidence of their claim it's dead.
The one exception to the above...If you actually enter into a payment agreement with a collector. Now you have made them a party to the debt (actually a new debt since they have no relationship to the original debt) In that case you've made a business relationship with them and you're bound by whatever terms you agreed to with them.
So what's the solution, simple, don't respond to them at all. You won't get a fair deal, they won't stop bothering you and you'll never stop paying them if you enter into an agreement. There will always be an additional charge, fee or adjustment to keep you paying.
Also if they go as far as to try to bring you to court (which is laughable) make sure you never accept service. You are not under any obligation to identify yourself to anyone but a police officer. A process server is just a working stiff making minimum wage delivering court papers when they're not delivering pizzas. Also know that police officers are never off duty. That means any police officer performing process service for a civil matter is in direct conflict with his position. Criminal matters are a different area. The conflict stems from the state being barred from being a party to a private legal action to which they have no interest or participation.
If somebody strange walks up to you and asks if you're such and such just say no. If they can't serve you they can't sue you. There must be proper service for any civil action brought against you.
Finally, know that Allied is just one of many such operations all of which employ the same tactics. They're hoping to trick you into giving them money and holding you to an unfair contract.
Make sure to watch your credit reports too. Equifax is famous for siding with collection agencies and leaving negative information on your report. Keep filing challenges anyway. Make sure that the collection agency is allowed to show up as a creditor on your collection report. This is a common tactic to drive down your FICO score. They file a fraudulent claim as a creditor then claim delinquency on the account. Again if you don't enter into any agreements with the collection agency they have no legal basis to touch your credit report. These tactics have been successfully litigated in California and Equifax has been named as a party in many of these law suits. In every case I've looked at, the collection agency and Equifax lost the case and were forced to pay damages.
Plain and simple, you're in control, don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Even if you owe on a debt DON'T make any payment agreements with a debt collector because you have no contract with them to pay this. Making a payment agreement with them over the phone would be considered a verbal agreement. Let them know that you are going to pay the company that you have a debt with and not them. Be firm in telling them this. Also make payments to the company they will accept them. You only have a contract with the company you owe and not a third party collection agency.
they called and when I said hello about 30 times no said anything back. I can hear people shuffling in the back ground then someone hangs up the phone. When I called the number back saying that I just received a call from this number. They asked me for my number and I gave it to them then the guy hangs up. Allied has so many numbers here are a few. Don't let these people harrass you. You have to answer the calls if you don't then I shows that you are avoiding them. When you speak with a rep after they tell you the phone call will be recording/monitored then ask that person if they're ok with you recording the conversation. Most likely they'll say no or hang up but answer their calls. Also check to see whether or not you're in a 1 party or 2 party law for recording state. Some states need you to get permission from the other party to record the conversation. Just to be on the safe side if you're not sure ask them anyway. After I asked a rep that they haven't been calling to speak with me. Just calling and playing a recording. The funny thing about that is you can hear when they click on the recording and then turn it off and hang up.
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They are rude and persistant
This has got to be the rudest collection agency I have ever come across. They have done everything from calling over and over in a day, to saying harassing things, to actually calling me before 8 AM and telling me I am wrong it is 8 AM. Duh, I think I know what time it is, and when every clock in my house, including the computer and the cable company say it's before 8 AM, I wonder who is right here. The rudest they have ever been to me was over a 24 dollar fee from a storage unit that I left a few days after the first, literally. Somehow, though maybe not logical, I didn't want to send 24 dollars to someone that was talking to me like I am the bowel movements of a dog lying on a sidewalk. Somehow it left a bad taste in my mouth. And that silly lying piece of comment that was left by a "supposed" employee was so fake and so ###ic I can't even justify speaking more on it! What kind of person takes a job that constitutes them being rude and uncaring and obnoxious every day? Geez.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Even if you owe on a debt DON'T make any payment agreements with a debt collector because you have no contract with them to pay this. Making a payment agreement with them over the phone would be considered a verbal agreement. Let them know that you are going to pay the company that you have a debt with and not them. Be firm in telling them this. Also make payments to the company they will accept them. You only have a contract with the company you owe and not a third party collection agency.
they called and when I said hello about 30 times no said anything back. I can hear people shuffling in the back ground then someone hangs up the phone. When I called the number back saying that I just received a call from this number. They asked me for my number and I gave it to them then the guy hangs up. Allied has so many numbers here are a few. Don't let these people harrass you. You have to answer the calls if you don't then I shows that you are avoiding them. When you speak with a rep after they tell you the phone call will be recording/monitored then ask that person if they're ok with you recording the conversation. Most likely they'll say no or hang up but answer their calls. Also check to see whether or not you're in a 1 party or 2 party law for recording state. Some states need you to get permission from the other party to record the conversation. Just to be on the safe side if you're not sure ask them anyway. After I asked a rep that they haven't been calling to speak with me. Just calling and playing a recording. The funny thing about that is you can hear when they click on the recording and then turn it off and hang up.
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These people are very unprofessional
I am completely debt free and I still get calls from them (ALLIED INTERSTATE) almost every day. I have like an 815-850 credit score number and still I get recordings from them on my machine constantly. It could be for my ex-wife’s son. I wish they would leave a message and, at least, the first and last initial of the person owing them money. I will never call them back so this might go on for a few more years! Why on earth would I call them back if they are owed no money by me? This is the most random recording-string ever left on my machine! My caller ID in fact says ALLIED INTERSTATE [protected]. The message is that I am to call them back. Sorry, I do not call random people back that do not leave detailed messages on my answering device. These people are very unprofessional! Do they run a string of Pawn Shops too? Go to business school people and learn how to leave proper phone messages!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Can't understand the words &you have the wrong number&
Got a call from a number associated with Allied Interstate. Very, very rude man demanded to speak with "Jan Larson." Told him he had the wrong number. Then he demanded to know if "Jan Larson" was one of my family members, neighbours, friends, etc.
Said he was going to keep calling until I told him what he wanted to know. Kept interrupting me. Also, they have called many times before, but if my boyfriend answers, they immediately hang up. COWARDS!
What kind of waste of oxygen spends their life doing this, anyway? And how sick do they have to be sound like they're enjoying it, as this man did?
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I taught them a lesson
On 4/21/08 in the middle of a very important call Allied Interstate Company called. I was unable to take the call and checked my messages. The massage said to call [protected] So I did. I asked them how they got my number. They hung up on me. I found this rude and so I gave them a dose of their own rudeness. I called them all day every few minutes. They told me they did not have time for this game. But they did ask me to call them so I continued. All day they have the ability to block my number. lol something we should have for them. But being a smart person I *67 and continued some more. They were able to block that as well so being a smart person I had an old calling card that was going to expire so I used that. I continued on with calling them asking if the calls bothered them. I think they might have gotten the point but am still not sure so I will call them tomorrow to be sure.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Allied Interstate are the craziest folks I've ever encountered!
Yes, I had some old debt that needed to be paid off. These folks called and called and harrassed me for weeks after I explained that I was not in the position to pay at the rate they were demanding. I was willing at first to begin a payment plan, something I could afford. But no. There would be no flexiblity or intelligent discussion.
It was all handled in an intrusive and rude manner. One of the guys at one point said to me after discovering the town I live in, "Why do live in place you can't afford?" I told him to kiss my a$$ and hung up on him. Paying off debt is one thing, being disrespected or insulted by anyone, especially a complete stranger was unacceptable.When I refused to bend to their demands, and started asking more questions about them and how they got this information someone else got on the phone, a young man with a sounthern accent who could barely speak two sentences that were grammatically correct. I thought, wait a minute, you've hired people who don't sound very educated or professional to pry into my personal business and demand that I pay up or else. They behaved like loan sharks. I thought they were legit . My mistake. It helps to know you rights. Learn how to protect youself aginst these fools. SMB
Not the person trying to reach, harassing phone calls
I work for a California county child support office and I have been receiving phone calls from this collection agency and previous ones for approximately 4 years. This is over a phone bill that is for someone I do not know and gave my office number as their contact number. I have explained several times and I guess they think I am lying. I am not the person they are trying to reach and am very upset as I have perfect credit and do not deserve the harassing phone calls. I have requested that they stop yet they do not. The number they leave to call back is [protected].
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I agree send them a cease & desist letter, via certified mail, return receipt requested.
You will never hear from them again.
I have the perfect letter and I send it off and the telephone never rings again.
My home is peaceful again,
pmf1@rocketmail.com
First thing to realize is you should not waste breath on these collections nitwits. Verbal sparring does not work. Print does, for the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) compels them to obey written requests.
Draft a boilerplate letter stating your name and the number they have called to reach you. State clearly that you are not the party they seek, and you are not connected with that person financially, personally, or otherwise. Then request that you never again be contacted by the collector. There, you've just written your new best friend the "cease-comm" letter. Stow it on your hard drive or print a stack of copies, and whenever a new collection agent (C.A.) comes with the same old inquiries about this alleged deadbeat, obtain a mailing address and fire off a letter.
Even better if you can send your notice on a letterhead from your office, clearly showing the phone number the C.A. has been pelting. If you have a website with a contact page listing the same number, refer them there as well. Make it plain they are calling a place of business and your boss doesn't like it. (That fact alone gives you a little extra clout under FDCPA.) Beat it into their skulls until they get it. Collectors are paid on commission and bad ones are not hired for their patience or intelligence.
You must send this USPS Certified with Receipt Request. The C.A. must mark and return the (usually) pale green postcard back to you as proof they have your letter. This costs a few bucks each time but can save you a world of grief later. After that receipt date, the very next contact from that C.A. is your invitation to string them up on Federal charges. You can also pursue them if they try to harass you into paying or apply that mystery person's debt to your records.
Sadly you may have to watch closely this time for just those violations. Allied has attracted a complaint list a mile long for abusive practices and extortion tactics. See these items for a very few of the many irate voices:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/ManageDebt/SleazyNewDebtCollectorTactics.aspx
http://reviews-by-company.blogspot.com/2007/07/allied-interstate-collection-agency.html
If you have an afternoon to kill, drop the phrase "Allied Interstate" into the [redacted] search field:
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If you've been fighting this since 2004, the person they want has done a fair job evading the skip tracers, in part by diverting the badgering calls to you. It sounds very likely the same debt has been resold to numerous collectors as each in turn gave up trying. They are supposed to validate a debt before continuing the Hot Potato game, but many won't bother. You may be answering this over and again until the applicable Statute of Limitations expires. Do some homework on the agents who have contacted you and see if they are DBAs or subsidiaries of a larger firm, then take your complaint right to the queen's nest.
Luck be with you!
Harassing calls!
They start at about 8:00 AM, and call continuously all day - until about 8:00 PM. Calls from 5 to 30 minutes apart. It's very frustrating. They have not listened to my demands not to call and to only contact me via postal mail. The number above is the number they usually call me from. I don't know what else to do. I need these calls to stop.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I completely agree. They can actually call between 8 AM and 9 PM. I'm filing for bankruptcy and they are required to stop but they haven't. It makes no difference if I call them back or answer when they call me because they do it again a few hours later. I complained that they aren't allowed to call me once I've spoken to them. They said that they talked to me because I called them, and that it doesn't count as communication unless they have called me. I called the attorney general today, and was told that I'm right and once they talk to me that they are required to stop for the day. I can't take it anymore. I talked to them 4 times today. I would ignore them, but if I do they call my family and say that they can't reach me and then my relatives call me and complain. I believe that I have officially filed about 3 complaints with the attorney general about them in the last two days. I also informed Capital One, and that is who the debt is with. They tried to force me to talk to some senior account manager person. I said I wanted to talk to a lawyer first. They said "Please hold" I said "No." and hung up the phone. I can't take this crap anymore and I want to see these people taken down. I would encourage anyone with issues with them to file a complaint with the attorney general. They are a law enforcement agency and have to investigate the complaints.
Continually call my home
I am mailing you in reference to being harassed by a comp. called Allied Interstate who as I understand it has been sued numerous times in the past. They continually call my home every day as early as 8:30am. I know for a fact that this is not legal and something needs to be done! You cannot speak to anyone when you call them! HELP!
I keep getting calls from [protected]. This number belongs to Allied Interstate which I understand is a collection agency? Number one, we do not owe any bills. Number two these calls come several times a day and never say anything. How do I stop this?
Michelle whined:
"I completely agree. They can actually call between 8 AM and 9 PM. I'm filing for bankruptcy and they are required to stop but they haven't. It makes no difference if I call them back or answer when they call me because they do it again a few hours later. I complained that they aren't allowed to call me once I've spoken to them. They said that they talked to me because I called them, and that it doesn't count as communication unless they have called me. I called the attorney general today, and was told that I'm right and once they talk to me that they are required to stop for the day. I can't take it anymore. I talked to them 4 times today. "
Here's a novel thought: Why don't you pay your bills? You ran up the debt, how about actually being a responsible adult and paying it?
Jason get a life. I have paid capital one faithfully and was ten days late on a payment and allied is now demanding the total amount?Capital ones calls go straight to allied and I cannot get them to answer the phone. When you check my credit reports, capital one shows I am in good standing and always pay on time!Yes this is harrasment. They call my cell at least 10 times a day and i cannot answer the phone during work, so the calls go unanswered.
Allied as well as Capital one need to get their act together.
I have had numerous offers this week for credit cards with 0% on transferred balances. I had thrown them out, happy with capital one until now.The next I get I will transfer.. And the following phone call I get from your notorius cmpany will be forwarded to the Ohio attorney general
I was a bill collector all of my working life and NO ONE ever would think of operating like Allied Collection does because we thought we would get into trouble. I hope they burn.
Allied called our home 6 times a day, 7 days a week looking for someone with the same common last name. After 10 weeks, I had blocked their calls but when I saw that they had called us again, I CALLED THEM. The heavy Asian accented person on the line told me his name was Ted Gray (He had to spell it). Sure and I am Mickey Mouse. Anyway, I told him all the steps I had taken. I said "The person you are looking for does not live here and never has. You promised to take my number out of your system, I sent you a registered cease and desist letter that you signed for, I filed a complaint with the FTC and my State's Attorney General's office. EVERY TIME YOU CALL ME, I WILL CALL YOU AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE GETTING HARASSED." It has been several days now and NO CALLS. Turn the tables on them.
you need to understand why collectors keeps on calling you, bec you used the card and you need to pay your bills on time.. if you dont want to received call from collector pay your bill on the right time stupid [censored].. alway shout when you received call from 866 number you dont realized that they can help you with your debt.. they might offer an arrangement the can help you out.. just try to listen to them and let them know what is your situation.. help them understand your situation.. dont just shout or yell at them, they just do there jobs..
this company sucks they fired me based on a review from 3 months earlier...no notice, they had moved me to a different team in which i was meeting the quota they wanted but still fired me based on previous numbers from before hand. this company doesnt follow the rules like they should...if they are calling you and they do not say THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE ONLY, AND THIS CALL MAY BE MONITORED AND OR RECORDED FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE you can sue them according to the fdcpa for up to 5000$ everytime..my best advise if you dont want to talk to them is to tell them that you are recording them, 99% of the time they will hang up...odds are though that if they are calling you you do owe the debt i mean all the info thety get is off the loan you filled out or the credit card app you filled out and so on...if you cant pay there is a program ask for the hardship/income contingent repayment plan it is a plan based on your income instead of 1.29% of your debt all you have to do is fill out a few pieces of paper work and most of the time dont have a payment..i would have to say though this company treats the people who owe money better than the people who work for them..how can you let someone go when there job is getting people to put paperwork in the mail..i cant control if people do or not
Fair debt collections act... Search that on the internet... Once you owe money and got left behind on your bills for three months or more your account will be on a third party collection company... Collectors can call from 8 am to 9 pm... Follow up calls are just an update if the CH is on a good status on paying their bill... AI is just helping out CH that got left behind on paying their bills... Offering settlements, minimums etc. just to prevent a civilized american to get charge off... Preventing CH to have a Bad Debit Score is a noble job...
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Yes, I have had the same problem with these losers ! I call back & get a capital one credit card spokesperson. I don't even have a capital one credit card they call & call it is ridiculous.
I ask to speak to a manager & they assure me they will take my phone number off the list. two weeks later ring, ring, but they use a different number. I have great credit & don't owe anyone
any money. They are losers !
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First I have had the same number for over 10 years. It is on the DNC list. I tell them that they have the wrong number. They called again, I explain again that they have the wrong number, my number is on the DNC list, their "agent" gets mad and hangs up. I call them and ask to be removed from their list as I am not who they are looking for...and wouidn't you know it, the calls continue. On 8/26 I call Allied Interstate and once again asked to be remove since they have the wrong number/person and that their agents are unprofessional and are violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The person at Allied Interstate claims that my number has "now" been removed. How dumb to call the wrong number while violating laws? Dumb criminals.
I'm very upset with this company. When making arrangements to pay an over due amount on my student loan I agreed to pay $220 per month. I had to make an itial payment of $100 as a good faith payment. The company collected the $100 and in the same month collect a partial payment of the agreed amount of $220. I told them that I would pay the remaining balance on the following month along with my payment of $220. When checking my account balance at my bank there was an over draft fee collected from my account because the people at Allied can not count. ($220-$150= $70) and ($220+70=$290) They wrote a check to my bank for $330 which made my account over drafted because of their mistake. I called in the following business day and tried to correct their mistake only to get some foolish women who calls herself the supervisor (Terri Hughes) who can not add as well be very rude to me.
We keep getting calls from their number [protected] (caller ID: Unavailable), even though we are on the Do Not Call Registry, and have asked repeatedly that they stop harassing us. Internet search shows they're Allied Interstate, a collection agency. We are not in business with them, have zero debt and clean credit records = no reason for collection.
We got a call again from them tonight, and found out from their agent that they were looking for someone else (who happens to be our neighbor) and wanted to know whether we knew her. We denied to confirm any information.
Not only are their repeated, harassing calls unacceptable, but harassing neighbors of people they are trying to reach, and who have no business with them nor with such neighbors, is plain ### tactics. We are taking all the steps necessary to have such practice penalized, including but not limited to complaints to the FCC and the Do Not Call Registry. We will keep doing so until these parasites are definitely neutralized.
Allied continues to call after they have been informed they have the wrong number and the wrong person. Today I filed a complaint with the attorney generals office in Arizona. They started calling about six months ago for my daughter who has never lived at this address or used my telelphone number, not to mention, she has no debts. They are very rude and snotty and refuse to give any information when asked. They have been asked numerous times not to call, but they continue to do so. Apparently they don't check their information before they start harrassing anyone.
Allied called and left a message for me to call for a important message from them. I called them they said they would call back. They di not tell me what the call way about. I called again and then they would switch me to a superviser or several times they just hung up on me. They will not say anything about the phone messages they left. Why would they call and then not tell me whats' going on. What a bunch of A-holes.To get to one hundred words I just wanted to say again, A-holes A-holes A-holes.
I recieved a call at midnight last night. Scared the life out of me! I thought something had happened to one of my children (all grown and out of the house.) Turns out they were asking for a person who never lived here/we do not know. Same last name. They would not identify themselves, and I thought it was someone drunk dialing. When I asked who was calling, they stated it was a financial matter. At midnight? When I called the number this morning-Allied Interstate. They did this to me a year ago-called at 11:30 pm. Who does that? I filed a complaint with the FTC.
I started recieving calls daily from a company called allied interstate about a bill that i know is paid & doesnt show on any credit report cuz i checked. They constantly still call even tho i hv had several heated discussions w them about this bill & that they r not allowed to b calling me & that i am going to report them. i told them that they needed to send me a letter stating that if i paid the bill they would remove it completely from my credit report. (yes i know..its not even on there) so then they sent me to another credit advocate. they said i didnt even have it on my credit so they wouldnt send me a letter. so now i still get calls even tho i have done everything but pay a bill that doesnt exists! i do not know what to do & cnt change my cell & home number. speaking of home number...idk how they even got it because my own parents dont even have it! no one does. how do i make this stop w/o having to spend money on an attorney?
My son is in the military deployed in afghanistan active duty, he has an outstanding college loan which he has every intention of paying when he returns in april/may, I have pleaded with them but it falls on a deaf ear they want to garnish my salary and tap into his bank account PLEASE STOP THEM AND HELP I have contacted the attorney general, my congressman, and other individuals in the army legal units, no one seems to care that he is defending all of us, where is the care and respect for our military It is a shame.
My caller id has shown the name and number (Allied Interest...[protected]) numerous times. And the times that I have been home to actually answer the call, the person on the other end always hangs up. The last time this occurred, I looked up the company online and obtained their phone number in West Palm Beach, Fl: [protected]. I called this number so I could ask why they keep calling me but I got no answer.
I eventually reached an agent at the 866 number they called me from and I was told they were looking for Lin...Pot... The female rep said she would remove my number from their list but I have previously asked them to do that and it seems that they did not follow through. We'll see if they stop calling now.
Anyway, there is still no explanation for why they would keep calling my home and hanging up instead of asking for the person they were trying to contact. I should not have had to conduct research to determine the reason for their calls.
I am pissed off with Allied Interstate for consistently giving me a few calls every single day, when in fact I told them that the person they are looking for don't live in my house. I requested them to *** my number from there list but they keep on calling me. I'm really pissed off with these guys and they told me they gonna keep on calling me and hung up the phone. What a kind of collection agency is this, who harras and keep annoying people. *** these guys...they *** ***...matay kayo amennem...okennayo. Geggeden you ti tenged yun...your so inconsiderate