StoptheCallsFasthttp://open.salon.com/user.php?uid=9739Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:07:39 -0400“As found all over the internet: “Congressman Gary Ackerman’s good friends, the Zises Brothers, will sue near 200,000 Americans this year for credit card default using the trade name “Unifund” registered with the Ohio Secretary of State (The trademark documents are available on-line and free.) Since the trademark “Unifund” is owned by a partnership, Credit [...]http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/29/as_previously_blogged_right_here_and_now_by_budd_hibbshttp://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/29/as_previously_blogged_right_here_and_now_by_budd_hibbsThu, 29 Jul 2010 08:07:29 -0400Last week I mentioned I was reading the report whose title this blog bears. If could give an elevator speech (summation in 10 seconds) about the almost 100 pages I read and all the footnotes (read them just to be sure I would not miss anything)I would say that the majority of consumers are totally [...]http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/26/repairing_a_broken_system_ftc_july_2010http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/26/repairing_a_broken_system_ftc_july_2010Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:07:01 -0400As you can see from my last post I am plowing through the Federal Trade Commission report discussed therein footnotes and all. I need lots of coffee for this. One of the facts that comes out of this report or rather just jumps off the page is the fact that debt collectors fail to inform [...]http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/21/federal_trade_commission_report_informationmisinformation_and_uniformed_peoplehttp://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/21/federal_trade_commission_report_informationmisinformation_and_uniformed_peopleWed, 21 Jul 2010 11:07:51 -0400FTC Issues Report on Reforming Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration; Recommends Steps to Protect Consumers and Repair a Broken System A new Federal Trade Commission report concludes that the system for resolving consumer debt collection disputes is broken, and recommends significant litigation and arbitration reforms to improve efficiency and fairness to consumers. The report, “Repairing [...]http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/14/ftc_report_on_debt_collection_litigitation_and_arbitrationhttp://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/14/ftc_report_on_debt_collection_litigitation_and_arbitrationWed, 14 Jul 2010 08:07:24 -0400In past blogs I have written extensively about the do’s and don’ts of dealing with debt collectors. In my experience most debt collectors are not much better than what the septic man extricates from your septic tank periodically. My StoptheCallsFast.Com system was developed because my own financial issues some years ago. It is true in [...]http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/08/how_saying_the_wrong_things_to_debt_collectors_can_compromise_you_financially_and_force_you_to_get_an_attorneyhttp://open.salon.com/blog/robert_friedman/2010/07/08/how_saying_the_wrong_things_to_debt_collectors_can_compromise_you_financially_and_force_you_to_get_an_attorneyThu, 8 Jul 2010 09:07:26 -0400