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My Mission: Reform the Debt Collection Industry



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They’re Out of Control…

Some bill collectors are nothing more than criminals. They think civilized rules don’t apply to them, so they can hound, threaten, and abuse borrowers until they pay up. Sometimes they even pressure people into paying debts they do not owe.

At the same time, regulations and enforcement have not kept up with these scoundrels. Penalties are so small that some bad guys are happy to pay a fine and continue their abusive ways.

One solution is to make two things abundantly clear to our elected officials:

  1. We need to show that the problem is even more widespread than most people believed; and
  2. As citizens who are also taxpayers and voters, we must demand that collection-industry rogues and criminals be made to pay for their unacceptable actions.

If you agree, then we invite you to sign the following petition.


Who Better to Champion?

Bill Bartmann successfully settled debts of 4.5 million consumers--and he did it with zero lawsuits. “Bill Bartmann ... put a seedy and inefficient industry on the road to respectability.” “Bill Bartmann survived failure, remade one of the country's ugliest industries.” “Although Bartmann lost his company, he managed to turn his loss into an opportunity that ... changed an entire industry.” “Bill Bartmann has built a big business of bad debt. He also may have made bill collectors kinder and gentler. None of it would have happened if he hadn't gone broke.” “Patron Saint of the Second Chance. A second chance. Who better to offer it than Bill Bartmann.”

Petition:

We hereby petition Congress to amend the current debt-collection rules by adding the following provisions:

  1. Increase the penalty for violations of debt-collection rules from the current $1,000 to $10,000 for each violation.
  2. Ban all collection activities on debt that is older than the relevant statute of limitations.
  3. Raise the requirements necessary to file a lawsuit on credit-card debt.
  4. Require collection agencies to provide clear and understandable history of debt.
  5. Require all collection agencies to be licensed.
  6. Require all collectors to be licensed.
  7. Require an annual compliance audit for all collection agencies.
  8. Allow consumers to record telephone calls from collection agencies.

You can help In one or both of two ways:


  1. Sign the petition
    We intend to present all the signed petitions to members of the U.S. Congress.
    Click here to sign the petition online.

  2. Share your story
    If you have personally experienced abusive collection practices by anyone in the collection industry, please share your story. You can sign your name or be anonymous if you prefer. 

    Either way, please help us to shed light on these predators so their unfair practices can reach the media and lawmakers. With enough stories and voices, we can see to it that these criminals are brought under control.
    Click here to share your story.

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