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Quick question: What are the steps to obtain a Lending Tree mortgage loan? Thanks for any answer. Second question of mine... Okay long story...please bear with me..

My husband has a collection for a veterinary hospital for 259.00 on all CR's. I called the vet's office to find out which pet he took in and never paid the bill for. They couldn't tell me...all the file said was an orange cat. I called my husband. Come to find out he did not take the pet in...one of our "lovely", goody-two shoes nibby neighbors did. Was it our pet? NO! it was a stray cat that she ASSUMED was ours and took it in because it looked like it was ill.

Did she knock on our door to ask about the cat? NO. Did the vet bother to call us to verify we were the /img/avatar3.jpgs? NO. The vet runs a gazillion tests on the animal to the tune of 259.00 and calls my husband to say he can pick up "his" cat. My husband is a smart man but in the common sense department he is a little out in left field admiring the gardenias. He goes to the vet and they bring out this cat.

The vet says "the cat can't stay here" my husband says "okay I'll take him and see if I can find out who it belongs to". A month later he gets the bill and calls them to tell them he is not paying the bill cause he didn't ask them to care for the cat and the cat is not his. They said because he signed the animal out of the hospital he assumed financial responsibility. My husband pitched all future bills that came. Now it is on his CR's and I wish I had a cat to clobber him with (I love animals...don't get me wrong and I would never hurt one) but......nevermind..

Today I called the vet hospital. They say all they know is a "stray" was brought in and treated in 1997. Because of this being long ago they do not have any other documents (signatures, etc) I was afraid my husband signed something when he picked up the cat. If he did they no longer have it now. So if they can't provide a signed contract to me I know they can't provide one to the CA or a court in the case of a suit..

So basically what they are doing is just letting it sit on the CR's to ruin his credit. I asked the CA why we had never gotten a bill and she said "we are so busy that sometimes we choose to not collect on some accounts. We report them and leave it at that." Covert credit trashing for bogus accounts is what I call it..

Does anyone have a letter that will go straight for the jugular because I do NOT want to mess with the 30 days here and 30 days there to get this taken off..

Any help/advise/insight would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks,.

Kathy.

P.S. Hubby is in the dog house...lol..

asked Feb 28 at 06:55

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I'm stumped. I'm not so sure what is the answer to your question. I'll do some research and get back to you if I discover an good answer. You should email the people at Lending Tree as they probably could give you help..

answered Feb 28 at 07:35

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Send in a validation request certified. Then the next day dispute with all 3 CRAS. If they verify it without marking in dispute you have them nailed...

answered Feb 28 at 09:11

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Ok, here is kind of a kooky letter I sent to the Ca regarding a.

Paid.

Collection account for a furry family member. While yours is unpaid, there are some similar circumstances here..

Prior to this letter, the CA had verified with the CRA, twice..

The CA sent me a letter of deletion in two weeks after receipt of my letter..

Oh, BTW, I really am a cat person, sometimes you just say anything for deletion,..

answered Feb 28 at 09:17

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Well, first of all nobody is going to be off proving who owns or does not own the silly cat and more so after so long of a time. The thing is probably dead by now anyway..

Secondly the vet is the OC so unless you live in one of the states that has laws that make OCs liable under FDCPA any claim of a FDCPA violation isn't going to get anywhere. It might scare the Doc off but it isn't going to phase the CRAs one bit..

So unless you live in the right state or you can scare the pants off the Doc you are going to be in for a rough time of it...

answered Feb 28 at 10:30

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That was the point of my letter to the CA. To portray it as a nutty situation, probably unprovable, and confuse them even more..

It worked, I got my letter of deletion in two weeks...

answered Feb 28 at 10:45

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If he don't pay they will probably repo the dead cat..

Lol..

answered Feb 28 at 11:47

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Just a cpl questions Kathy..

Did you get the persons name to whom you spoke? The one that told you sometimes we don't try to collect, we just report..

Also, Is it possible to get this nibby neighbor to sign a note that simply says she made a mistake assuming the cat was yours?.

Oh - You mentioned a CA. Is there a CA involved?.

???.

We may have to get the cat to testify...

answered Feb 28 at 11:55

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Try to get the neighbor, and the cat too, to sign a.

Notarized affidavit.

With regards to the above note..

You may have to bribe "Oscar" with a can a sardines...

answered Feb 28 at 13:26

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Adan
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Bill figures kitty is dead by now..

You know the old saying dead cats tell no tails...

answered Feb 28 at 14:26

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I am looking at the reply above mine and the title of this thread...I think this might be the twilight zone. Maybe the lady with the dead puppy has been spying on us all these years under an assumed name?.

This board is very amusing. LMAO!!..

answered Feb 28 at 15:33

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Well, I am getting a little concerned..

If there is any validity to the CA.

Allegedly.

Killing the puppy, I say this cat needs to be immediately placed in a witness protection program..

The Vet or CA may have a **contract** out on the kitty...

answered Feb 28 at 16:44

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Maybe the lady with the dead puppy has been spying on us..

``So you're thinking there might be a connection too! ~~..

answered Feb 28 at 17:48

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Charlotte
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I'll tell you what isn't so amusing. I was typing a message and my computer locked up. So I rebooted and when it came back up it said I had been infected by a keylogger program..

Well, I didn't figure that would be much of a problem but when I brought up my favorite anti-virus it would not let the scan button work. It had the anti-virus blocked so it would not work! Well, I rebooted into dos with a dos diskette and once dos was loaded I went in and found the executeable since I already knew where it was and I descrambled it and printed it out then found the sending computer's IP address and so now I know who sent it. Then I destroyed the executeable and rebooted thinking it was all over. But alas, it still would not let me run the scan so I had to do a work around to get it running. Pretty sophisticated keylooger..

Its dead meat now and tomorrow I will go down and file a complaint under Oklahoma's newest section of the computer crimes act on the perp. We will see how much good it did the legislature to pass the durn thing..

I guess that somebody thought this old geezer was too stupid to catch them or do anything about it if I did..

Wrong! This old geezer didn't fall off this turnip wagon yesterday by any stretch of the imagination...

answered Feb 28 at 18:26

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Easton
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I'll try to, Butch but I fully expect to run into a big problem in attempting to do so and that is a lazy bum of a DA who may very well try to tell me he can't or won't prosecute for whatever reason he can dream up...

answered Feb 28 at 18:57

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Eli
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Probably some cat lover did it to you. ;)..

answered Feb 28 at 19:19

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Naomi
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Yeah, Probably so. Didn't realize I have a big orange tomcat sitting here beside my chair just begging to be petted...

answered Feb 28 at 19:52

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Kiley
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Too too funny..LOL You guys are hilarious. I swear I am not the puppy lady! :).

This situation is straight from the twilight zone ain't it?! Anyway thanks everyone for responding :).

I called the vet hospital and they told me they have my neighbors name in their files as the one who took the friggin' cat in for care. She asked me if I knew this woman and if I knew where she lives. I said yes, I know her, she lives a few doors down from me on my street. She asked me if I knew her address and I said I have my phone book right here and I'd be happy to look it up for you. I did and gave her Ms. Nibby Neighbors address.



This part is for Butch.

This had been turned over to a local CA. I did not get the lady's name I spoke with but I know I could get that because she and I talked a long time about this account. She really did say that on a lot of occassions they NEVER send out any communications. Not even an initial communication. Seems to me this is not kosher...any thoughts on this?.

Bill....sorry about your computer problem :(.

Thanks again everyone :).

Kathy..

answered Feb 28 at 20:01

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Eliza
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Well, if you really want a funny one go find my most recent post which ends with the joke about the American in Spain who went to a restaurant. Involves who lost the daily bullfight. Better have some good insurance because when you figure out who lost the bullfight and exactly what that delicious smelling meat was you will probably die laughing...

answered Feb 28 at 21:18

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Hudson
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Maybe it's just my mood tonight, but this has got to be one of the funniest threads I have read on here in a long time. Thanks for the pick-me-upper. :)..

answered Feb 28 at 22:53

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Teagan
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Well could be...I really don't know. This particular CA uses 3 different company names. Each CR has a different CA name but they are one and the same. Tricky bastards. They may have other aliases that I'm not aware of...

answered Mar 01 at 00:18

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The bullfight one is much funnier..

But since you like lawyer jokes how about this one..

This guy walks into a 2nd hand store and they got this real ugly statue of a rat. So he asks how much. $5 bucks replies the owner..

I'll take it. said the guy..

Alright, but don't you want the story behind it?.

Yeah came the reply..

OK. That costs $100.

Forget it as he takes the rat and heads out the door..

Soon he notices he has hundreds of rats following him just like Pied Piper did so he heads for the river and tosses the ugly rat statue in the river and all the rats jump in after it to their doom..

He goes back to the store and the owner says "I see you came back for the story after all.".

No, I came back to see if you might not have an ugly statue of a lawyer...

answered Mar 01 at 01:50

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These are the details that are going to be discussed tomorrow when the billing manager at the Vet's office calls me back. I let her know what PCB told me about not sending out collection letters. she said "oh reeeeaaaallllly?" I told her I had no idea of it being in collection until I pulled the CR...so she said she would call me back tomorrow after she spoke to someone at PCB. Who knows..but I will insist on immediate deletion with no contingencies. Either I get a letter stating such tomorrow by 5pm or 8am the next day will find me at the court house filing suit...

answered Mar 01 at 02:24

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Hey Butch:.

Have you ever seen that cartoon of the two buzzards sitting up in the tree in the desert?.

One says to the other "Patience, HELL, I'm gonna go kill something.".

(LOL)..

answered Mar 01 at 02:55

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The one thing that seems to be missing in this story, and in my opinion the MOST important question, is.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAT?..

answered Mar 01 at 04:35

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I don't have the slightest idea....all I know is the bugger never came here to live. I would've remembered that considering I have 2 huge collies who would have "loved" a playmate. I have asked my husband this same question all day long. He says he does not remember and I say bull****! ...LOL...How can a person forget something like that?! Right now I am getting the silent treatment because I have asked him a zillion times today what possessed him to even GO to the vets office to pick up a stinkin cat that we didn't even OWN?! The last time I asked I think I may have raised my voice an octave or two? He's done some absent minded things in the past but THIS is one that I pray he doesn't try to top! God love him....and all his predicaments..

All I know is I am SO DONE with this cat.....

answered Mar 01 at 05:00

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Kayden
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They are reporting on Equifax as Physicians Credit Bureau.

Experian: Rossman.

TU: PCB.

Here I was, at first, thinking I had 3 different companies to deal with......

I did an AG complaint query...33+ complaints!..

answered Mar 01 at 05:54

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Dante
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If we don't get this cat matter resolved pretty soon the stupid cat will outlive you! (LOL)..

answered Mar 01 at 06:30

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Aurora
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Kathy,.

I have two puppies that need their shots..

Whats your husband's name? :)~..

answered Mar 01 at 06:37

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Diana
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I bet it was the puppy hit squad that did it..

answered Mar 01 at 07:32

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Caleb
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OMG...LOL hey...knowing him he'd probably fly there...pick 'em up take them and have them vaccinated, spayed, neutered, declawed, bathed groomed and whatever else he could think of!.

Can a man be an airhead?!..

answered Mar 01 at 08:49

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