• blarth
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    11 months ago

    They could if they weren’t selling the debt to collection agencies. That’s the hack. Take the hit to your credit, maybe a civil suit to get a little out of you, but don’t bother paying the collection agency. Just refuse to talk to them.

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      11 months ago

      Hold up private collections? Sorry I missed that one. Do you have a link on that? I haven’t seen that stated yet

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        11 months ago

        Oh nope, my bad. I didn’t read the article. I guess we’re all fucked.

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          11 months ago

          With the amount of fucking stupid going on you never know anymore lol. I mean only 38% of people are current on their federal loans apparently so it’ll be fine…….