Question by veronicamathes: Credit card debt problem and really need help solving it?
Okay I admit I screwed up and went on a spending fee while in college and now I’m paying for it. I recently got laid off from my job, but this didn’t stop the bills from coming. I’ll tried ever thing in my power to set up a payment plan with my credit cards but now that I’m behind and most of the cards are in collection nobody want to work with me. Most of my credit cards are with a debt management program and some I’m making the minum payment, but there are some that are in collection and I don’t like the way the reps talk to me. They’re telling me that the account must pay the full amount as if I’m made of money. I’ve explained to them that I can’t do this, but was willing to set up a payment plan. One credit card in collection I owe 97.25 on it, but when I told them I could pay to a month until other credit cards are paid off and I’ll raise the amount they laugh in my face. Their offer was to settle and pay 0.00. I can’t do this. I have other bills to pay! Please help!
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“credit card debt problem”
Travis Plunkett, Beth Kobliner, John Carey, Sarah Wartell
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As unemployment climbs to new highs, and with prices of every day necessities on the rise, American families have taken on a near-record amount of credit card debt to cope with their bills. While no one can doubt the convenience of credit cards—they have replaced cash and checks for every day transactions at the supermarket and pharmacy—cardholder agreements are written in a way that may obscure, rather than clarify, important terms and conditions. These problems could be avoided with a two-pronged solution: first, legislation that would eliminate some of the abuses in the credit card market, and second, orienting cardholders toward making better decisions with their credit cards.
We invite you to join us as Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) speaks about her bill that will eliminate many common credit card abuses. This will be followed by a panel discussion of a new paper to be released by the Center for American Progress. The paper proposes that in addition to eliminating the worst of these abuses, Congress should require that card issuers implement a new system that would lead to better credit card outcomes through electronic reminders at "teachable moments" when needed—by sending a text message several days before a due date with a warning of the penalty for being late, for example.
For more on this event, please see:
www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2009/02/debt.html
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