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Collection Agencies Closing Offices? Economy Worse then Expected?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Is the economy getting so bad that the bill collectors are going out of business?\u00a0 From where I sit it appears that at least two of the old tried and true bill collectors have moved out of Minnesota.\u00a0 When a bankruptcy case is filed, it is very important to be sure that all the creditors are being notified.\u00a0 The notices are sent out to the creditors by US Mail by a central noticing center which is operated by the court.\u00a0 When an address is bad or when a notice comes back in the mail in connection with one of my cases, I get notified of that right away by email from the clerk of court’s office. In cases where a collection agency has taken over an account, I always try to list both the original creditor and the agency in the bankruptcy papers.\u00a0 If the debt has also been referred to a lawyer, I list the law firm on the list of creditors too.<\/p>\n

For as long as I can remember, Allied Interstate has been one of the big collection agencies in these parts.\u00a0 In recent times their office was within a few blocks of mine.\u00a0 They were located in that big, white office building on the northwest corner of the intersection of I-394 and Highway 169 known as the Interchange Tower.\u00a0 There was more than one occasion when I was about ready to go over there in person and yell at them.\u00a0 To me they were an institution, kind of like the federal government.\u00a0 It never occurred to me that they would not always just be there.\u00a0 In bad economic times, I would have assumed that their business would have just gotten all the better.<\/p>\n

You might imagine how shocked I was to receive a notice, and then another notice, telling me that the address I was using for Allied Interstate was bad.\u00a0 Well, they had apparently been assigned a number of debts of a couple of my clients – so I had to find a new address for them.\u00a0 At first I assumed that they had just moved to a new location in their old neighborhood.\u00a0 As I almost always do when I have such a problem, I went to Google looking for a new address.\u00a0 There were no results for Minnesota except what I already had.\u00a0 I went to Bing.\u00a0 Same result.\u00a0 Next I tried to call all the phone numbers I could find for Minnesota locations of Allied Interstate.\u00a0 More shock – they were disconnected.\u00a0 Finally I stared trying locations outside of Minnesota.\u00a0 They had been a nation-wide operation.\u00a0 The first few numbers I tried were not being answered.\u00a0 Finally someone answered at an Allied Interstate office in Ohio.\u00a0 He said to use the following address:<\/p>\n

Allied Interstate, PO Box 4000, Warrenton, VA 60197-6123<\/p>\n

So I added that address to the list of creditors at the court web site for both of my cases, and it seems so far to have been a good address.\u00a0 Meanwhile a notice that I had sent to an Illinois office of Allied Interstate came back in the mail as well.\u00a0 One has the impression that this outfit is not doing so well.<\/p>\n

Not long after this business with Allied Interstate, I received notice that an address I had been using for one of the bill collecting law firms was bad.\u00a0 They were it seemed to me a lot like Allied Interstate in that they had been around forever.\u00a0 To me they seemed to be one of the top law firms that over the years had driven many of my clients to my door.\u00a0 Their office had always been in St. Paul, but they sued people from all over the Twin Cities.\u00a0 Again I went to Google and several other sources.\u00a0 What I found or seem to have found is that they closed their St. Paul office and are now doing business from their home office in another state.<\/p>\n

From day to day I see little indicators – including the above – that the economy is worse than anybody in the media outlets wants to admit.<\/p>\n

This is for general information purposes only, is not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship.\u00a0 I am a debt relief agency, helping people file for relief under the federal bankruptcy code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the economy getting so bad that the bill collectors are going out of business?\u00a0 From where I sit it appears that at least two of the old tried and true bill collectors have moved out of Minnesota.\u00a0 When a bankruptcy case is filed, it is very important to be sure that all the creditors … <\/p>\n

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