A consumer lawyer colleague, Mark Chalos, authored a wonderful expose on the dirty, dirty world of Forced Arbitration and the dirty, dirty corporate powers who push it. It was recently published in The Tennessean.Mark tells the story of one of his clients, who was...
I saw another reference to another example of repo agent violence. As reported by CU Collector.com, "A homeless woman's spine was fractured when she was hit by a 30 year old Repo Man and his partner as she attempted to remove her belongings from a repossessed Honda...
Everyone you know has at one time or another has struggled financially. For some, the struggles come when they are young. For others, the difficulties arrive when they are older. Regardless of the circumstances of the struggle, it should never be accompanied by...
Debt tagging. It sounds a bit like a childhood game, but there is no fun involved for the person who has been tagged by a debt collector.Debt tagging often occurs because of a similarity in your name and another person's name. But once a bill collector is after you,...
An ABC affiliate in Utah is reporting the tragic death of a young wife and mother at the hands of a repo-agent. Readers of this blog are aware of just how common-place such repo-related injuries and loss of life have become. It's like the wild-west out there now.This...
For some consumers, the prospect of getting a short-term, small loan by putting up the title of their vehicle as collateral can be an attractive prospect. They might have poor credit or a low income or other circumstances that make borrowing from a reputable lender...
Google is a colossal Internet presence, of course, a giant in the realm of search engines that guide consumers in their choices.But is it now an arbiter of right-versus-wrong as regards consumer lending practices, and a newly emerged champion of the people against...
Title Loans, along with PayDay Loans, and the people and companies that offer them, are something close to evil. They are loan sharks with Websites.As I have reported previously, that Pennsylvania and its Courts have taken the position - overdue - that even if the...
There now may be additional avenues to fight Title Loan repossessions.I reported last year that Pennsylvania is finally cracking down on unfair, unlawful Title loans. I get calls about these often high-interest loans very often.Interest on these loans often runs in...
While the first type of business that comes to mind when one thinks about the violation of consumer protection laws is likely automobile sales, these are of course not the only businesses that could engage in illegal activities involving consumers. This is illustrated...