Saturday, June 21, 2014

All About New York Debt Collection

By Sherry Gross


When doing business, there will always be times when one would have to collect money either from clients or from other associates of the business. Now usually, there would actually be a special department in each company known as the new york debt collection department.

Basically, the debt collectors are the ones who would call houses who have not paid their dues yet. For example, if a person would buy a certain product on account, the collector of the company that sold the product would start calling him up to run after payment. The collectors are trained to be able to convince the debtors to pay their dues on time.

Now usually, the collectors would be running after the debtor once the debtor has not paid the creditor for a few months already. Also, the collectors would start calling once the deadline of the payment is already near. Now after the collector has called, he will also be sending a letter or an email of the details of payment.

Now the main job of the collector is to actually try to coax the debtor to pay the dues in full already or actually earlier than the deadline. They could do this by offering some discounts if early payment has been made or full payment. If not, then some negotiations for other terms can be made.

Do take note that collectors are required to know all about the law on obligations and contracts in their respective areas which means that they know what legal action to take if the debtor refuses to pay. So for example, if a debtor has an outstanding payment and will not be able to pay, the collector will give him a warning first. The collector will be the one who will inform the debtor of what legal action will be taken should he still not be able to pay.

Now collectors are not only found inside the companies but can also be found in places known as collection agencies. Basically, these collection agencies are the ones who would do the collection job for the companies. Now if in the event the companies really cannot handle the debts that people owe them, then they would resort to an agency to help them out.

Now one thing to remember would be that collectors are not allowed to keep on calling when the debtor requests that these collectors stop calling. Now when this happens, then the next thing that the collector should do would be to just send reminders through email or letters. Now if the collector would disobey this rule, then the debtor may actually file a complaint.

So basically, this are some of the things one should know about debt collection. Being a collector is not an easy job as collectors are despised by people a lot. However, with some communication skills, one will be able to pull the job off.




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