800-336-0299

Just send them one letter or fax that they cannot call your number any more. By law, they have to stop calling and harrasing. The will hide like a mouse...

They call all the time and say....if you are not DML, then please hang up.  If you are still on the line then you must be DML.  This is a call about a personal matter.  Please call.......

I have stopped answering the phone when it rings.

Called here and got my ans machine  told it to hang up if it didnt then it must be  MRS. Smith   LOL  what part of    not here to take your call that the ans machine gave did she not understand

Got a call from them extremely rude wouldnt identify themselves til I identified myself! I asked where are you calling from and the smart ass said Im calling from pembroke which is a town in massachusetts ... Yeah, I hung up on her.

Sounds like a bunch of deadbeats on here.

deadbeats? I have never been late on any payment and have a 750 credit score

they call my house twice a day!

I finally get a person on the phone after i answer (they usually hang up) and they refuse to say what their business is...

pissed off...and coming after them..

You sound like a collection zombie

You sound like a collection zombie.  3rd rate collection scavenger.

So....knowing that you are calling places that these people DON'T live at or work at anymore- you continue to do so???????   Isn't that harassment????  I get these calls for my husband's EX-wife who happens to have the same name as me.  I have explained this to them MANY times and also given them HER correct number and actual address.  She ignores them so the keep calling ME...  You KNOW you have the wrong person so..........    are you hoping that I will be able to convince her that she needs to talk to you so you will stop bothering me?????  Of course, being the EX-she loves that I am being harassed.  OBVIOUSLY you people are NOT taking your jobs seriously or you would ONLY chase these people where they ACTUALLY are  not the people you KNOW can't help you.....  make your petty little job sound legit and important anyway you mat-  but if it looks like a SCUMBAG, smells like a SCUMBAG, and acts like a SCUMBAG-then you are a SCUMBAG-  do somthing good and important with your life...

I just got my first call today.  I owe a hospital bill that is about 4 months old and will start sending money next month.  HOWEVER, I will send it directly to the hospital and NOT the collection agency, therefore the collection agency will NOT receive any payment of any kind as they did NOT collect the outstanding balance.

You are so effing right! Those losers ;)

Exactly Right!

Do you only collect on medical accounts or multiple accounts?

called for my son who has no credit.

Gragil Associates
29 Winter St
Pembroke, MA 02359

Pembroke is a town about 25 miles south of Boston on Route 3. They appear to be located in an industrial park.

Their name is pronounced like "gray Jill".

Debt collection agency, apparently specializing in medical debts. They purchase debts owed to doctors, hospitals, etc. for pennies on the dollar and attempt to harass people into paying them, regardless whether the debts are real or not. Many people have reported having already paid the debts Gragil was trying to collect for, and produced receipts as proof of payment. The persons working at Gragil are almost always reported as being rude, threatening and harassing at the very least, and uncooperative in resolving debt claims that are incorrect or unfounded. As others have already stated, your best recourse is in small claims court, provide your medical receipts to the court and sue their pants off.

The names they provide (if you are unfortunate enough to accept their calls) are almost certainly bogus.

they keep calling and won;t tell me why! They are harrassing me!

Thank u,they have been calling for someone who doesn't live here and they won't believe me.So one day they got my 10 year old daughter on the phone and told her they were going kill her Daddy if they didn't get their money.Sick [***],my daughter is still having nightmares.

don't call stop...

Abosolutly only pay the original creditor. Never deal with these companies. Start by sendind a Validation request letter coupled in with a Cease and Desist contact clause. If they continue to try to collect, file a complaint with your states Attorney General's office. Its incredibly simple and can be done on line. Also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commision and the BBB. You can also sue the agency and the individual collector in Civil court. If enough consumers become wise to this and file complaints, eventually they can be put out of business. Consumers have more rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act then these agencies would like us to have. Use them to you advantage. Thats what they are there for.

You don't have to deal with agencies. Send them a validation letter with a Cease and Desist clause. If they continue to call after that, file a complaint with your state's Attorney General's Office. Also file with the Federal Trade Commission and the BBB. Look up your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. These agencies don't like an informed consumer but the laws are there to protect your rights. Use them. That's what they are there for. If enough consumers file complaints eventually they will get put out of business or sued by an Attorney General. You can also sue the company and the individual collector for any violation of the FDCPA.