800-962-9898

This company is calling my phone at least 6 times a week, which IS illegal!  Also, I have sent them a cease and desist letter via certified mail with return receipt, and it was signed for by them on the 31st of August!  I have also noticed, just as my attorney has, that they have requested a copy of my credit report which is also AGAINST THE LAW!!!!   This was not done once, but 6 TIMES!!!!  We have forwarded the calls, times and other information to the FTC and the NY State Attorney General's office, as well as local authorities.  We are also going to be filing suit in the County court soon.  I am going to show them that not all consumers are ignorant about the laws!!!

These people are total ignorant [***]!  Rachel is the biggest B*tch there! I threatened to call the cops on her she is harrassing me and harrassing my mother who just had major surgery!!!!!!!!! I am reporting all of them, they are so rude and NEVER leave a voice mail! Very unprofessional.

The best way is to unplug your phone when you get home,and be worry free and debt free for life, great to be american and not pay for stuff, thank god for bankruptcy every 7 years!  .gota love it thanks Obama!

These people are crazy and in no way are they professional. They will continue to call over and over again. They will not leave messages EVER, but they will call 15 times in an hour! Here's the best part they are calling asking for someone else and I have told them DO NOT CALL ME ANYMORE, I don't even know the person they are asking for and my number isn't new. They all must be extremely [***] and unable to comprehend the ENGLISH language, bc I continue to receive many calls from them every week. Gosh stop harassing people. Any business that would hire this company to collect their debts they are just wasting more money, bc this company is more like a three ring circus with a bunch of clowns working there not a professional collection agency, if that's even what they are.

I have politley told you people that your calling the wrong number. Told yall with no attitude or anything. But your still to stupid to stop calling because you keep doing it anyway. Maybe yall would make more money if you quit calling the wrong people.

I have politley told you people that your calling the wrong number. Told yall with no attitude or anything. But your still to stupid to stop calling because you keep doing it anyway. Maybe yall would make more money if you quit calling the wrong people.

This collector is bogus or is a harasser.  Because I have 0 negative issues with my credit report.  I just got a copy from 3 different credit agencies.

Do try not to shout, it makes you look like the idiot you are. You are not one to deserve respect

Ahh Drew, yet another ex-ACS employee with a gripe.

Hey Bliss--long time no hear--how are you buddy?..I was really peeved after you were fired by ACS...

Jeez Eric--you? A former ACS supervisor who enjoyed the bonus money and commission checks and parties and gifts and kissed the owners Butt--is now joining the "Kick ACS Brigade"...I thought you had more class then that. Stop spreading your lies--you enjoyed it at ACS, at least that's what you used to tell me whenever we spoke.

That does not mean that you do not owe a debt..Not everyone credit reports.

Michelle, do try to tell a live person your phone number instead of throwing a tandrum, that way somebody might actually try to help you.

This company keeps calling asking for someone who used to have my number.  I want these calls to stop now.

Months of robocalls from this company attempting to collect debts from a man I'd never heard of. Each call informed me that if I stayed on the line, I would be identifying myself as this man and accepting responsibility for his debt (how is this even legal?) so I never held on to the call even though I really wanted to learn more about the caller and end their harassment.  Finally I called ACS back on their 800 number.  I told their employee that they were mistakenly bothering me, he replied, "ok, I'll change it." and abruptly hung up.  ACS is awful.

Are you getting calls from Associated Credit Services? - YouTube

It couldn't have been David Bliss who commented because he does not exist anymore. The article said David Bliss 46 of 14 Downey St Hopkinton, Ma passed away on February 11, 2011 after a battle with pancreatic cancer and is buried at Vernon Grove Cemetery in Milford. So please people let the man rest in piece. Next call !!!!!!! Ata !!!! Get on the dialer !!!! Does anyone out there actually miss this place ?

Woman Who Prematurely Delivered Sues UMass Medical Collection Agency
Pregnant consumer contacted by collection agency now sues for alleged violations of consumer protection laws.

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Worcester, Massachusetts (PRWEB) January 26, 2012

A complaint filed in the United States District Court in the Central District of Massachusetts (Case 4:12-cv-40005) by Richard Kent Berger of eLegal, PC, alleges that Associated Credit Services, Inc., UMass Medical Center’s collection agency, violated both Massachusetts and Federal consumer protection laws in connection with collecting a claimed debt owed by Ms. Nina Scott of North Grafton. At the time, Scott was pregnant and she alleges that the stress of the collection calls made by Associated Credit Services harassing telephone calls made her physically ill.

The complaint alleges that, despite Scott’s being on a regular monthly payment plan for medical services rendered, the Associated Credit Services agency ignored her regular monthly payments to the hospital and continued to make upsetting collection calls to Scott. The complaint further alleges that, two days after a particularly upsetting call, she was rushed to the hospital where she went into labor, prematurely.

The plaintiff is asking for an award of statutory damages, actual damages for personal humiliation, mental anguish, emotional distress, treble damages, attorney's fees, interest, and court costs.

Scott is represented by Richard Kent Berger of eLegal in Boston. A jury trial is requested.

The judge assigned to the case is Hon. F. Dennis Saylor IV.

About eLegal, PC, A Consumer Protection Law Firm

eLegal, PC is a newly established Consumer Protection Law firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. The primary focus of the firm is the representation of consumers harassed, mislead, or abused by debt collectors. The firm is committed to the representation of consumers against debt collectors and creditors who violated State and Federal consumer protection laws. The firm’s principal, Attorney Richard Kent Berger, has been a practicing attorney in Massachusetts for more than 25 years. He received his education from New England School of Law where he graduated magna cum laude while working as the school’s Managing Editor of Law Review—a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues. In addition to his law practice, Attorney Berger is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts.

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Harassing collector calls lead to premature birth
clock February 6, 2012 09:30 by author Mike Garretson
A debt collection agency is being charged with violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for tactics against a woman that led to the premature birth of her baby, the Telegram & Gazette reports.
[Collector forces birth.]


Nina M. Scott of Grafton, Massachusetts, faced debts from the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center (MMC) and the UMass Memorial Center Group (MCG) for services received.

She had allegedly set up a payment plan with both entities. She promised to pay nearly $1,800 owed to MMC over 23 months at $75 per month, and also entered into a 30-month payment plan with MCG for $25 per month to pay off nearly $800 in debt.

Despite the plans, UMass Memorial still received help from collections from Associated Credit Services of Westboro. The firm allegedly called the pregnant woman 10 times between June 27 and the time her child was born on July 9 - three weeks premature - despite her repeated attempts to explain her payment plan status.

Scott alleges the calls caused her "undue stress" and seeks compensatory and statutory damages, as well as actual damages for personal humiliation, mental anguish, emotional distress and attorney's fees.



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