Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania
Information 411
To whom it may concern:
I paid a collection agency money
whom I feel I did not owe. I was
informed to contact the creditor's
trustee for example, ''Global Rated
Eligible Asset Trust'' , because the
original creditor went bankrupt and
the money I paid was sent to that
particular creditor. Recently, I
recieved a letter in the mail from a
bank by which they sold this
''account'' to the collection agency
after neglect of payment. The letter
stated that I must contact the
collection agency regarding this
payment. My question is who should
I contact, the ''bank''? if in fact all
monies paid were forwarded to the
bankrupt creditor or the ''collection
agency''? Incidentally, the bank I
recieved the letter from was not the
original bank of this so called credit
card I was supposed to have used,
maybe the old bank was bought by
this one. But I would like to be
certain that if they were bought then
the new bank would have collected
the money paid from the collection
agency. I could use some advice.
Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Information 411
You asked about a collections matter.
Unfortunately you probably will never see your money again. When you paid into a bankrupt matter you became a creditor like anyone else and must get in line.
If your debt was stale when paid then your payment restarted the clock and made the debt fresh and therefore valid.
Unless the amount was unusually large then you need to strike this matter up as a lesson learned.
Regards,
Roger