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Milambar · 02-02-2015, 08:45

I had the same issue when I first got a VM fixed phone line several years ago (technically it was an NTL fixed phone line, it was that long ago). Most debt companies were reasonable, when you explained you just inherited the number from Virgin Media and stopped calling.

Some were a bit resistant and demanded you provide proof that you weren't the person they were looking for, but eventually gave up.

There was one though, that called 3 or 4 times a day, and refused to believe I wasn't the person they were looking for. It took me having to start legal proceedings for harassment against them, before they stopped. They apologized and dropped the issue as soon as my lawyer served them with the legal papers, so it never needed to go to court...

But yeah, some debt companies can be a real pain up the proverbial to get rid of when they are convinced you are the one they are looking for.

02-02-2015, 08:45	#11
Milambar Inactive Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 954	Re: Debt collection agencies I had the same issue when I first got a VM fixed phone line several years ago (technically it was an NTL fixed phone line, it was that long ago). Most debt companies were reasonable, when you explained you just inherited the number from Virgin Media and stopped calling. Some were a bit resistant and demanded you provide proof that you weren't the person they were looking for, but eventually gave up. There was one though, that called 3 or 4 times a day, and refused to believe I wasn't the person they were looking for. It took me having to start legal proceedings for harassment against them, before they stopped. They apologized and dropped the issue as soon as my lawyer served them with the legal papers, so it never needed to go to court... But yeah, some debt companies can be a real pain up the proverbial to get rid of when they are convinced you are the one they are looking for.