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	<description>Need Debt Help? Confused by Debt Resolution Options? Get Unbiased Credit Card Debt Advice to Find Honest Debt Settlement Programs, Credit Counselors, and Bankruptcy Attorneys</description>
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		<title>By: Virgil S</title>
		<link>http://damonday.com/242/debt-settlement-15-companies-under-investigation-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-6068</link>
		<dc:creator>Virgil S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey thank you for the very relevant posting, i ended up getting myself out of debt after almost getting involved with these unscrupulous people. Luckily it occurred to me is it the best way to get out of debt by going in even deeper?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey thank you for the very relevant posting, i ended up getting myself out of debt after almost getting involved with these unscrupulous people. Luckily it occurred to me is it the best way to get out of debt by going in even deeper?</p>
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		<title>By: Damon Day</title>
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		<dc:creator>Damon Day</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Kymath,

Please tell me a little more about your situation and I would be happy to help you.

How long have you been with Legacy Debt Solutions?  What is the program that they put you on? Are they charging their fees on the front half of the program?

If you tell me a little more about that I can tell you whether or not you need to get out of their program and do something different.

As far as what the different solution may or may not be, I would need to know much more about your overall financial situation.

The problem with asking a debt settlement sales person for advice on how best to get out of debt, is that they always tend to say &quot;why debt settlement of course&quot; for obvious reasons.

If you would like a private phone consultation so we can go over your entire financial situation and goals moving forward, please use the consultation link at the top of my website and my assistant will set up a time for us to speak.

We can then create a specific plan to best resolve your issues.

But please first give me some information on Legacy and I will tell you if you should bail on that program.

Here is an article I wrote about what they did to another client of mine.

http://damonday.com/1017/legacy-debt-solutions-vs-credit-solutions/

Please read that and let me know if you had a similar experience.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Kymath,</p>
<p>Please tell me a little more about your situation and I would be happy to help you.</p>
<p>How long have you been with Legacy Debt Solutions?  What is the program that they put you on? Are they charging their fees on the front half of the program?</p>
<p>If you tell me a little more about that I can tell you whether or not you need to get out of their program and do something different.</p>
<p>As far as what the different solution may or may not be, I would need to know much more about your overall financial situation.</p>
<p>The problem with asking a debt settlement sales person for advice on how best to get out of debt, is that they always tend to say &#8220;why debt settlement of course&#8221; for obvious reasons.</p>
<p>If you would like a private phone consultation so we can go over your entire financial situation and goals moving forward, please use the consultation link at the top of my website and my assistant will set up a time for us to speak.</p>
<p>We can then create a specific plan to best resolve your issues.</p>
<p>But please first give me some information on Legacy and I will tell you if you should bail on that program.</p>
<p>Here is an article I wrote about what they did to another client of mine.</p>
<p><a href="http://damonday.com/1017/legacy-debt-solutions-vs-credit-solutions/" rel="nofollow">http://damonday.com/1017/legacy-debt-solutions-vs-credit-solutions/</a></p>
<p>Please read that and let me know if you had a similar experience.<br />
<span class="cluv">Damon Day recently posted..<a class="8d7166efec 3248" rel="external" href="http://damonday.com/3411/legal-helpers-debt-resolution-review-secret-business-plan-exposed/">Legal Helpers Debt Resolution Review – Secret Business Plan Exposed</a><span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip  3248 884b0" alt="My Profile" style="border:0" width="16" height="14" src="http://damonday.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv-premium/images/littleheartplus.gif"/></span></span> <span class="dofollow">(dofollow)</span></p>
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		<title>By: kymath</title>
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		<dc:creator>kymath</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really need some advise about Legacy Debt solutions that I am with.  When I first got in contact with them, I did do some research and thought that I would be doing the right thing in my quest to become debt free.  Yet, I hear that that might not be the case.  Some of my creditors say that they do not work with debt settlement or debt consolidation companies, but Legacy tells me that they do.  Hindsite, I should never have allowed myself to get so far in debt.  Since I am, I need to know where to go from here in order not to have to file bankruptcy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really need some advise about Legacy Debt solutions that I am with.  When I first got in contact with them, I did do some research and thought that I would be doing the right thing in my quest to become debt free.  Yet, I hear that that might not be the case.  Some of my creditors say that they do not work with debt settlement or debt consolidation companies, but Legacy tells me that they do.  Hindsite, I should never have allowed myself to get so far in debt.  Since I am, I need to know where to go from here in order not to have to file bankruptcy.</p>
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		<title>By: Debt Settlement USA &#8211; A Not So Glowing Review &#124; Pay Off Credit Cards using an Honest Credit Card Debt Settlement Company</title>
		<link>http://damonday.com/242/debt-settlement-15-companies-under-investigation-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-3046</link>
		<dc:creator>Debt Settlement USA &#8211; A Not So Glowing Review &#124; Pay Off Credit Cards using an Honest Credit Card Debt Settlement Company</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 09:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] told her that I had heard of Debt Settlement USA, but with over 2,000 or so Settlement Companies out there, it is easy to get them confused. I [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] told her that I had heard of Debt Settlement USA, but with over 2,000 or so Settlement Companies out there, it is easy to get them confused. I [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Preferred Financial Services Makes Dumb Move by Publishing Dumb List &#124; Damon Day &#38; Associates</title>
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		<dc:creator>Preferred Financial Services Makes Dumb Move by Publishing Dumb List &#124; Damon Day &#38; Associates</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] ha, we have an article written by Preferred Financial Services, a Debt Settlement Company that off the top of my head I remember being part of an Attorney General [...]</description>
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		<title>By: New Era Debt Solutions &#8211; A second look in this new era of debt settlement &#124; Damon Day &#38; Associates</title>
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		<dc:creator>New Era Debt Solutions &#8211; A second look in this new era of debt settlement &#124; Damon Day &#38; Associates</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] General did not result in any action.  In my review last year I mentioned that New Era was one of 15 companies that the New York Attorney General opened an investigation and requested information from. I asked [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] General did not result in any action.  In my review last year I mentioned that New Era was one of 15 companies that the New York Attorney General opened an investigation and requested information from. I asked [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Damon Day</title>
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		<dc:creator>Damon Day</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jonathan,

You have nailed it on the head.  Most of these companies charge all or a majority of their fees before actual services are performed. 

What most consumers don&#039;t know is that usually more than 50% of the money they are paying is going to the sales outfits that are selling these rip off programs.  

So the entire thing is about massive advertising and slamming as many unfortunate consumers into their rip off programs as they can.  They don&#039;t have to worry to much about performing a successful service because by the time the consumer figures out that the sales pitch is nothing like reality, the company has long been paid most or all of its fees.

Trying to get a refund from these guys is very difficult, and getting a full refund is almost impossible.

I know of no other word for a front loaded fee debt settlement company other than a &quot;scam.&quot;

They know perfectly well that most of their clients are not going to have a favorable outcome and they collect the fees in advance knowing this.  How can it be anything else but a scam straight up.

Luckily regulators have finally caught up to most of these people and new consumer protection laws on the books will help, but they will not eliminate the problem unfortunately, because you cannot regulate moral character.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jonathan,</p>
<p>You have nailed it on the head.  Most of these companies charge all or a majority of their fees before actual services are performed. </p>
<p>What most consumers don&#8217;t know is that usually more than 50% of the money they are paying is going to the sales outfits that are selling these rip off programs.  </p>
<p>So the entire thing is about massive advertising and slamming as many unfortunate consumers into their rip off programs as they can.  They don&#8217;t have to worry to much about performing a successful service because by the time the consumer figures out that the sales pitch is nothing like reality, the company has long been paid most or all of its fees.</p>
<p>Trying to get a refund from these guys is very difficult, and getting a full refund is almost impossible.</p>
<p>I know of no other word for a front loaded fee debt settlement company other than a &#8220;scam.&#8221;</p>
<p>They know perfectly well that most of their clients are not going to have a favorable outcome and they collect the fees in advance knowing this.  How can it be anything else but a scam straight up.</p>
<p>Luckily regulators have finally caught up to most of these people and new consumer protection laws on the books will help, but they will not eliminate the problem unfortunately, because you cannot regulate moral character.<br />
<span class="cluv">Damon Day recently posted..<a class="2f2521a970 3250" rel="external" href="http://damonday.com/3215/dave-makes-thousands-screwing-consumers-way-to-go-dave/">Dave makes Thousands Screwing Consumers- way to go Dave!</a><span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip  3250 884b0" alt="My Profile" style="border:0" width="16" height="14" src="http://damonday.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv-premium/images/littleheartplus.gif"/></span></span> <span class="dofollow">(dofollow)</span></p>
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		<title>By: Jonathan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It really doesn&#039;t surprise me to hear that such a large number of companies are under investigation for misleading clients. My opinion is that debt settlement companies should be a last resort but the ease at which they can advetise means that they frequently present themselves as a first resort.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It really doesn&#8217;t surprise me to hear that such a large number of companies are under investigation for misleading clients. My opinion is that debt settlement companies should be a last resort but the ease at which they can advetise means that they frequently present themselves as a first resort.</p>
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		<title>By: Damon Day</title>
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		<dc:creator>Damon Day</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree, but unfortunately when people are down on their luck, there never seems to be a shortage of people that will be more than happy to help them part with what little they have left.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, but unfortunately when people are down on their luck, there never seems to be a shortage of people that will be more than happy to help them part with what little they have left.<br />
<span class="cluv">Damon Day recently posted..<a class="5d9bb319a1 3249" rel="external" href="http://damonday.com/3319/legal-helpers-debt-resolution-sued-in-30-page-complaint-filed-by-illinois-ag/">Legal Helpers Debt Resolution Sued in 30 Page Complaint Filed by Illinois AG</a><span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip  3249 884b0" alt="My Profile" style="border:0" width="16" height="14" src="http://damonday.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv-premium/images/littleheartplus.gif"/></span></span> <span class="dofollow">(dofollow)</span></p>
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		<title>By: Chapter 13 Lawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chapter 13 Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately, a lot of people have taken this distressed market as an opportunity to scam and cheat people of even more money. It is sad. Everybody should be helping out together till markets get back in shape.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, a lot of people have taken this distressed market as an opportunity to scam and cheat people of even more money. It is sad. Everybody should be helping out together till markets get back in shape.</p>
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