Category: Debt

  • Financing pitches can spell doom for your dollars

    Financing pitches can spell doom for your dollars

    Sales pitches are everywhere. Emails, advertising mail, text messages, telephone calls and good old-fashioned knocks on the door can bombard us with offers from alternative sleep-enhancing accessories to buying a zip line adventure. Chances are, if it’s a sales pitch you didn’t ask for, the pitched thing isn’t something you need. You’re on a budget.…

  • Is that debt really yours?

    Is that debt really yours?

    Debt collectors aggressively pursue money owed to their employers. While they may legally and justifiably pursue the collection of that debt, sometimes they take actions that aren’t justifiable to obtain money from an individual. One such action is the determined pursuit of money from someone who doesn’t owe the debt. Someone who dodges his or…