by Balabon » Thu Sep 20, 2007 04:26:20 PM
While surfing the web one day, I came across an offer that said if you partake in 2 of the services offered, you would get a free item. As I clicked, I soon realized that they were asking for too much information, and with identity theft running ramped, I declined the offer. To my surprise, I later received a CD from B&G Music, one of the items I clicked on from the offer that I did not complete. I sent them the 3 plus dollars that the offer asked for and wrote “Please cancel” on the slip. I did not want to experience just what Takhar is doing now—collections.
I live in America and received a nice-nasty phone message from a Takhar rep, Aaron Taylor, just yesterday regarding a BMG Music account. I thought the same thing. The accent was very thick and must be from a call center outsourced to India. (an American news program did a story on this a few years ago 20/20 on ABC or Date line NBC) Anyway, he left a message telling me to "do the right thing" and call him back. He neglected to say who he was trying to reach!
I called back and spoke to a Nick, but his last name was not Jones. I was told by Nick from a Takhar office that in spite of sending in the form and money I already sent in to BMG Music, I still owed them 29.09. This Nick person kept trying to get my checking account number and credit card number. When I refused, he even said that I could deposit the money in "His" Bank of America account and still get credit for the payment. I thought it sounded fishy and having worked for a collection company before, I know the underhanded things that some of them do. He neglected to give me a file number. I called back and got a Romeo Castello. He did give me my file number. He also wanted me to call him back and give him the routing number on the money order that I agreed to send him. I just want it done and over with I can’t have my credit ruined over a mere 29.09!