
I know how frustrating and humiliating debts can be. It ruins you self confidence and peace of mind. My advice to anyone in my situation is to stop procrastinating and make sure that you deal with someone with integrity and honesty. My experience with Peter, from Clear Debt Solutions was far beyond expectations.
I am retired person living on my savings and my pension money. The credit card companies kept increasing my raising my credit limit even when they knew that my resources are so limited. Like any person, I borrowed from one card to pay the other till it came to the end of the line. I finally landed up with $78,000 of debt. Over the years, I have paying more money as interest that my debt amount. Once I started missing payments and everyone started threatening to sue me.
My debts were out of control. I liquidated most of my saving to pay yet the creditors started hounding me like a bunch of wolves. I was under panic, unable to sleep and called several companies and met them in person. I asked each of them the same questions. Some said that they did not charge me any fees while some called themselves “non-profit making organizations”. No one give me the right information. I was so confused.
I decided to dig further and finally came to the conclusion:
Anyone who does not charge me are hired by the creditors –obviously they do not work for me. They get almost 20% of the settlement amount as their commission – in other words, they lure you by saying “no upfront fees” but the bottom line.. you end up paying more. The more they settle -the more they stand to gain.
Clear Debt solutions, was the only company gave no bull shit and explained how the system works. They answered every question I had in mind.
In my case, the “non-profit “organizations asked for $ 48,000 as settlement to be paid in 48 months at $1000 per month. They called this an orderly payment plan- not any legal option. The creditor can change his mind at any time and re-negotiate the offer as there is no binding on him.
Clear Debt Solutions, settled for $ 18,000 to be paid in 60 months ($ 300 per month) without any interest and it was a legal process monitored by the court. They charged me $ 650 (including GST) for their services.I feel they are `good Samaritans` than businessmen.
I received a letter from the court on the acceptance of my proposal by the creditors. Further, Clear Debt Solutions offered 2 Free Financial counselling sessions ( under the BIA act) and are now helping me re-build my credit. I most definitely recommend Clear Debt Solutions and rest should be a pleasant experience.
Michael