Pressler & Pressler - Pallisades Collection but a freeze on my old bank account kept sending me "letters" to my old address AFTER i told them my new address put a freeze on my bank account with my last $500 right before going on vacation. new york, Nationwide
crooks behind a big name
it was my last day at work before taking 2 weeks off last summer 2008. I go to my banks atm to take out my rent money and its telling me i have no available funds. but how can this be i just got paid. i go online to my banks site (bank of america) and find out Pressler & pressler (at the time known as Palisades) has put a lien on my account.
I was very upset because i live paycheck to paycheck and now i had no money what so ever. How were they able to actually put a lien on my account? how did they even get my account information? i was scared i didnt know what to do. so i called them and asked them please let me do a payment plan you're taking the only money i have left and i have to pay rent. do you know what they told me? find a friend to loan you the rent money im sorry but we have to take the money you have available. theres nothing we can do.
i cried to them, pleaded, begged them please don't do this i'm off work for 2 weeks and i dont get paid those 2 weeks i will have no money please again lets work out a payment plan. No. i was scared i didnt know what to do so i gave in. i had to go to my bank to sign a release paper (which i kept a copy of) stating that i am allowing them to take all my money and fax it to pressler & pressler.
since then i have closed my account with bank of america. this lien was due to money i owed AT&T over 7 years ago. even after talking to them on the phone and stating that i have moved and gave them my new address they were still sending paper work to my old address (my grandmothers home). After a year this incident happened they started calling me and harrassing me again this summer 2009. wasn't the last $500 in my account and my rent money enough for them? now when i see a number i dont recognize i dont pick up and after they leave a message i find out its "them".
a few months ago i remember a news station (i believe it was fox 5 ny) did a report on them. this is when i started to realize this debt collector was not in their right mind. then i started doing some research on them and im finding out all this information on this company.
i wish i would've known this last year when they took my money. i would've fought them with everyone else who's getting harrassed by them. even now that i know my rights im still confused. I would like to sit down with someone who knows the legal system and help me out but i dont have the money to hire anyone. any free advice or help would be great. I'm afraid they are going to try to take my money again and i can't have that happen.
someone really needs to put a stop to this, because what they are doing to hard working americans who are just gettig by is wrong, just plain wrong!
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Laurie
Haslet,Texas,
U.S.A.
CONTACT THE NY ATTORNEY GENERAL ASAP
#3
Wed, September 09, 2009
Presler and Presler have been implicated in this bogus Process Server Scam and all judgements are being overturned. this all occured IN NY COURTS.
1. They cannot get a lien on your account without filing a lawsuit first.
2. You have the right to dispute this debt in court
3. P & P used a sewer service - where the company DID NOT SERVE THE SUMMONS to those being sued, so never knew about it and were denied their say in court.
4. Palisades is a junk debt buyer - they but worthless legally uncollectable debt for pennies and then try to collect hundreds or thousands of dollars they are not entitled to collect.
NY AG Throws Out 100,000 Default Judgments Against Consumers!
on: July 22, 2009, 10:23:57 am
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SUES TO THROW OUT OVER 100,000 FAULTY JUDGMENTS ENTERED AGAINST NEW YORK CONSUMERS IN NEXT STAGE OF DEBT COLLECTION INVESTIGATION
Erie County , the companies relied on a Long Island company, American Legal Process (ALP), to notify New York
New York
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2009/july/pdfs/5015%20Suit.pdf
37 Law Firms and Collectors Named in Lawsuit for Failing to Properly Notify New Yorkers Being Sued for Owing Debt
Cuomo Seeks to Vacate Over 100,000 Faulty Judgments Statewide and Provide Restitution to Victims
New York, NY (July 22, 2009) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced his office has sued 35 law firms and two debt collectors in New York State in order to throw out an estimated 100,000 default judgments improperly obtained against New York consumers. This is the latest action in Cuomos ongoing investigation into unlawful debt collection practices.
According to the lawsuit filed yesterday in New York State Supreme Court,
Todays lawsuit is an effort to provide relief to the thousands of consumers facing costly default judgments as a result of ALPs unlawful practices. The suit asks the court to vacate all default judgments secured against
Laurie
Haslet,Texas,
U.S.A.
CONTACT THE NY ATTORNEY GENERAL ASAP
#3
Wed, September 09, 2009
Presler and Presler have been implicated in this bogus Process Server Scam and all judgements are being overturned. this all occured IN NY COURTS.
1. They cannot get a lien on your account without filing a lawsuit first.
2. You have the right to dispute this debt in court
3. P & P used a sewer service - where the company DID NOT SERVE THE SUMMONS to those being sued, so never knew about it and were denied their say in court.
4. Palisades is a junk debt buyer - they but worthless legally uncollectable debt for pennies and then try to collect hundreds or thousands of dollars they are not entitled to collect.
NY AG Throws Out 100,000 Default Judgments Against Consumers!
on: July 22, 2009, 10:23:57 am
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SUES TO THROW OUT OVER 100,000 FAULTY JUDGMENTS ENTERED AGAINST NEW YORK CONSUMERS IN NEXT STAGE OF DEBT COLLECTION INVESTIGATION
Erie County , the companies relied on a Long Island company, American Legal Process (ALP), to notify New York
New York
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2009/july/pdfs/5015%20Suit.pdf
37 Law Firms and Collectors Named in Lawsuit for Failing to Properly Notify New Yorkers Being Sued for Owing Debt
Cuomo Seeks to Vacate Over 100,000 Faulty Judgments Statewide and Provide Restitution to Victims
New York, NY (July 22, 2009) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced his office has sued 35 law firms and two debt collectors in New York State in order to throw out an estimated 100,000 default judgments improperly obtained against New York consumers. This is the latest action in Cuomos ongoing investigation into unlawful debt collection practices.
According to the lawsuit filed yesterday in New York State Supreme Court,
Todays lawsuit is an effort to provide relief to the thousands of consumers facing costly default judgments as a result of ALPs unlawful practices. The suit asks the court to vacate all default judgments secured against