Complaint Review: Forster & Garbus

i received a summons from a Forster & garbus atty. the summons was dated 5/17 from the court but i received the letter on 6/29. the funny thing is i never got it in the mail box but found it taped to my door last week. the date at the top of the summons was dated 5/29 in ink. now i had 30 days from the court summons date to respond. but since i received in on 6/29 and it was conveniently predated for 5/29 the court date had passed.

when i called to find out about this summons forster & garbus would not accept any responsibility for the summons arriving late nor would they provide me with proof that i owed the money. i never had a household bank credit card so i disputed the validity of the debt. i did a little research and learned that fingerhut was bought out by household bank.

when i asked the lawyer who i spoke to if this was pertaining to fingerhut he said it was not even though i knew it was. further he specified that i made my last payment on the credit card in 2003 and i know that i did not use the supposed card after 2000. therefore the Statute of limitations is over. but this guy insists that i made a payment in 2003 and even asked me if i am still working at my current job and gave the name of my job. funny thing is that i was not working there in 2003.

i didnt start until 2004 so how could they know. second my job is a non profit organizations which i volunteer at therefore i have no need to give out my social security number as i dont get paid. no taxes are needed to be paid. how did he know i worked there. they refused to provide proof of anything but demanded that i send them money or the will garnish my pay. something needs to be done about these unscrupulous tactics
bob

Robert j
flushing, New York
U.S.A.