Anthony
Rossville,#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, April 10, 2008
First of all, send the collection agency a letter by certified mail that you are not responsible for anything surrounding the claim, that you do not intend in dealing with them regarding the claim, that any adverse entry on your credit report will be met with swift and stern litigation, and make it clear to them that they are to never contact you again by neither telephone or by mail regarding this matter in the future. Send a copy of that letter and one addressing Covenant Transport directly, to their Corporate offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee dictating the same terms. Make it clear the circumstances that the tire was flat when you arrived to take possession of the trailer, and that you are not in any way responsible for a dime related to the replacement of it. Further advise them that any adverse action taken through USIS/DAC Services, Inc., to make this part of your permanent record, and if ever disclosed to another potential employer will be met with litigation and a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission for reporting false and misleading information via a consumer credit report. Do those two things, and the matter should disappear. If it doesn't, then you may well want to seek the advice of an Attorney. This is the second instance I have read in a month where Covenant is attempting to make former employees pay for repair items on their equipment. Apparently they are attempting to extort money from ex-employees to help pay the bills, because that awful company cannot recruit people to drive for them. Don't let them get away with this for another minute. Hit them back, head on.