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Complaint Review: Lease Comm - Walthan Maine
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Lease Comm
950 Winter St. Walthan, 02154 Maine, U.S.A.
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Lease Comm Corporation ripoff sued me for "breach of contract" Walthan Maine
I was duped into signing a contract for a pos terminal and merchant account (Visa, MC, Discover & AmEx) all for a certain amount of money payable by check every month. I received the terminal and Visa & MC merchant account. I had to set up my own Discover and AmEx accounts. Everything was fine. I paid the first amount by check. This was back in 1998 or 1999.
Then, all of a sudden, all checks written from my checking account started bouncing. I went to the bank and after 2 hours of trying to figure out where all these automatic debits were coming from I find out it was all from Lease Comm. I had over $200 in bounce fees from them taking $20 here and $3 (property tax???)and causing my account to be overdrawn. When I questioned the agent who originally came to my house and signed me up, he didn't want to talk to me.
I packed up all their equipment, sent it back registered mail and the next thing I know I'm being sued for "breach of contract".
The person who came to deliver the court papers, passed himself off as an off duty police officer to the leasing agent of my apt. complex so she would give him a key to enter the building (it was a secure building). He did not even knock but instead tried to open my door--I happened to be sitting in the dining room when I heard and saw the door knob wiggling. I jumped up and went to the window to see a man getting into a car that was parked about 40 feet down the driveway and then he drove away. I opened my door and taped onto my door were the court papers.
They got their judgement (date filed 6-1-00) which is now on my credit report. But they also keep "inquiring" into my credit report. One dated 12-25-00 and the other 2-7-02 and I haven't checked lately so I don't know if there was any recent activity.
Is there any way to get these people to cease and desist?
Thank you!
Lynne
Mentor, Ohio
U.S.A.
Then, all of a sudden, all checks written from my checking account started bouncing. I went to the bank and after 2 hours of trying to figure out where all these automatic debits were coming from I find out it was all from Lease Comm. I had over $200 in bounce fees from them taking $20 here and $3 (property tax???)and causing my account to be overdrawn. When I questioned the agent who originally came to my house and signed me up, he didn't want to talk to me.
I packed up all their equipment, sent it back registered mail and the next thing I know I'm being sued for "breach of contract".
The person who came to deliver the court papers, passed himself off as an off duty police officer to the leasing agent of my apt. complex so she would give him a key to enter the building (it was a secure building). He did not even knock but instead tried to open my door--I happened to be sitting in the dining room when I heard and saw the door knob wiggling. I jumped up and went to the window to see a man getting into a car that was parked about 40 feet down the driveway and then he drove away. I opened my door and taped onto my door were the court papers.
They got their judgement (date filed 6-1-00) which is now on my credit report. But they also keep "inquiring" into my credit report. One dated 12-25-00 and the other 2-7-02 and I haven't checked lately so I don't know if there was any recent activity.
Is there any way to get these people to cease and desist?
Thank you!
Lynne
Mentor, Ohio
U.S.A.
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Amy
Red Wing,Minnesota,
U.S.A.
There is a way to stop Leasecomm
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, July 31, 2004
In 2003 a Federal court issued an order of protection on behalf of everone in the United States who was duped by Lease Comm. I am assuming that you were one of the people who was sued in Mass. Well we were too. Last year I went back to school to become a paralegal and have been taking legal research classes and I came across a complaint file by the Federal Trade Commission against Lease Comm. They were complaing about Lease Comm's less than reputable practices of suing their customers in Mass. thus depriving them of their legal right to defend themselves. The Federal Court ordered Lease Comm to vacate all of the judgments obtained that way. Anyway, I called the lawyer's office that was hired to levey our money and told him that he had until the end of the week to make sure that the court order was followed through because he has known about it for almost a year now and has done nothing. The order was vacated within the week. Now I just have to work on getting Lease Comm to vacate the order out of Mass and it will be all over. If you want a copy of the complaint and court order go to www.ftc.gov and go up to the top of the "home" page. Type in "Leasecomm" in the search section (do it exactly the same way I did) and you will find all sorts of things there. Print off a copy of the court order and if you don't understand it I would suggest hiring an attorney for the few hours of work it would take to get their court order vactaed. I hope that this helps you out and anyone else who had been screwed by them. Also part of that court order is for them to stop collection immediatley. So if they are still taking money from you, stop it right away. Also I would suggest talking to an attorney anyway because you might have a case against them depending on the circumstance of your case.
