Allied Interstate Inc. Collection Agency
Know Your Rights Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act When Dealing with Allied Interstate, Inc. Collection Agency
Allied Interstate headquarters are located in West Palm Beach, Florida, and this company has over a 30-year history as a debt collection agency – but not an honorable track record.
Allied Interstate Inc. Collection Agency Mailing Address and Phone Number
Allied Interstate, Inc.
3111 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 101 West Palm Beach, FL 33405
website: n/a
Mr. Mack C. Jay, III, President
Phone: (561) 671-2121
(800) 955-3103
Fax: (561) 671-6040
How to Handle a Bill Collector from Allied Interstate Collection Agency
To prepare yourself for dealing with Allied Interstate, you must know that Allied Interstate has an “F” rating with the Better Business Bureau, which states that they “strongly question the company’s reliability.” Reasons for this include failure to respond to complaints, grossly misleading advertising, failure to comply with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, and complaints that contain very serious allegations – such as fraudulent business practices.
Consumer complaints filed against Allied Interstate run the gamut of unprofessional behavior. Reports to the Better Business Bureau of South East Florida claim that Allied Interstate’s bill collectors are using inappropriate language over the phone and demonstrating unprofessional behavior in their efforts to collect debt. Consumers have filed numerous complaints stating that even AFTER they pay the amount demanded by Allied Interstate to settle their accounts, they are not being credited. Even more unbelievably, they are even being charged additional amounts!
When you run into a particularly aggressive or unscrupulous debt collection agency like Allied Interstate, you must be familiar with your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act – and make sure you assert those rights when dealing with a credit collector.
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Use Your Rights Under The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to Fight Allied Interstate Collections
The FDCPA expressly prohibits a collection agency and its employees from using certain practices when collecting a debt, for example:
Debt collectors from Allied Interstate cannot call you before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m. unless you have previously agreed to other times. The phone may not be used as a tool of harassment, they may not trick you into accepting collect calls, and they are prohibited from using obscene or insulating language. Calling you at work is not legal if your employer does not allow calls and you’ve informed the collector of this.
Additionally, a bill collector from Allied Interstate should not reveal the purpose of their call to your employer unless the employer asks about the nature of the call. If you’ve given a collector your attorney’s name, all communication should be with the attorney, not you, and they should no longer contact you directly. They may not request post-dated checks with the intent to prosecute after the checks bounce. False and deceptive practices are not allowed. This means a collector cannot claim to be an attorney or government employee, send you documents that appear to be legal papers when they are not, use a false name or falsely claim to have initiated a lawsuit, or use deceptive practices such as pretending to conduct a survey. They also may not threaten you with violence or arrest if you do not pay the debt.
If you believe Allied Interstate has violated the provisions of the FDCPA, you should send a letter to them stating that “In violation of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, one of your agents (describe violation). Please make sure that any future contact complies with the FDCPA.” If you can prove unlawful conduct or a violation of the FDCPA, you have the right to sue the debt collector within one year of the date of the violation. You may recover damages in terms of any losses you may have suffered due to the violation, plus up to an additional $1,000. In most states you can report violations by debt collectors to the state Attorney General’s office, and can also contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for out-of-state debt collection agencies. Knowing your rights under the FDCPA can help protect you from the worst tactics of unethical collection agencies like Allied Interstate.
