I got a bill in the mail today from a collection agency from a bill I had never seen, though I recognized the original billing company. When I called the collection company they said they had bought the company's old debt, and that this debt was from July 1997. I then called the original company and after some searching they found that it was an old bill from my husband's first house, originally billed on July 18, 1997. When I asked them why this is the first time in nine years that we've seen anything on it, even when we bought our house in 1999 (and a $60 bill showed up from somebody else on his credit) it didn't show up. I was told it was written off, and that we never saw it because it was never pursued. Can they still come after us for this after nine years (and this is the first correspondence for this debt)?
2006-08-08
15:28:24
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