Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Knowing About New York Debt Collection

By Sherry Gross


When one does business, he will always have receivables from clients or other people that he would have run after in order to collect the money. Now it is for this specific reason that there is a new york debt collection department in almost all companies. This is the department that would specialize in handling all the collections and the debts that people owe the company.

Now one has probably experienced being called up by a phone company or an electric company if he has not paid his bill yet. Now these are the main things that the collectors would actually do. They would call up the customers and they would pressure them into paying the debts earlier than the deadline or if they cannot, then at least on the dot.

Of course the collectors will not start running after the debtors right away. Usually, the collectors will start running after these people when the deadline date is already very close. Now after the collector has reminded the debtor of the dues to pay, then the collector will be sending a letter or an email about the details of the outstanding balance.

Now one of the things that the collectors would do would be to try to convince the debtors to pay the debt in full or earlier than the deadline. Now when they cannot pay in full or earlier than the deadline, then they will negotiate for other terms of payment. An example would be payment on installment basis.

Do take note that collectors are required to know all about the law on obligations and contracts in their respective areas which means that they know what legal action to take if the debtor refuses to pay. So for example, if a debtor has an outstanding payment and will not be able to pay, the collector will give him a warning first. The collector will be the one who will inform the debtor of what legal action will be taken should he still not be able to pay.

Now aside from company collectors, there are also collection agencies who can do the job for the companies in the event that the companies would not want to do it themselves. Now what happens here is that the agency would have a team of skilled and experienced collectors who would know exactly how to pull the arm of the debtors. The companies would hire agencies like these if the company feels like the situation is out of hand.

Now one thing to take note of is that collectors are not allowed to call again if the debtors request for them not to call again. However, the collectors still do have the right to send written notifications and reminders or emails regarding the outstanding payments the debtors have. Should the collectors still call even after the request was made, the debtor may take legal action.

So if one would want to enter this type of field, then here are some things that he should know about. Now if one does decide to go into this line, he would have to prepare to have a bad reputation because everyone hates someone running after them for money. It is for this reason that good communication skills are necessary.




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