Consumer complaint received 2021-11-08
Product: Debt collection — Auto debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation (TX)

This company purchased an old debt from Bridgecrest XXXX in XXXX in the amount of {$10000.00}. They have added excessive fees to this purchased debt and now they are trying to collect {$19000.00} from me. 

They are in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act as follows : FDCPA 807. False or misleading representations ( 2 ) The false representation of -- ( A ) the character, amount, or legal status of any debt On XX/XX/XXXX I purchased a XXXX XXXX XXXX from XXXX/BRIDGECREST FINANCIAL. The very next day I had to take the car to a XXXX dealer to get them to fix the transmission. A few months later the car was repossessed by XXXX/BRIDGECREST XXXX The car was sold at auction shortly thereafter and XXXXBRIDGECREST XXXX  sent me a notice of deficit after the auction sale. Being unemployed and homeless I did not have any funds to pay the deficit. The balance remaining after the sale of the vehicle at auction was approximately {$5000.00} This company XXXX XXXX XXXX purchased the debt from BRIDGECREST XXXX and is now trying to collect {$19000.00}. They have added excessive and burdensome fees to the original debt and refuse to give an accounting of where the additional $ XXXX is coming from. Why is this amount so high? What are the hidden fees? Why are they charging three times the original debt? They have refused to provide me with a detailed accounting of where these charges are coming from. XXXX XXXX XXXX  is now trying to collect {$19000.00} for a car that BRIDGECREST XXXX sold at auction 5 years ago. BRIDGECREST XXXX DELETED THIS ITEM FROM MY CREDIT REPORT and now XXXX XXXX XXXX is trying to collect a debt on a car which I no longer own for an amount THREE TIMES the original debt with absolutely no accounting of where these charges they claim I owe is coming from. THEY ARE TRYING TO COLLECT {$19000.00} for vehicle that was repossessed and sold 3 years ago. The vehicle was valued at {$5800.00}. They have not provided a detailed breakdown of how they arrived at {$19000.00} due and owing. I have written them several letters demanding that they comply with the Fair Dept Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act by ( 1 ) providing me a contract or bill from XXXX XXXX XXXX with my signature on it as follows : " I am requesting validation, made pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Please note that I am requesting validation ; that is competent evidence bearing my signature, showing that I have ( or ever had ) some contractual obligation to pay XXXX XXXX XXXX '' They sent me a computer printout of a bill, but nothing with my signature on it showing a contractual relationship between myself and XXXX XXXX XXXX They are in violation of the Fair Dept Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act by claiming I owe money to them and they have no document bearing my signature wherein I allegedly owe them any money or authorized these charges. They are reporting this fraudulent claim to the credit bureaus as a valid debt, yet they are unable to validate the debt.