vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2015-10-05 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Not disclosed as an attempt to collect
Company: CCS Financial Services, Inc.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
I informed XXXX 1 month before I swiched auto insurance companies that I was looking for better priced Insurance. I found insurance for half of what they were charging me with XXXX XXXX PA. and replased XXXX with XXXX. XXXX now is reporting to XXXX that I owe them over XXXX dollars and this is in collection and is refusing o remove this from my credit report. 

In the state of Pennsylvania all insurance must be paid for prior to service, How can owe them anything? 
Car insurance is paid 1 month in advance also and I did not get any money returned for that or my home owners insurance. 

This is labeled collection Service # XXXX exact amount XXXX.dollarslus you can lose your right to dive if you do not have insurance these people did this also and I was pulled over and checked for insurance by XXXX Police.

Company public response: Company believes the complaint is the result of a misunderstanding
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-05-17 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Arbitration — 
Company: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
My wife and I bought airplane tickets to XXXX for a one week vacation. My wife was in a XXXX and suffered a XXXX. She underwent XXXX. The doctor ordered a 5 day XXXX XXXX. In order to accommodate the doctor 's order I had our return flight plane tickets moved two days back - incurring a variety of fees and charges totaling XXXX {$600.00} per person, The mastercard website says " Provides reimbursement for non-refundable cancellation or change fees if you are required to cancel a trip, prior to departure and reimbursement for eligible travel on a common carrier in the event your trip is interrupted due to a covered reason and you have purchased your common carrier tickets with your eligible MasterCard card. '' It seems pretty obvious to me that we qualify for reimbuirsement from USAA/MasterCard. 

I contacted USAA with regard to making a claim and they referred me to file a claim with a company called XXXX. Despite the fairly easy open and shut case I presented, XXXX rejected my claim. In my humble opinion, XXXX is a company in the business of not paying claims. The claim ( # XXXX ) was extremely difficult to file as XXXX employee XXXX XXXX claimed the documents I was require to upload to the XXXX server " were corrupt before I uploaded them '' so he could not " see them ''. Kind of annoying like someone telling you the letter you sent them arrived wet and they know you mailed it wet. Also, the XXXX Fax line was often down and XXXX made contradictory statements with regard to whether the documents I uploaded repeatedly and faxed repetedly were viewable. In the end, I am left with the impression XXXX is in the business of not paying claims. 

Regardless of what XXXX and USAA have agreed upon, it is my opinion that USAA promised to reimburse my airline fees and has not done so. I will upload documents that support my claim.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-29 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Right to dispute notice not received
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
I originally contacted the debt collection company XXXX in order to reach a resolution on an account that had been purchased by their company. They stated that the debt was not available and that I should call back. I called back and was transferred to a representative that stated my balance as being {$480.00} on an account that was charged off by the creditor at {$190.00}. I offered a settlement of {$250.00}, more than a 50 % settlement. They denied my offer and I stated that I will continue to offer the settlement in hopes that we could eventually resolve this account. I have continued to receive phone calls everyday for about 3 weeks to which I always make a point to answer and reiterate my settlement offer. On XX/XX/XXXX I spoke to a representative for an hour in hopes of reaching an agreement. He offered me {$290.00} and told me that if I did not pay that amount that they will continue to collect and that it would result in me paying the {$480.00} in full. Upon this information I requested written correspondence of the debt. He stated that the document had already been mailed, I asked him where it was mailed as I had not received it and he gave me an address that is not correct for me. I asked him to resend the letter, he refused to do so stating that it would take 7-10 days and that this account does not have the time to wait for the letter to be sent. I continued to request the letter and he continued to refuse to send it stating over and over that this account has been in the office for a month, which is untrue, and that getting the letter would do nothing. This is a violation of my rights as a consumer according to the FDCPA. The collector used untrue statements, harassment tactics, and clearly disregarded to the FDCPA when it was brought to his attention. As a company with previous class action lawsuits regarding similar incidents this clearly falls in line with previous rulings of illegal debt collection practices.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-02-25 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Other — 
Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
Charge-offs stay on your credit report for up to 6-7 years from the date the account was charged off. However, I was told that it will be removed before then. It has been already over 6 years.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-06-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — 
Issue: Transaction issue — 
Company: TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Purchased a piece of furniture on target.com that stated it was in stock and able to be delivered with in a XXXX weeks to my door. Paid with my target red card credit card. The wrong king size bed was delivered. When the XXXX call to target.com was placed the resolution was that the correct item has been expedited to deliver the correct item and remove the incorrect item from my home. After waiting for XXXX weeks we had not heard from XXXX, Target 's third party distributer, so a call was placed. We were told that no order has been received from target.com to exchange these items. After checking the website, the correct bed had been placed on back order. No call from target.com about this issue. The back order date was only XXXX weeks away, so I said okay, I 'll wait. XXXX weeks later I called XXXX and received the same news that target.com never placed an order with them to exchange the wrong item. Looked on the website and the correct bed was placed on back order again, but this time for XXXX more weeks. Going on XXXX weeks of having XXXX large boxes of this wrong king size bed in my tiny living room, I decided that I wanted to cancel the order and have the wrong item picked up and a refund issued. The bed sat in my living room for almost XXXX months and when it was finally picked up for a return it was then delivered back to me because target sent USPS to get the bed and not XXXX their distributer. ( What the? ) waited another week for XXXX to finally get this bed out of the house. Purchase placed in XXXX. Bed delivered back to target middle of XXXX. Target.com says that a refund was issued to my red card on the XXXX of XXXX. It 's XXXX XXXX, and we are still fighting to get this " refund '' stated by target.com to apply to my target red card. Since XXXX I 've paid interest on an item that target.com did not have in stock even though it stated that it was in stock. I 'm afraid to even ask for the interest charges to be refunded on an item that they never had available for purchase. This should be illegal. It should be illegal to charge interest on an item sold that the seller never had in their possession. They lied about it on their website. After two more hours of phone calls today and reaching dead ends with XXXX more people I have to file a complaint. I need help recovering money that is owed back to my target red card. The moment that I receive the refund my red card will be closed. I will shop elsewhere. It 's disappointing and disturbing that a store and that store 's credit card can not communicate and make things right for their consumer.

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-14 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: Mendelson Law Firm
State: TN

Complaint narrative:
Noticed my check was being garnished but I never receive anything from anyone about who or why.. After making a few calls, I find out its Mendelson law firm. I call them on XX/XX/XXXX and they told me I had a balance of XXXX and that they would send a copy of the judgement against me. After looking over the copy they sent, it said that the judgement was for XXXX I 'm not sure when my check started getting garnished but i have each weeks check from current day to XX/XX/XXXX stating how much had been token out each week for a TOTAL of XXXX that is XXXX too much. I 'm not exactly sure when the garnishment started, it was sometime around XX/XX/XXXX but could have possibly been a week or so earlier. When I ask the lady on XX/XX/XXXX what the balance was she told me XXXX I spoke with the same lady again on XX/XX/XXXX she told me my balance was only XXXX I was confused as to how in 7 days did my balance get reduced by XXXX dollars in 7 days when my check was only being garnished of XXXX a week. The lady asked to call back. She called back in about 15 minutes and told me the original creditor was XXXX and the Mendelson had assumed the bad debt from XXXX. She also said that since I last spoke with her 7 days prior, that Mendelson had received one payment of XXXX something dollars and one that was a XXXX dollars. Again me being confused as to how they were getting XXXX checks when only XXXX dollars was coming out of my check each week, I asked her. That 's when she started telling me of assuming the bad debt. I think the whole firm is shady and may never stop trying to get money from my check. Oh and I think I fail to mention that the original judgement was dated XX/XX/XXXX.. I 'm not sure but I thought after a determined amount of time, these things expired

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2015-05-01 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Mortgage
Issue: Communication tactics — Frequent or repeated calls
Company: Dyck-O'Neal, Inc.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
Dyck Oneal has repeatedly called us and threatened to take us to court over and over again for years. Their collection tactics are abusive. They are still on our credit report without a judgement ... just threats and harassment. Everything has been documented. They have violated FDCPA several times.

Company public response: Company disputes the facts presented in the complaint
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2015-08-06 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Account terms
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
Applied to XXXX for a no-rewards credit card. Have excellent credit for over XXXX yrs., never been late ever, never missed a payment. XXXX shows my FICO score as XXXX while Equifax shows it as XXXX today, two days ago, XXXX months ago this disparity existed. I check every year all three credit reporting agencies & FICO score but last year I did not pay extra for the FICO except from XXXX. I just did a HELOC refi XXXX months ago & FICO was XXXX ( down then due to from the hard credit pull ). XXXX statement also shows FICO in XXXX usually. Experian shows credit usage low, 19 % debt to income ratio. XXXX used Equifax, which shows a FICO score of XXXX - XXXX points less than Equifax. This disparity in FICO scores is unexplained & I received a higher interest rate for the XXXX credit card due to XXXX using Equifax 's FICO score. I was told by the Equifax rep that mortgage companies use XXXX while credit card companies use Equifax. Why? I think that Equifax is treating my mortgage as a revolving line of credit since what displayed on my screen ( after I had to pay {$19.00} for it ), was " Credit Summary '' line item Mortgage shows " balance '' {$45000.00}, " available credit '' {$150000.00}, " credit limit '' {$190000.00} - this is inaccurate since it is a 15-yr fixed rate mortgage, so there is no available credit or credit limit. I can not think of any other element that would drag down my FICO score so significantly other than this. Equifax CSR told me that its score was not an actual FICO score ; rather, it was a " Risk Score. '' What? When I called back and spoke to someone else, she stated that the XXXX score was indeed a FICO score. There must be an explanation for this enormous disparity and I am chalking it up to underhanded misdealings between credit card issuers and Equifax. Please look into this starting with me. I have screen shots of both XXXX and Equifax 's reports showing my FICO score and will email it to whomever works on my case but do n't wish to post it now.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-02-02 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
HI HOW ARE U MY NAME IS XXXX AND IM XXXX ABOUT MY CREDIT ITS AFFECTING MY HEALTH AND MY QUALIFICATIONS TO LIVE SUPPORT MYSELF.XXXX ,XXXX,AND EQUIFAX HAVE DENIED MY DISPUTES AND AT TIMES HAD THE WRONG INFORMATION ON MY APPLICATION.IM CURRENTLY SEEING A XXXX XXXX AND IAM TAKING XXXX DUE TO XXXX PLEASE HELP I FOUND U THRU XXXX MY CONTACT NUMBER IS  AND EMAIL IS XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-30 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX, XXXX SOC SEC # XXXX DOB XX/XX/XXXX ADDRESS XXXX, XXXX, FL XXXX To Whom it May Concern : XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX Equifax XXXX XXXX, GA XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, PA XXXX I recently pulled a copy of my credit report and noticed the following information are in error : Inquires The FCRA states that the only permissible purpose for pulling someone 's credit report is a ) firm offer of credit b ) insurance c ) employment or d ) a court order. 
The following inquiries are related to none of the aforementioned permissible purposes. 

XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX 
XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX 
XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX 
XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX 
XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Credit Unions XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies Please remove these inquiries from my credit report. I have enclosed a copy of my proof of identity. Sincerely, XXXX, XXXX SOC SEC # XXXX DOB XX/XX/XXXX ADDRESS XXXX, FL XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-29 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I sent certified mail to Equifax regarding my issue with XXXX and XXXX debt which was erroneous. I asked to see the original contract with my signature in compliance with the 609 Fair Credit Reporting Act. Which states that the debt must be verified and validated or be removed from my credit report. In the case of XXXX the court ruled that you can not take information off a computer source as verifying the debts.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2016-12-16 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — I do not know
Issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed — Debt is not mine
Company: Allied Collection Services, Inc. (Nevada)
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
Over a year ago, XXXX, I received an email from a police officer in XXXX saying that XXXX ( a XXXX company ) was pressing criminal charges against me alleging fraud over a {$600.00} transaction. I attended the court date, and neither the officer who filed the complaint nor a representative from XXXX payments was there. The judge informed me that I would be notified of a second court date appearance where the case would be settled, however I was never contacted again regarding this matter from the court or the company, and I assumed it had been thrown out by the judge. 

Today I come to find my credit score is lower than it usually is and see that there is a collection claim out against me from XXXX through Allied Collection Service , Inc. of XXXX for the same disputed amount that I had previously attempted to settle in court. 

So, 2 years now after the disputed transaction has occurred I 've had criminal charges and a civil suit taken out against me. Is n't this barred by the Constitution ( 5th Amendment )? Also, if XXXX would have just sent me a bill in the mail as soon as they realized they were not paid for the disputed transaction, I would have gladly paid it and had this done with. 

At no time have I even been able to defend myself to the company or in the court. And now, over a year later, they are targeting me through a collection agency. 

This just does n't seem right, especially since I have received no emails, letters, or phone calls regarding this matter besides the one notice that said I had to appear in court, which I did.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-03 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Credit reporting company's investigation — Problem with statement of dispute
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
An account was deleted and my score went up but then a week later the same account was re-added and brought my score down again.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-01 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Information is not mine
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX SEC # XXXX DOB XX/XX/XXXX ADDRESS XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX To Whom it May Concern : Experian XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX I recently pulled a copy of my credit report and noticed the following information are in error : Inquires The FCRA states that the only permissible purpose for pulling someone 's credit report is a ) firm offer of credit b ) insurance c ) employment or d ) a court order. 
The following inquiries are related to none of the aforementioned permissible purposes. 

XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX All Banks XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX All Banks XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Automobile Dealers, XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Personal Loans Cos. 
XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX All Banks XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Miscellaneous Reptg. Agencies XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Credit Unions XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Automobile Dealers, New XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Auto Financing XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XX/XX/XXXX Auto Financing Please remove these inquiries from my credit report. I have enclosed a copy of my proof of identity. 
Sincerely, XXXX SEC # XXXX DOB XX/XX/XXXX ADDRESS XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-03-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting — 
Issue: Incorrect information on credit report — Public record
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I filed for Chapter XXXX bankruptcy on XX/XX/XXXX and the case was successfully completed on XX/XX/XXXX. I have been disputing XXXX account on my Experian that were included in my bankruptcy and should have been remove XX/XX/XXXX and have not. On XX/XX/XXXX I called Experian and emailed them the banckrupty paperwork from the US Courts and the person I spoke with told me " we have to go by what the creditors say because they subscribe to our services ''. Basically they go by what the creditor says even if it is incorrect because they pay them. I explained to the person that the creditors are reporting incorrectly by changing the filed date so that the accounts can stay on my report for longer. The person at Experian then said that he would submit the claim. On XX/XX/XXXX I received paperwork that said they could not use the paperwork that I provided them and that the accounts will remain on my report until XX/XX/XXXX. The paperwork I provided them is from the US Courts and they could not update my status with official paperwork from the court system that clearly states when my bankruptcy was filed and closed. The actual public record from the bankruptcy has been deleted by the courts and the creditors continue to fraudulently report items on my report. The accounts I am referring to are : XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX partial acct # XXXX. This account was discharged through the bankruptcy. 
( 2 ) XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX The first account is reporting as if it was n't included in the bankruptcy and it is reporting late payments. It was included and discharged with the bankruptcy. The second XXXX ( XXXX ) account

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief