Consumer complaint received 2017-02-17 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical
Issue: Disclosure verification of debt — Not given enough info to verify debt
Company: Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
I called this company on XXXX XXXX, 2017 at approximately XXXX ( EST ). The first representative I spoke with was XXXX XXXX. The phone call lasted for XXXX minutes and 3 seconds. He furnished some of the information regarding the medical debts his company had come to own but did not provide enough information for me to be able to understand exactly where and when the debt was coming from. There were multiple accounts and the dates seemed different than what my records indicated. I was trying to ask questions about the debt and questions about how to pay the debt. I insisted that I was willing to pay the debt. I was XXXX. I was not yelling or using any profane or derogatory or defamatory type language toward XXXX. He indicated that he was ending the call and hung up. I called back and XXXX happened to answer the phone this time as well ; I asked to be transferred to a manager. I spoke with XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX was able to more clearly tell me where the debt originated from. During our conversation, I agreed to pay a lump sum over {$600.00} to resolve the debt and have it deleted from the XXXX reporting bureaus, XXXX, XXXX and XXXX. Having XXXX " ghost debts '' that were bought from a third party being reported by this fourth party, Commonwealth Financial Systems is about the worst and most damaging thing that could happen to me at the moment. I am on social security XXXX due to XXXX. My husband is XXXX from the XXXX XXXX as of XXXX XXXX, 2017. With his XXXX approaching, we may need to sell our house and either rent an apartment or buy a home. I have worked hard to have good credit. Other than the future of being able to secure housing, I am concerned XXXX different accounts listed for collection, will be quite damaging to my financial situation. I have credit cards fro the purpose of building my credit history and I am very concerned that such a drastic change may impact the rest of my credit health which I have been very careful with. I use XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX to stay on track with my credit. If the companies that furnish my cards lower my limits as a result of these collections, it will take me a minimum of 6 months, and probably longer to recover my good credit standing. I have been promised that the derogatory marks will be removed by this company and I was assured this morning, XXXX XXXX, 2017, by XXXX that the company had already started the process of having these remarks removed. XXXX XXXX should have been more professional and helpful and should not have hung up the phone. I should have been furnished with the proper information and he should have been willing to work with me regarding the payment of the debt. 

XXXX XXXX assured me deleting the collections from the XXXX buraeus, XXXX , XXXX and XXXX and mailing letters of deletion to me to give me confirmation that the information was deleted from the XXXX respective bureas. 


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Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation