I no longer answer my land-line unless I recognize the calling party's number, I let my answering machinepick-up the incoming calls.My outgoing message to all calling parties is a continuous recording of the Jeopardy theme tune, which Ifound on YouTube!!!

CBV Collection Services 100 - 814 Richards StreetVancouver, B.C.  V6B 3A7

PER:  infoguyDATE: 10 May 2012Just so everyone knows, & this will-p****off the collection agents: by Federal Law, a collection agency has the power to "Ask You to pay your bill and offer assistance in setting up a payment schedule" That is all. 1) they are never allowed to call you at your place of employment for any reason.2) they can not, under any circumstances, harrass you into payment, by phone, mail or in person & they may not threaten you or your credit standing in any way.3) You do not have to deal with a collection agency at any time. You are only obligated to deal with the original creditor, even if the agency has bought the account from them. You do not have to deal with them. 4) a collection agency can not put negative information on your credit file.5) so in short... all they can do is "nicely" ask you to pay your bill. But we all know that they generally go way beyond that.If you are having a problem with an agency, call the consumer bureau and report them and if it is a serious harassment issue, or call at your place of employment, contact the police and file charges. These are federal laws that they must follow, but most offen do not and will push it to the limit. Yes, several collectors have been fired and / or charged under these laws. Some even jailed. Their employers usually get a fine & tell the authorities they never asked the employee to do that, thus leaving the employee on their own to take the blame. True sharks in every way.If you are having financial issues, & most people do at one point or another in their lives, call a credit counselling service in your area. They are a free service in every province and will assist you. Do not deal with collectors on your own. If you can not afford to pay, the service will understand & work with you, without any judgement toward you, and no credit bruising. The calls stop immediately.

Yeah, these a******* started calling me about two weeks ago, and today and yesterday have called over ten times, including one call not long after 7:30am. I have no idea what possible outstanding debt I have so they definitely need someone to smack them around a few times. Even if I had debt this would be utterly ridiculous. I've probably had around 80 calls from them in two weeks. I'd tend to agree it's gotta classify as harassment alright.

thank you for all the comments. I am also receiving 20 plus  calls per day. It is most definitely a collection agency. Thank you for the advice about blocking the calls. They start calling about 6 am which pisses me off to no end. I have no obligation to pick up my phone unless I want to.

im 16 and definitely dont owe anyone anything. why is this number calling my cell every half hour?