PER: ?infoguyDATE: 10 May 2012Just so everyone knows, & this will-piss 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.

Phoning Monday to Friday at least once a day since January 2012. For about 2 months  now they call up to 10 times some days, without any count or communication on voice mail. In early February I had days with as many as 14 calls a day.Apparently the same outfit uses a toll free number: +1 866-387-8751. From that number I have also been receiving calls since the beginning of the year, without any voicemail. initially a call came a couple of times a week, but escalated to as high as 13 calls a day.Thanks to whoever invented call display.I am keeping track of the number and times of their  calls. It might come in handy at a later time.

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!!!

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

These pieces of s**t need a punch in the face. They have been calling me all day every day for over a year now. I have had days where the call count is up to 21 in a day. They start at 8am and call until about 9pm. When I did answer and talk to someone (Yes, it is cbv collections), they wanted me to verify information for 6 YEARS ago to be able to access whatever they are calling me about. Literally, she told me that she could not tell me what they were calling about or give me access to the information without verifying an address I lived at for less than a year SIX YEARS AGO. I google mapped the address of the building but can not remember my apt # so she wouldnt tell me anything. With this, they STILL call me 20x a day. If this is a legit government thing, how do they not have my up to date information?? I do my taxes on time every year. At the same time, I told them they'd best be taking my GST cheques because I am obviously not paying a debt I cant get access to!! But again, its been a year and Im still getting my cheques so now I dont even believe this is a legit company and I will not be paying them a penny. Stupid dumbasses, leave me alone, this HAS to be harassment at this point.

By the way...  This company calls my number every half-hour on the hour and the half-hour.  The calls start at 07:30 and cease at 20:00 Monday to Friday