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90% of life (and defending debt buyer lawsuits) is just showing up

By Todd Murray

Although skeptics argue that Woody Allen’s famous observation over-simplifies the path to success, consumers sued by debt buyers will benefit from following Woody’s advice. Of course, a debt buyer is a business that purchases debt from the original creditor and then sues consumers to collect the debts. Because the debt buyer did not originate the debt, [...] Related posts:

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Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).

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