I discovered a charge-off/collection on my credit report listed as the Rickenbaker Group. I also had a corresponding credit score drop of nearly 100 points. The charge was for $1043.00 and I had never been contacted about this debt.
I immediately called the Rickenbaker Group.in true collection agency fashion, in severely broken English, their first response was to try to make arrangement for payment. I eventually chiseled a vehicle name out of them as "Reliant" and a license number. This was an unpaid towing/storage fee incurred Aug '09. I told them I have never owned a Reliant vehicle. They referred back to "when are you going to pay". I was able to get a towing company name from them in El Cajon, Ca.
A record check for that service showed a charge for a boat and Reliancebrand trailer. I sold the boat and trailer in Jan '09 and moved to another state a week later. The license plate was not the plate that I had on the trailer, indicating it had been re-registered. A parallel check with Ca. DMV said the boat and trailer no longer belonged to me. I attempted to call the current boat owner but never got an answer, a cell phone locator indicated that he had moved to Hawaii. He obviously didn't take the boat with him.
So, Rickenbacker came after me for another guy's tow charges. Since I contacted them, they saved my phone number and call 3 or 4 times a week. At one point they were willing to settle for about $400.00 if I would pay right away.
Rickenbaker needs to be put out of business, period. This has got to be the crookedest, most non-professional company I have ever dealt with.
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