Debtors Revolt

Demand That Collection Agencies Keep "The 5 New Year's Resolutions for the Conscious Bill Collector"

Jerry Ashton | Posted 03.12.2012

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Jerry Ashton

If there is one thing that most Americans might agree upon it is that the debt collection industry and the work it performs ranks in status somewhere below that of a Wall Street Banker and slightly above that of a U.S. Congressman.

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Jon Stewart Rips Banks For Credit Card Fees (VIDEO)

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The Daily Show" hammered big banks and credit card companies Tuesday night over exorbitant fees and other predatory lending practices. Jon Stewart de...

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Arthur Delaney

When Customer Service Fails, There's Always YouTube (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chase Bank, Credit Cards, Video, Chase, JPMorgan Chase, Overdraft Fees, Debtors' Revolt, Insufficient Funds, Customer Service, Business News

Victoria Swindell, 19, stands outside a Chase branch in San Diego on a sunny day in November. "I want my money back," she yells at the branch's faca...

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Credit Card Protester Takes Campaign To MSNBC (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Clinton Tuttle took his campaign against credit cards to the airwaves on Wednesday. "What has gone on for the last 30 years has been outrageous ...

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Arthur Delaney

Credit-Card Protester Sticks It To Banks -- With Stickers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Cards, Debtors Revolt, John Clinton Tuttle, Credit Crisis, Credit CARD Act, Business News

John Clinton Tuttle of Seattle, Wash. is waging guerrilla warfare against high interest rates and other depredations of the credit card industry. He's...

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Arthur Delaney

Jackie Ramos, Bank Of America Employee, Fired After Helping Customers (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bank of America fired Jackie Ramos after she took a stand against the bank's $15 "convenience" charges and $39 over-the-limit fees so she could sleep ...

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Arthur Delaney

Debtors' Revolt: Bank Of America Cuts Deal With Another YouTuber

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Debtors Revolt, Bailout, Bank of America, Credit Cards, Customer Service, Business News

Got a gripe with Bank of America? Put it on YouTube. Ben Frasier of Douglas, Ore. said in a YouTube video that he wouldn't make any more payments ...

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I Refuse to be Ripped Off

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Move Your Money, Banks, Local Banking, Debtors Revolt, Ocwen, Business News
Richard Zombeck

[Chase] jacked our interest rates to 29 percent across the board. When I called to ask why the interest had been raised, Josh at Chase told me, "Because we can." So, I stopped paying. Because I can.

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Arthur Delaney

Ann Minch To Chase Bank: "Are You Stupid?" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ann Minch has a question for Chase Bank after it raised the interest rate on her credit card to 21.24 percent. "Are you stupid? Chase Bank, are you s...

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Arthur Delaney

29 Overdraft Fees In 27 Days: Birthday Spoiled By Bank Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debtors Revolt, Debit Cards, Bank of America, Chase Bank, Bearing Witness 2.0, Nsf Charges, Credit Crisis, Overdrafts, Business News

Matthew Miller of San Pedro, Calif. spent $2,395 from his checking account during the month of October. He deposited $3,445 on top of a starting balan...

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Arthur Delaney

Debtors' Revolt: Former Bank Of America Employee Boards The Bandwagon (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Credit Cards, Debtors Revolt, Bank of America, Bailouts, Banks, Wall Street, Recession, Down Not Out, Video, Business News

A former Bank of America employee has joined the fledgling "debtors' revolt" movement. "I was an assistant branch manager for Bank of America for two...

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Ben Pavone On MSNBC: 'Somebody's Got To Take A Stand' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Msnbc, Ben Pavone, Debtors Revolt, Bank of America, Credit Cards, Interest Rates, Business News

The California lawyer who refuses to pay his Bank of America credit card took his case to cable television on Tuesday, telling MSNBC that the 28 perce...

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Arthur Delaney

Suze Orman Hails The "Debtors' Revolt" Movement (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Cards, Debtors Revolt, Bailout, Suze Orman, Ann Minch, Video, Business News

Personal finance guru Suze Orman gave top billing to the fledgling "debtors' revolt" movement on her eponymous CNBC show Saturday. "There is a pheno...

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Arthur Delaney

"I Was Blind To Let You Go": BofA Dumps Complaining Customer, Wants Her Back Two Days Later

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Padgett couldn't believe it when the company that sells her dog's medicine said her credit card had been denied. When she called Bank of America,...

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Arthur Delaney

Debtor's Revolt: Woman Refuses To Pay Off Bank Of America Credit Card (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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For years, Ann Minch of Red Bluff, Calif., has carried a balance of several thousand dollars on her Bank of America credit card, making minimum monthl...

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HuffPost's Arthur Delaney Discusses "Debtors' Revolts" Against Banks (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost's Economic Impact reporter Arthur Delaney joined a panel today on MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" to discuss the recent cases of "Debtors' Revolts,...

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Arthur Delaney

Bank Of America: Another Customer Gets Bank's Attention Via YouTube (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Debtors Revolt, Bank of America, Youtube, Credit Crunch, Bank Bailout, Customer Service, Video, Business News

Darren Bryant of Pensacola, Fla. spent hours in what he calls Bank of America's "phone maze," getting bounced from person to person, never reaching so...

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Arthur Delaney

"Debtors' Revolt" Message Resonates (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Ann Minch told the "evil, thieving bastards" at Bank of America they could stick her credit card debt in their "bailout pipe and smoke it," the m...

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Arthur Delaney

Ann Minch Triumphs In Credit Card Fight (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Ann Minch, Debtors Revolt, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Video, Business News

Two weeks ago, Ann Minch of Red Bluff, Calif. announced in a YouTube video that she'd launched a one-woman "Debtors' Revolt" and would refuse to pay o...

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