{"id":1749,"date":"2013-11-07T14:16:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2013-11-07T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:19:11","slug":"what-happens-to-my-fico-when-a-200-cell-phone-isnt-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-happens-to-my-fico-when-a-200-cell-phone-isnt-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens to My FICO When a $200 Cell Phone Isn&#8217;t Paid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang  How much does a $310 cellphone collection hurt u?! About 90 points. This is what industry insiders call a charge-off  (Yes, they just inflated it, I&#8217;m so sorry I&#8217;m not sorry)  If \/ when you pay, pay the cellphone company directly. Not their wholly owned subsidiary. Not their partially owned subsidiary. Pay the cellphone directly with a paper check (non money order. Non cashier check)  Paper check with your name Paper check must include cell phone company name Paper check must include cellphone account number in the memo.  Fail to heed every morsel of my wisdom will have super duper negatory consequences  Photocopy paper check Be ready to lick 3 self adhesive stamps   Show them to bureaus (Experian Equifax Trans Union) with paper disputes between Nov 29 and Dec 30 (they are short staffed, the credit bureaus are \ud83d\ude42   Bujajaajaa   Buhahaahaaahaaa (evil laugh)  The USPS is the bureaus Achilles heel  Quora, email, phone, search engines and websites are the big bad bureaus friend.  I&#8217;m your friend. So is the USPS.   Failure to heed every morsel of my wisdom will have dire negative consequences.   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