Agreed. What a kissass (or shill)!

The bottom feeders of the Collections ecosystem. Block 'em. Block 'em long & hard.

got a call, they actually called my human resource office to contact me.  Just state that this is Reneeand to call her immidiately.  Don't know who this is

These folks have been harassing me for so long that I don't even answer my phone unless I know the name. The worst part is that the bill they want paid has been paid. Twice. They want me to pay it a third time. I know it's the same bill because they don't even bother changing the amount, not even the cent amount. I guess if they can't get money legitimately, they will scam it out of people. After all, most people don't REALLY know who they owe money to.

Sounds like James from the may 2011 post works for this company, what an a***ole

This is a collection agent named Jamie mathews, she will call and pretend like she knows you.

Yes, yes, another grateful consumer pays a debt collector with wall-to-wall complaints of typical industry bullying and illegal practices. You came running here to report a mystery phone call *after* a series of written communications and months of payments? Your shill story needs editing.

Trade line deletion from credit reports has to be forced from a collector in litigation. What's to stop them from jerking with the "agreement" or reselling the account?

got an automated message for a JIM WOOD asking to call back

Just got a call freom a very non professional MIKE WOOD at that number


WARNING RUDE!!!

very much Illegal and should be reported as harrassment

I have a lot of medical bills and some will speak to me and make arrangements but there are a few that are like this person. I tell them I cannot pay the full $1300 and they say "pay it all within 2hrs or we will sue you" so I say I'm very sorry that is not possible and they say "you just dont WANT to pay us" which is not true as I pay more than 50% of each paycheck to various collection agencies for my medical bills. Then I say "im very sorry, I wish you would make arrangements with me but if you need to sue me then thats what you need to do" Then they DONT sue me and start calling and harassing my employer without trying to contact me again. They call my family members and say that there is an emergency fraud case pending and try to get income information out of them. Its weird. Stop saying you are going to sue me for 4 months and i could give you some payments toward the balance weirdos. This is exactly why people avoid collectors, many DONT want to work with you like you are saying they do. You must be a bill collector. Now once in a blue moon i get someone reasonable who understands and works with me and doesnt harass me and THOSE people get paid. I just paid of the last $500 to a collector like that today because he made arrangements with me and was NICE about it. Go figure. I dont want to reward jerks by making their job easier. Ha

Name collection agent called me.  She actually failed to identify herself at all when she called today and tried to get my husband to reveal our address.  She also threatened to garnish our wages and told us that employers usually don't like that very much.  All this over $156 that we currently can't afford to pay.

I received a call today from this number and talked to Ariel. She was professional and worked out payments with me. My bill was over $500 and I did payments over 8 months. Ariel offered to remove the account from my credit report once it was paid in full as the economy is tough these day.

It seems as if anyone can post whatever they want on this site. Look up OCI. They have an A+ rating from the BBB and I had a very good experience with them. Before the first payment was going to be drafted out from my account, I received a letter stating it would be drafted and for how. I also requested proof of the bill and they sent that as well.

From the reviews, it almost seems like there is a former employee that is placing derogatory information or something. I have spoken with both Susan and Amy there as well as I could not make payments for a time and they said that to call back once I find a job.

I don't like having debts, but since I do, I am glad they worked with me

Diane, never mind the credit report. What's more important is preserving your rights, which Olympic has denied you. You've made a mistake going against your better judgment. Put away the checkbook and draft a letter disputing the bill and requesting debt validation. The FTC and many consumer watchdogs explain how to draft one. Revoke permission to place phone calls or restrict them to certain days and times, at your convenience. Send to the collector via USPS Certified with card.

It does not matter whether you agree with the amount owed or not; you must dispute to put the law behind your back, namely the FDCPA. I'm betting you've tried to handle this entirely by voice, which is worthless. You need a paper trail. By law Olympic needed to start one by dunning you in the mail about a week after first contact. Already they are in trouble. Let me unpack your story for more sins in the light of statutory language ....

- It is ridiculous and false to suggest that only handing over the keys to your bank account will satisfy a debt. It would only satisfy their money lust to keep coming back to the trough until the account is busted. This I would argue to be a deceptive and unfair practice.

- The snotty rep not only refused to cooperate with validation but added insult, implying that invoking your rights is somehow shameful and paints you naughty. This is abusive and unfair.

- "Susan" the super has been identified several times as using the alias "Anne Wheeler". If you've caught the same ruse, rack another deceptive practice violation. It's okay for collection reps to use an alias, but ONE ONLY and consistently.

I would bet there is more violation fodder you have not discussed. Memorialize on paper and in detail everything which you can recall from your exchanges with Olympic. Make the FDCPA your friend and see if this collector failed to give you a 'mini-Miranda' or made illegal threats or any of the other things which have been reported in these forums. I count four violations at minimum, possibly enough to get a NACA lawyer interested in running on contingency, but showing a larger pattern of abuse will only help. Point and goal being, the statutory award alone will easily stamp out this debt claim. If you send that dispute letter this week and don't see the account trade line marked something like "in dispute" by about the end of June, that can be another cause of action under FCRA.

Should you remain shy of taking an aggressive stance, remember they hit you first. You have a business problem, not a moral quandary. I would also explore state laws for dragging this Silverdale monkey house under your case for leading you into a debt trap and then assigning the account to a devious lawbreaker like Olympic. At this point they can eat that bill for the misery they've caused.

All: If you are receiving repeated, misdirected, and/or abusive calls from a third party debt collector, you may find relief in the provisions of the FDCPA, the federal law which regulates collector behavior and provides you simple tools for your own defense. It grants you control of how you are contacted, and the means to sue at low cost. Learn your rights and first response tactics at FTC-dot-gov. See also your state laws for additional support.

I received a call from 206-812-1769 at 9:38 am today. I did not answer, as I don't know the number. The message that was left on my voicemail is as follows . . .

"Hi "my name here", this is ARIEL. Please call  206-812-1769. I will be in the office until 4 pm. Thank you"

I have NEVER received a call from this number before today and I have NO idea who Ariel is. I have been going to various doctors and I figured that if this was an actual doctor's office that she would of stated a company name, but she did not. So that's when I got on the computer and looked up the number. I'm glad I came across all this information about Olympic Collection before calling her back. So this lady is calling trying to collect a debt and NOT IDENTIFYING herself as a debt collector. Bad news. I shouldn't be in collections for any bills and I want to straighten this out, but this company(and lady) sounds shady.

I actually live on the east coast, and was traveling with my family when my 2 year old became sick.  I took him to Silverdale Urgent Care, who told me that they participated with my insurance carrier.  I should have checked, because they don't.  I spent sometime on the phone with my insurance carrier trying to explain the situation I was in, and the balance went into collection with this psychotic agency.

I tried to make an arrangement to pay my debt of $369.00 in 3 payments.  'Nina" said that in order for her to approve that arrangment, I would have to give her all of my banking information so that she could draft the payments.  I said," No, I'm going to make the payments to you.....get it??  There is no way I would give you or anyone else my banking information."  She then stated that she wouldn't be able to accept the payments.  I asked to speak with her supervisor, which was "Susan."  Everything then went from bad to worse.  I asked for them to send me a statement, or letter or something in writing so that I would have a record of the debt.  Her response was, "That's what all people say when they don't want to pay their bills."    This agency is the only negative on my credit report!!  I send them $5.00 a month, I don't know what else to do.  They refuse to send me anything in writing, and at least if they take me to court I can show that I've been trying to pay the balance.

Continues to call and harrass not only myself but my co-workers regarding my status at work prying for personal information and threatening to sue me over 211$. The name Ann Wheeler is very fake as one of the agents name is Tiffany and another Sheila. This type of business practice just gives me the creeps.

I think this was from a creditor named anne wheeler. Im not sure the company name. They called at 8am on Monday which I thought was illegal.

This person, Anne Wheeler actually called my employer and mentioned garnishment of wages. This is illegal because debt collectors are only supposed to contact employers to locate you. Debt collectors are not supposed to mention the debt. Additionally, they can not ask the employer to help them collect the debt, which she did. According to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you can sue a violating debt collector within one year of the date the law was violated. The debt collector is liable for your legal fees and you can sue them $1,000 in damages and additional damages for any resulting loss you incur, such as job loss as a result of harassment. I plan on pursuing further action.

She has called my wife's place of employment repeatedly and my wife has told her to stop calling because it is interuptting her work which could cause her to lose her job.  This morning she called my cellphone number didn't leave a message but sent a text to my number wanting me to call her at the number given.  yeah...that's not gonna happen...if I could afford to pay the bill...I'd have paid it already.

This person, Anne Wheeler actually called my sister that was my emergency contact and made it like it was a family emergency. Yet she wouldn't give her any information other then i had to call her as soon as possible. Had my sister freaked out! She also told my sister that she caled my employer and they told her i was off today. She is being completely unprofessional.

Anne Wheeler called my cell leaving a message saying that she is trying to reach me and said that she called my employer to get a hold of me.  Acted like she knew me or that I should know her.

What company is she with?

someone on another site says Anne Wheeler is with "Olympic or olympia collections" .

yep she did the same to me left no msg just a text, i stupidly called it and she just answers the phone annie, I then hung up the phone she called me back identifying herself only as annie wheeler and that i should call her and i am with all of you i am currently unemployed and if i could pay on my debt i would.

WHY DONT YOU JUST CALL HER
TELL HER YOU CANT PAY AND WHY
THEN LET HER TRY TO HELP YOU FIND A WAY TO PAY
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO PAY YOUR BILL OTHER THAN JUST YOUR INCOME.
AND I DONT MEAN ANYTHING ILEGAL.
WHY RUN GIVE HER A FEEL FOR WHEN AND WHAT YOU CAN PAY
THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON CALLS
AND IF THERE IS A NUMBER YOU DONT WANT CALLED JUST SAY SO
DONT CUSS OR GET HOSTILE BE PROFESSIONAL
AND RESPECTFUL YOU WILL GET FURTHER WITH ANY COMPANY
I HAD IT OUT WITH SPRINT THEY HUNG UP ON ME OVER AND OVER TIL I CALMED MY BUTT DOWN. THEN YOU KNOW WHAT MY BILL IS 0 NOW
LIVE AND LEARN
IS IT AGAINS THE LAW TO ANSWER THE PHONE WITH YOUR NAME?
IS IT ILLEGAL TO TEXT?
IS IT ILLEGAL TO CALL YOUR JOB?
NO NOT UNTIL YOU AND OR YOUR EMPLOYER HAVE MADE IT CLEAR NOT TO CALL.
LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE NOTIING THE DAY TIME AND PERSON YOU ARE TALKING TO THAT YOU WANT NO CELL CALLS OR NO JOB CALLS.
THERE IS NO REASON TO BE ANGRY FOR A CREDITOR ASKING THEM TO CALL YOU FOR THE CREDITORS MONEY.

IM SURE YOUR LIKE ME I DONT CALL THE PEOPLE I OWE EVERY WEEK AND TELL THEM I CANT PAY OR WHEN I CAN PAY.
IT HELPS FOR THEM TO CALL AND ASK SO THEY CAN TELL THE PERSON I OWE FOR ME.
I DONT HAVE TO REMEMBER TO CALL . THEY CALL ME. I THINK IT'S GREAT.

Ann Wheeler of Olympic Collections is a Seattle-based collection agency and is hired by all manner of businesses to get you to pay your bills but I believe they have a lot of clients from the medical community since all my bills are medical related. They are paid on a commission basis, probably a 50/50 or 60/40 split. While the name is probably a pseudonym, she is very real.  Since my PT bill was over 10 months old, go back 9 months or longer and if you can recall a medical visit that you haven't paid, chances are your provider has hired their services.

This is their livelihood, and they will use any sales tactic you can think of to close the deal since sales is a numbers game. The more calls you make, the higher your chance of success.  The only difference between them and the window treatment company is that they have a heckofa lot more information on you and the law on their side to be a bit more pesky in order to get you to talk to them.    

Ann uses cozy warm up lines on her voicemails such as the following, taken straight off my voicemail:    

"Christine, I'm trying very hard to get ahold of you-- you like NEVER answer your phone. Call me... this is Anne."

"Christine,  this is Anne Wheeler again. I'm trying to get in touch with you guys, either you or John call me back, OK? I'm right here in Seattle so it's not long distance."

"Christine, you may not remember me, but this is Anne Wheeler, and I'd really like to get in touch with you and I'm trying really hard, so please call me back, OK?"  

Keep in mind that if you are using *67 to block your number from caller ID, this method is not completely foolproof. From immediately hitting *69 to dial the last number who called you from using equipment that has been tampered with to remove blocks, there are always ways to find out who is calling.  I hope this information has been useful for you.

The telephone number is a land line at lat 47.61 long -122.33, there are a few apartment buildings around Freeway Park as well as Virginia Mason at 9th and Seneca.

Ann Wheeler is deceitful, unethical and extremely unprofessional as is a person claiming to be a supervisor "Susan".  They used my name to call a friend of mine along with a different number thinking that she would call back.  I work with her.  PROBLEM!  When i called and complained "SUSAN" stated they have an employee by the name of NINA.  Convenient huh!  Anyhow, they will not provide ANY written proof of a debt or the company that they are collecting for.  Susan did tell my friend she could go to Bank of America and make the deposit into account number ....  They stated she would not need a reference number of any kind.  Enough of the lies.  This company is bad news.

These calls are from an employee of Olympic Collections (Seattle/Tukwilla)

Watch out: Ann Wheeler is now going by the name "Susan"

She uses unethical, intimidating methods of collections.

Ann Wheeler is calling from me 702-444-4939. She calls and hangs up.  I truly think that she is psychotic. This is because she thinks that I won't recognize her phone number. She also poses as her own supervisor by the name of "Susan." I suspect that Olympic Collections might be a one woman outfit or that she is the boss. If this is so there is no hope for this business getting rid of her.