208-955-6609
ID, US
Ralph Down Under
Ralph Down Under
2012-04-03 22:56:58
Unknown
Are you saying that Action, or its officers, is LDS? If so, can you substantiate this?

Does anyone else know of, without doubt, any other LDS owned or operated - affiliated, ect. collection agency?

Also looking for and other LDS banking, savings and loan, concsumer credit, legal, etc. company.
Steve Pankey
Steve Pankey
2011-08-25 04:51:26
Debt Collector
Grant Muir's Cel number is 208-794-1886
Becky Muir's Cel number is 208-841-3677

Action Collection does not respond to calls, or mail, regarding collection disputes. The only way your going to get Grant's attention is to call his cel. Becky appears to be part of the "financial" side of Action Collection.

Grant Muir has had leins filed against him and felon James Rumsey regarding Results Plus, Inc. It is amazing that the Idaho Department of Finance even licenses this Mormon Mafia
Steve Pankey
Steve Pankey
2011-08-25 01:03:51
Debt Collector
ACTION COLLECTION / IDAHO'S MORMON MAFIA / FUNDAMENTALIST MORMONISM / ECONOMIC JIHAD

Action Collection is "regulated" by Idaho Director of Finance Gavin Gee, another Fundamentalist Mormon. There are no checks and balances on debt collectors in Idaho.

"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton
Steve Pankey
Steve Pankey
2011-08-24 23:07:09
Unknown
ACTION COLLECTION / IDAHO'S MORMON MAFIA / FUNDAMENTALIST MORMONISM / ECONOMIC JIHAD

1) Correcting who owns Action Collection Service, Inc., if you Google John F Muir, and pull up CONSENT ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST, quoting from Page 2; "in 1975, the Respondent (Action Collection) ws purchased by the Muir family. The current majority owners are John F Muir and Grant Muir, Jr. Valera P. Muir is the CEO, and Grant Muir, Jr. is the Respondent's person in charge." Big time unchecked Fundamentalist Nepotism.
2) The State of Idaho does not provide checks and balances on Action Collection. Regulator Idaho Department of Finance Director is Fundamentalist Mormon Gavin Gee.
3) Idaho's Fifth Judicial District Chief Judge is Richard Bevan, a Fundamentalist Mormon, as is Magistrate Jason Walker. The Fifth Judicial District media heads are Fundamentalist Mormons, most use Action Collection.
4) Ms. Olson from Mormon Pocatello was appointed United States Attorney by President Obama. There is no Federal regulation of Action Collection.
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton
Informed
Informed
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
This number and 208-954-8550 are outgoing switchboard call numbers (you cannot call back in) and are registered to

JOHN F MUIR,
GRANT  E  MUIR JR,  
BLAIR  G  CHENEY,
CARMA  FARRAR  
With a Business address of
1325 VISTA AVE.
BOISE, ID 83705

Who together are doing business as the following:

Action Collections
Action Collection Agency
Action Collection Agency, Inc.
Check-A-Check

They use the moniker ACS so they can harass you (falsely) into paying debts you do not have. This company is notorious for buying debts from companies who used to do business in Idaho and went out of business, or no longer operate in Idaho. Typically of Idaho businesses they do not operate within federal law or guideline as they firmly believe they are outside of the law.

This company has offices in Boise (HQ) Pocatello and Twin Falls and between the offices they "employee" 54 people.

According to Dun and Bradstreet they have an estimated annual revenue between $5 million and $10 Million. They have been in business of falsely accusing and harassing people since 1961.

Their company attorney is the Shearer and Bonney, PC Law Firm

Peter Dahl Shearer
PO Box 15412
1325 Vista Ave.
Boise, ID 83715  
(208) 343-1353

Shaun Richard Bonney
PO Box 15412
1325 Vista Ave.
Boise, ID 83715  
(208) 343-1353

This law firm makes about $330,000 per year in false claims and inappropriate documentation. They "employee" 5 people as well. The Idaho Secretary of State's office states that these two incorporated their business entity in 2003, but they have been in business longer than claimed. The IDSOS shows them to be in good standing.

Stay informed Idaho Consumers and don't take this nonsense.
pbj
pbj
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
yes, they call @ night also! grr
Down in debt
Down in debt
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
This number along with the 8550 number belongs to ACS a collection agency.  They call at least once every two weeks forever.
Debtor
Debtor
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
Ummm...pay your debts with what?  Hey Ano, can I send you some of my bills?  I was with a company for over 10 years and due to changes in management I lost my job. The majority of us would like to pay our bills, but when you lose a job or have very high unexpected medical bills it isn't always that easy. Food for the family and the mortgage is more important right now than paying a bill from a collector.  At the end of the month, that's who's going to get my money - food and a roof over my head.  And right now it isn't that easy to find a job. I went from management in a big company and I cannot even get a job at the MacShac.  And I tried.  So don't tell people to "pay their bills" untill you have walked a mile in the debtors. SHUT your pie hole.
JT
JT
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
ACS Collection Agency.
DJeezers
DJeezers
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
ACS called me describing an unpaid dental bill.  The caller requested my checking account number or a credit card number,  I refused this info stating I am not going to pay a bill without documented proof that I owe the bill.  The caller said they could not send me a bill unless I requested it in writing, so I faxed over a letter of authorization to the number they provided.   It has now been over 3 weeks and I have yet to receive anything from ACS.  Further, I contacted the dental office and found out I DO owe the money however it was less than the amount I was told was due by ACS (assume this is their collection fee or penalty charge).  I have tried on several occasions to contact ACS to "right the wrong", but I only get a busy signal.  Figures.
Sharon Patterson
Sharon Patterson
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
They call and are very unpleasant, threatening, abusive, and use scare tactics!  I want this to stop!
Lukas
Lukas
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
If the debt is from the dental office, then charges were interest off of a bill they did not list as being owed to the customer when inquired about. If it was settled months ago, as the person stated, how would interest accrue? Interest cannot be accrued off of a $0 total. And if you were "miss-stating" and what they were attempting to collect were fees, then for fees that the office does not know about to accrue to a total of vastly more than the bill alone was, then there is still serious cause for concern. There are only a few possible true conclusions: the person in the previous post was lying (so we need no worry ourselves with responding to their post), the office was lying to the customer about a $0 bill (which would be highly unlikely),  ACS is trying to collect debt that has been previously paid(which may account for the unwarranted fees and interest accruing, as they would receive no check for a debt already paid), or ACS bought the debt from the dental office and are now attempting to collect the total with their own fees attached (which can only legally be done if the debtor is informed of this and with a grace period to pay if the debt isn't contractual like a mortgage).  Nothing about your conclusion (except that people should pay their debts, which should not include undue fees) is solid or helpful. All your statements attempted was try to create doubt, which isn't helpful. Doubt can create curiosity which can lead to investigation, but doubt alone as a foundation only leads to misdirection. Honestly, based off of your obvious agenda, i would be surprised if you worked for ACS or a similar company.
Jersey
Jersey
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
Ha ha ha! This woman called me from 208-955-6609 claiming she had a personal business matter with my husband.  They've called before and I'm sure they said it was for a past due medical bill.  My husband hasn't seen a doctor in nearly ten years!  I asked what company she was with and she told me she didn't like my attitude and there fore wasn't going to tell me who she was with!  Can you say SPAM!  Make sure you file a police report about this number!  I hope to God no one gets spammed or scammed out of money!!! I told her I wanted to speak to her boss and she hung up on me!  The address of this phone number is located in Meridian, Idaho.  Here's the latitude and longitude if any one is passionate enough to find out where these SCAMMERS live!  Latitude: 43.6098
Longitude: -116.3055.  Best of luck!  Jersey
M Hoyt
M Hoyt
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
208-955-6609 5:01 12/14/2009 called did not leave msg
none of your business
none of your business
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
stop calling
Ano
Ano
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
I find if funny that you are all so quick to assume the ACS is a way to ploy you into paying your own bills that you neglect to resolve. They are calling you for a valid reason. You are very quick to find every detail about a company you should probably contact about your obligations or let them know if they have a wrong number. Did you ever think that maybe they don't want to talk to you if you are not the right person? Why would they just call for the heck of it? They are also bound by many privacy laws and I appreciate the fact that they are not telling everyone that answers the phone that they are a collection agency. Personally I would find it embarrasing if everyone knew I was in trouble financially.

So, instead of wasting all your time beating around the bush and trying to make this legitimate business look bad (When no laws have been broken) Just PAY YOUR Debts. You are the reason for the rising medical costs and why I have to pay so much. I am personally sick of covering your inability to accept responsibilities.
Informed
Informed
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
You're completely clueless.

1. I have no debts, none and nothing is owed by me. There is a case of mistaken identity; however neither you (you apparently work for them) nor ACS bothers to verify they are getting the right person. If a letter is sent to them to validate the debt and they fail to do so, then they continue to call this is blatant harassment. Do they care and if you file a police report do they even stop. No, they do not. I have done both. The Prosecutor refuses to file because he says they will claim something and in all likely hood a Judge will dismiss and then what-it continues.

2. Privacy laws don't seem to apply to the Muir Family and his cronies. Should he expect the same for himself, no he should not.

3. We all pay higher medical costs-this is only a fraction of the whole problem. What makes you think that you are so special?

4. This is not a legitimate company what makes you think so? They call the wrong people and harass the wrong people and don't comply with requests to validate debts. Debt validation means you have to verify the validly of the debt for it to be real. A legitimate company would have: 1) Verified the debt when requested to do so and 2) when told they have the wrong number ceased to keep calling. Perhaps you should actually read a copy of the debt validation letters that some attorney's publish on the internet. Most that I have read say something to the effect of stop calling until the debt is verified. I usually average one-two actual false claims a year. This is not uncommon when you have a common name. I always write a letter and mail it certified mail to validate the debt. Everyone of them but one company has responded and that company is Action Collections. They are the only ones who don't provide any information. Now do you think this is a legitimate business?

5. Like everyone should be doing I get a copy of my credit report from the three consumer reporting companies. If there was a debt against me shouldn't it be reported? One would think.

Being informed is not a crime, but you are quick to jump to conclusions.
Ano
Ano
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
It's called interest. The Dental office doesn't see the accrual. It's not a scam it's your bill. Credit Cards charge interest and I don't see you complaining about that.
Fraud Finder
Fraud Finder
2011-06-06 20:42:30
Unknown
I answered the call one day to get to the bottom of all of this and they stated that they were collecting money from a dental account that was past due. I called my Dentist and they said they had already received the payment months before. The amount they needed to collect was significantly less than the amount that ACS stated. These people are looking to get your money! Money you may not actually owe them so If your getting calls from this number most likely you do owe some money to someone somewhere but not how much they state so be careful and don't let these idiots push you around!
fair debt collection
fair debt collection
2010-10-18 22:31:10
Debt Collector
i'm sure the ding dong collector that posted a message back in may isn't following up on his stupid comment but i'll say this you do have rights and collectors do have to follow rules when trying to collect a debt and if they don't they can be forced to pay big fines for breaking the rules....everything from how many times a day they can call to what they can leave as a message on a phone and whom they can leave a message with.  if you want more details about your right best thing to look up is fair debt collection (fdcpa)  you have more rights they any collection agency will ever let on they tried to trick you into doing things and admitting stuff so they can cheat the system and beat the rules....get in and out with as much money in as little times as possible and people like the acs are a perfect example of a collection agency trying to generate fear within you to make rash quick decisions to protect yourself when in the long run it actually hurts you.  be informed before you commit to anything and when speaking to them demand it in writing 1st once they talk to they have 30 days to validate the debt and put it in writing if they don't you can't fight it being reported..it's not an easy process, but if you don't let them walk all over you and are informed about your rights they will move on very quickly to the next guy who isn't doing their homework.
Me
Me
2010-09-29 16:23:19
Debt Collector
This is all very informative. It is right that one should pay a bill that is past due. But the continuous harassment calls are just as wrong as not paying. And then the dishonest deceitful way they go about doing things is a disgrace and a dishonor to all they do. They (collectors) have turned something that should be for the good of all into a farce, But so goes the way of things in many areas in this country.
Josh
Josh
2010-09-06 15:28:31
Debt Collector
Hmm.. This is interesting stuff. They seem pretty valid to me. They called a few times before I answered (they always call while I'm at work..) and left messages. I hate voicemail, so I don't know what the messages say. Anyways, when I did talk to them the lady seemed genuine. I asked her why I owed, and she told me two debts that I know I have, CWI and my former cardiologist. They did add a pretty high interest rate, but other than that nothing seems wrong so far.
Annoyed
Annoyed
2010-06-17 16:56:44
Unknown
I love the arguments going on in this post. But really, calling many times a day is absurd. Especially when the messages left are so vague - I'm not answering.
Carly
Carly
2010-06-07 19:15:50
Unknown
Your latitude and longitude were way off, as you can see the following is from the map location your calculations brought up on GOOGLE.

"Shoppers Drug Mart 774Address:Station is accessible?
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Placement on map is approximate
700 Burnhamthorpe Road East
Mississauga, ON L4Y 2X3, Canada

Get Directions
(905) 279-1812"

As you can all see the coordinates that you indicated were connected to the Meridian Idaho based phone number were no good.  I live in Boise, ID and have received calls from this collection agency also, they are a valid collection agency...unfortunately, they collect not only on past due medical bills, but also on returned NSF checks written to certain companies who use their collection services.  Hope this information helps people.
Someone
Someone
2010-06-04 18:24:32
Unknown
Shaun Bonney and John Muir have been best friends for many years.
Just-Informed Idahoan v2.0
Just-Informed Idahoan v2.0
2010-05-19 15:32:33
Debt Collector
Greetings Informed Idahoan!

I feel that you are very much on the right track!  I answered and they did indeed identify themselves as "ACS" and were quick to not provide any information other than "Have him call us please".  I strongly feel that this is related to a Collection.

Thanks for the good info!
Informed Idahoan
Informed Idahoan
2009-11-19 23:17:38
Debt Collector
Well here we go again. Apparently ACS (see previous post)doesn't get it, never have and never will. You actually had to have a brain to figure this stuff out. A letter was sent to your attorneys and they no doubt forgot how to read. SIGH.
Informed Idahoan
Informed Idahoan
2009-10-30 22:37:16
Debt Collector
This number and 208-954-8550 are outgoing switchboard call numbers (you cannot call back in) and are registered to

JOHN F MUIR,President CEO
GRANT  E  MUIR JR,  VP?
BLAIR  G  CHENEY, Owner
CARMA  FARRAR, General Secretary
With a Business address of
1325 VISTA AVE.
BOISE, ID 83705

Who together are doing business as the following:

Action Collections
Action Collection Agency
Action Collection Agency, Inc.
Check-A-Check

They use the moniker ACS so they can harass you (falsely) into paying debts you do not have. This company is notorious for buying debts from companies who used to do business in Idaho and went out of business, or no longer operate in Idaho. Typically of Idaho businesses they do not operate within federal law or guideline as they firmly believe they are outside of the law.

This company has offices in Boise (HQ) Pocatello and Twin Falls and between the offices they "employ" 54 people.

According to Dun and Bradstreet they have an estimated annual revenue between $5 million and $10 Million. They have been in business of falsely accusing and harassing people since 1961.

Their company attorney is the Shearer and Bonney, PC Law Firm

Peter Dahl Shearer
PO Box 15412
1325 Vista Ave.
Boise, ID 83715  
(208) 343-1353

Shaun Richard Bonney
PO Box 15412
1325 Vista Ave.
Boise, ID 83715  
(208) 343-1353

This law firm makes about $330,000 per year in false claims and inappropriate documentation. They "employ" 5 people as well. The Idaho Secretary of State's office states that these two incorporated their business entity in 2003, but they have been in business longer than claimed. The IDSOS shows them to be in good standing.

Stay informed Idaho Consumers and don't take this nonsense. I would add that you need to write a cease and desist letter to the Shearer and Bonney's attorney's office, but they'll ignore you just the same as ACS will.

Someone always calls me without fail on a Friday, He says he fake name (refuses to give his last) and says he is "Kim" (who names a guy Kim-Kimberly) and he has some bills I owe him.

You're a collector, not a billing agency, so you need to actually validate any debts for anyone who asks and not tell them no you won't.
N/A
N/A
2009-10-03 00:50:16
Unknown
Never picked up the phone.
They call twice a day.. everyday.
Have only ever left one message that said something along the lines of
"This is Marry; give me a call back at #blahblah.."
Never called the number back.
Errased the message.
Don't give a Fcuk.
LAMET
LAMET
2009-07-14 15:38:39
Unknown
THERE IS A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON DEBT - DETERMINED BY THE STATE YOU LIVE IN.  Sounds like this MAYBE too old to collect

1-503-914-1319 1-888-461-2032 1-213-221-2815
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