QUESTION
What can we do if someone is billing my child an 8 year old for a product we never ordered?
Asked on Dec 08th, 2013 on Bankruptcy - Michigan
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I got a letter from 'Hooked on Phonics' a product that no one in my family has ordered. We received a bill in the mail from them with my 8 year old son's name and our PO Box. He did not order these products at school or anything but they are sending bills. What can I do to solve this problem, can I take them to court for billing a minor, let alone billing us for a product that we never ordered?
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Michael J. Breczinski
Yes sue them for this scam.
Answered on Dec 18th, 2013 at 1:31 AM
Write them a letter saying the billing was mistaken.
Answered on Dec 12th, 2013 at 5:03 AM
Thomas Edward Gates
Send the product back with a letter that it was not ordered.
Answered on Dec 12th, 2013 at 4:31 AM
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The contract is probably invalid. I suggest you send them a letter so stating. Request your credit reports and any on your child to make sure it is not reported. If it is reported, or if a debt collector is involved, a consumer attorney may be able to sue.
Answered on Dec 11th, 2013 at 5:48 PM
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Send it back to them with a letter telling them that your son (the named person on the bill) is 8 years old that you, have never signed any contract with the company and do not desire the product. That if they keep sending the product, that you did not request or contract for, you will consider any product they send you to be a gift and will donate it to a local charity. That should stop them.
Answered on Dec 11th, 2013 at 5:47 PM
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You have a few options. First, you can ask them the file a suit so that you can then answer the suit and show the court that your son could not have possibly signed a contract. You can sue them for unfair debt collection (you as guardian for your son). Either of these methods will get it straightened out.
Answered on Dec 11th, 2013 at 5:47 PM
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Write them a letter, or better yet have a lawyer write them a letter telling them that if they do not stop billing you and take care of the account legal action will be taken. It has been my experience that this is usually enough to propel them into action.
Answered on Dec 10th, 2013 at 8:34 PM