Place it in writing, keep a copy, and send them a your offer. Keep any responses. It may help you later in Court if it's a reasonable offer designed to resolve the balance in a reasonable time frame. If it's $10 per month on a 5k balance, probably won't help. But I have successfully argued "laches" where the Debtor made a good faith offer to pay which was rejected by the creditor who later sued. Also, you should be aware that the statute of limitations is usually counted from the date of last payment. I have seen many debtors send $25 a month in "good faith" without an agreement and all they did was hurt themselves by keeping the Statute running.
Answered on Jan 23rd, 2013 at 11:36 PM