QUESTION
Can I sue my college for mistakely ruined my credit?
Asked on Sep 30th, 2016 on Collections - Florida
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I had a unpaid balance of $203 with my college which i took care of couple months ago, They failed to report the collection agency about the paid balance. Couple weeks after i paid them i was still be rerassed by collection agency. The college guaranteed they would fix the mistake. Now couple months later i went to my personal bank to ask for a small loan and i was shocked how they never fixed the mistake and collection agency reported my name to the credit burial. My credit was ruined! it said that that i owed them the $203. The dean told me they took care of it but it will take 30 days to my credit get back to normal
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Not likely for several reasons including that your credit isn't ruined if its corrected. To be clear, if you allowed the debt to go to a collection company in the first place it may well have been reported properly at that time and you are stuck with that.
Answered on Oct 03rd, 2016 at 6:21 AM
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