Anonymous

Honest ethical and pleasant

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I had three debts last year that went to Olympic Collection. I worked out payments and stuck to them changing one payment one time.

They worked with me every payment. I communicated with three different people there and no issues. I don’t like having debt and have had debt,with other agencies not nearly as nice or easygoing to work with. They were professional honest and ethical.

I could not have asked for,better. It’s an agency that should be complemented,for what they do right. People put these reviews on and act as if they tried to pay.

They did not. They avoided the debt and never wanted to deal with it.

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Pros:
  • Ethical honest
Reason of review:
Good customer service
Anonymous
map-marker Tukwila, Washington

Unprofessional and untrustworthy

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We gave OCI the information necessary to collect from a delinquent account. They couldn't find the employer and the lead went cold.

I was able to track down the debtor and gave OCI the information. They were defensive, saying that they had attempted to find the debtor already. Once they called the employer and figured out the debtor did work there, OCI said they had several clients trying to collect from the debtor and they were excited to have found the debtor. I asked some questions about their process of legal filing to garnish wages.

One of the employees responded to my email by mistake. She meant to send it to the owner/ manager. She said that they shouldn't file legal action on our behalf because we wanted to work with the family and we might get in the way, "... makes me wonder if we shouldn't sue on theirs." Despite having a signed contract and a schedule of what had been paid and what was owed, OCI refuses to take this to court.

I don't know if it isn't enough $ or what the deal is but I don't trust them. On a more positive note, they did successfully collect another outstanding account when the debtor had a change of heart, called us and apologized and then paid OCI.

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Cons:
  • Being lied to
Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Others to beware

3 comments
Guest

Someting wrong about this comment. She is mad as the agency would not sue?

Why so aggressive? What is your issue?

Guest

Having been a client of Olympic for years, I find it cowardly to place an anonymous and untruthful review. If they did not sue,there is a good reason and this person is not telling the full story and is not being truthful.

Very easy to place unsubstantiated and lying reviews on line. Shouldn’t you be happy with your collection agency when they try to work with the consumers? Shouldn’t you applause their ethics and review of accounts?

The full story is not being told.

I have worked with other agencies not nearly as good.

Guest

So you are mad at a collection agency for not suing on a debt? Something is off.

I have used Olympic for years. They sue when it makes financial sense and don't when it does not. They always try to work with the consumer. You are not being truthful.

Is the consumer garnishable? Do they make enough? When they say you are interferring, are you calling the consumer as well? Is it a debt that Olympic is making a prudent decsion on and you just don't like it?

You post on an anonymous site, give very little information and seem agressive.

I would venture to say you are lying - not them. Congratulate the collection agency for not suing and trying to work with the consumer.

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Anonymous

Excellent. Honest people and trustworthy

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I have submitted accounts to OCI for years. They are always honest on accounts.

I review my accounts regularly and they always tell me what is happening. They work with consumers as much as they can and I get positive comments and return consumers come back to our practice. These guys really go out of their way to work with people and I appreciate it. They use legal action as a last resort on our accounts and work with people every day.

I have dealt with the same people at the company for years and that says something. I have used other agencies in the past with not even close to the level of professionalism

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Good customer service
Anonymous

April D

Received a medical bill and a towing bill from them. Yeah...tough time right now in life.

Both bills- I called them and worked out reasonable payments. Very easy to deal with the no issues. People I spoke with were all nice. I never got voicemail when calling them- always a live person.

Some payments I made online and some I set up with an agent. Very good experience. I am a bit scared of collection agencies- other experiences have not been as good.

These people seem like good people and ones that really want to help. One agent related she had things happen in her life and she gets it - REAL HUMANS WHO CARE!!

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Anonymous

Olympic Collection Inc= these guys rock!!!

I had debt. I wanted to get it paid.

I had five accounts - various medical providers- that I owed going back to 2014. They TOOK PAYMENTS over time for me and I paid all of them off - last payment in February:} I spoke to several people at Olympic and they were all very nice and professional. Real people who seemed to care. One employee even told me no rudeness is tolerated.

They are are trained to be nice, follow rules and work with each consumer. Such a pleasant experience. People get themselves into situations and everyone I spoke to there realized that. In fact, i dealt with another agency - not nearly as nice and I avoid talking to them.

Probably not going to pay. OLYMPIC ROCKS!!!

I never knew I would be treated so well!!! OLYMPIC ROCKS!!!!

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Anonymous
map-marker Tukwila, Washington

This company sues you for non payment 30 days after they receive the account

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I cannot believe this company. They file a lawsuit against you if you do not pay your collection account 30 days after they received the account from the company they are collecting for.

I received one notice from them, period I have never in my life been sued, especially from some *** collection company. If anyone knows how to report them to someone higher, please let me know. They are rude and not helpful on the phone when I spoke with this person. I understand needing to pay collections, but obviously there was a reason it was not paid.

Do not waste your time trying to explain anything to them, they do not care. Good to know business operate like this.

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Loss:
$400
Reason of review:
Bad quality

Preferred solution: Take away the damn attorney fees, and other ridiculous fees and the damn lawsuit you filed against me

5 comments
Guest

You were sued as you did not pay Take personal responsibility

Guest

Don't be a ***

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reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1428465

Exactly. Don't pay the bill and then blame everyone else.

Guest

Instead of complaining, perhaps you should have called them after you got the letter. i am sure they called you after you get your letter.

You also fail to mention that the creditor that turned over the account to collections has not been paid for much longer than the 30 days.

Why get mad, post a nameless faceless rant about not paying your bill and then still not pay it? Why get mad because a collection agency sues you, incurs costs and then you still don't pay?

What about personal responsibility?

Guest
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Not all collections are actually correct. Even reaching out to speak about the reason, no response from them.

Constant robot calling from as early as 6am to almost 9 pm. If this company actually wants to work with people to work through the debt, maybe they should respond to consumers, not just constantly threaten to sue or constant phone calls.

Also, STOP calling family members of the consumer. Not to mention those ridiculous lawyer fees...

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Anonymous
map-marker Tukwila, Washington

Olympic Collection - A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE

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I received a letter from Olympic for a medical bill from 2015. I didn't pay attention to the letter and I also received phone calls from them.

I ignored everything. They then filed a lawsuit. I called them very upset. The person I spoke to on the other end worked with me and I paid her.

She was very nice and professional and listened to everything I said. I see people upset about being sued, but that is what happens if you ignore a bill. Don't get upset with the collection agency for doing their job.

Remember that there is a creditor on the other end that has not bee paid. They were very easy to work with - nothing but great :}

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  • Professionalism of the people i dealt with
Reason of review:
Good quality
Anonymous
map-marker Tukwila, Washington

Good and Bad experience

I received a call last year sometime from Olympic Collections. They were very kind on the phone.

However, I asked for them to send me information on the debt they were claiming I owed. I never received anything so I let it go figuring they realized they were wrong. A few months later they started calling again. I sent them an email again telling them to validate the debt.

Still did not receive anything.

I was served with a summons on the 22nd stating I now owe almost $800 for a $350 dollar debt. If they would have just provided me with the information when I requested it..

this would be a non issue.

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Reason of review:
Poor customer service
5 comments
Guest

Same thing here. I have asked for clarifying information 4x and still no response! They are trying to rack up those extra fees.

Guest

I had almost the same issue with them, only I NEVER EVER received any calls from them. My very first interaction was a summons for court.

They sued me and garnished my wages during CHRISTMAS for 4 TIMES the amount of the Medical Bill that I had THOUGHT was paid by my insurance. They gave me 20 days to respond via a letter to the court and them. This was not enough time for me. I have a disabled husband, plus we have a child and our medical bills can be outrageous sometimes.

This world we live in now sucks and the fact that there are companies out there that do this to people who OBVIOUSLY can't afford healthcare is disgusting. Praying on the weak and helpless, then garnishing wages to those individuals should be a crime. I lost my home due to them.

This company disgust me! AND I JUST GOT ANOTHER *** SUMMONS FROM THEM THAT I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ONCE AGAIN!

Guest

This is not true. I have worked with this collection agency a few times over the past few years and i always ask them to send me itemization's or proof of debt.

They always have. I believe this person is mad about being sued and is being untruthful.it is so easy to just put a post on the internet and not deal with the company itself.

I am sure that, if you were sued, you will have a hearing and they will be able to show they sent you whatever proof you asked. Tell the truth.

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Lies...just because you had a good experience, doesn't mean everyone does! You seem like a paid bot to promote this evil company.

I had just about hte same experience as this guy...this company could care less who they hurt or who they sue. They just want money.

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100% agree. This company is nothing but greedy

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Anonymous
map-marker Scappoose, Oregon

Horrible Company

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I email and called trying to pay off my debt. Instead of being tackful and accepting what I could afford they wouldn't take any payments that I could afford.

After I put in a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and wrote a bad review on Google, they responded by calling me a liar and saying that I'm untruthful about a debt I owe. The woman that they claim wasn't their lawyer even when she stated to be at the beginning of the call, was rude, condescending, threatening and DID say they taking a $5 payment was too much work. Again, why would I lie about something so minute as this?

Will be contacting the Attorney General's office as well. Thanks for the tip!

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Guest

This doesn't sound true. I dealt with this agency and they were very professional.

Anonymous
map-marker Bonney Lake, Washington

Olympic Collection - Debt Collection Review from Bonney Lake, Washington

had a bill for120.00 they are now garnishing my wages for 1300.00 are u *** kidding me,crooked as they come *** olympic coll.

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Guest

Why didn't you pay it when it was lower? Easy to complain, but when you don't deal with the account when it is owed, a company can't just get a Judgment and garnish you just out of the blue.

You have to have been aware of a judgment against you and just ignored it.

Don't ignore it in the future. It's so easy to just complain, complain, complain...but why not deal with it?

Anonymous
map-marker Seattle, Washington

Randy

I paid a bill to them 3 weeks ago with no issues. I set up payments and they took the correct payment each time and mailed me a letter before taking each payment.

I have spoken with three people there and it has been a good experience. I have had financial issues over the years and these guys were amazing to deal with- no problems at all. I was going to make payments through their website, but then they called me.

Very good conversation, down to earth people and very very easy to deal with. I, again, had no issues.

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Anonymous
map-marker Seattle, Washington

POP

Paid off a debt to Olympic Collection Inc. today. They worked with me on payments over 6 months and even were nice enough to remove from my credit:}

Everyone i have spoken to there has been very nice and worked with me. They try very hard, have a A+ with the BBB and were very professional.

It is nice to know that, when you have debt, there are collection agencies that will work with you. Many other places would not, but this place was very nice to me.

I am submitting this review as I think it is important to review even a collection agency when do a a good job.

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3 comments
Guest

Like the others..very good experience.

Guest

Same experience here. Very easy to work with and very nice!

Guest

I had a very similar experience with them:}

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Anonymous
map-marker Seattle, Washington

Olympic Collection - Debt Collection Review from Seattle, Washington

JUST BE CAREFULL!!! IF YOUR DEBT ENDS HERE, THEY JUST TRIED TO CALL YOU TWICE, AT 30 DAYS THEY WILL SUIT YOU!!!

AND IF YOU DONT SPEAK ENGLISH THEY WONT EVEN BOTHER TO CALL YOU! THEY JUST WILL VERIFY YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WILL TAKE YOU TO COURT !!!

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Guest

The easy thing to do would have been to talk to them and work with them. It is easy to complain on the internet anonymously, but better to deal with them.

Oh..by the way...I have dealt with them and they have Spanish speakers.

So you certainly can't say that it is because you speak Spanish. I do as well and that has not been a reason to not talk to them and have them work with you.

Anonymous

Texas Resident getting call from OIC

Hi , My Aunt who lives with me went to a doctor in Bellevue WA multiple times back in 2012 and we paid all their bills with an only exception to a 15$ copay that according to us was incorrect. We later moved to Texas in 2013 when we received a call from the doctors office and I provided them my new address in Texas and also told them that we don't owe them that copay because of "THE" reason.

The lady at the doctors office said that she cant write it off and I have to take this up with my insurance provider which has changed now. Now after more than 3 years in Oct 2015 I receive a letter from the same doctors office that they are forwarding this case to OIC because I didn't pay the 15$ balance. 15$ is peanuts for me but is that the right way of doing it?

Also, I need to know that can debt as low as 15$ be reported by OIC to credit bureaus? Also, I am not a resident of WA anymore.

Does this company OIC have the license and permission to reach out to people outside state for collection? Please guide

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Guest

It's already affecting your credit. Pay it.

Anonymous
map-marker Monroe, Washington

Olympic Collection, border line breaking the law

People that get into financial trouble have rights...The first time talking to me, threatening to garnish my husbands wages, refusing to accept payments that I could afford, extremely intimidating, implying that they were a law office and gave them the lawyers name. Then finally refusing payments at all, saying that I must bring the payment in full in person.

After I filed a complaint with the attorney general they were sweet as honey, follow the letter of the law, recorded the call, all within 3 hours after they were contacted. Don't let them get away with this...enough complaints to the AG and they will be fined or lose their business altogether.

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Guest

Just called the creditor and they state I have a zero balance!! This place is a scam!

I have known the creditor personally for 20+ years. Olympic is a terrible company and I will be filing a complaint with the bbb and the AG!

Guest

i paid a bill to them last week. I ignored a bill I owed and they did sue me.

I had bad dealings with collection agencies in the past and was afraid to call. I called them and they worked out a few payments and paid it.

Very nice people, followed the law and were always very sweet and understanding. My dealings were A+ with this place and changes my views of collection agencies:}

Guest

They are very intimidating and refuse to set up payments. Want it all in full payment. I am contacting the attorney general to see what my rights are too.

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That's odd. I set up payments with them on a bill and it went just fine. There is another side to this story.

Guest

they are just jerks

Guest

:( Yeah search their record on ripoffreport, 800notes, spokeo, and yelp. Lousy crooks?

Guest

I actually know an employee of them

and unfortunately the owner is an *** and fires people if they dont make more than 6000 a day in collections so while I agree the tactics are extreme just remember theyre doing just doing their job

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yes he is an *** and partially it is because he is from the mid east region of the world, where women are second class and he just thinks he is the final word. Little does he know that many of his employees plot against him, he has been reported to bbb and authorities for his h e p a breaking rules of employment in the state of Washington.

He and Sadaam will have a table together in *** one day. bonapetit, fellas.

Guest

Did u get anyresults i too getting hella harasses and garnish all medical dept not sure what to do anymore health so gone barly can work need more medical tretment but no local docotors will even see me anymore. Dont make barly any money anymore just enough to take care of my kids.

They harrased everyone one in my life my brother sisterinlaw mother father frinds and my work even after ive told them to stop.

We need to stand againt these people as one and stop the distruction of people lives. plz email me at oddinman420@***.com

Guest

I agree that they borderline their efforts. They went into my husband's bank account and took everything including leaving a $100 minus balance (his unemployment check) then took my $2.00 out of my account leaving a 0 balance.

Money for us to pay our rent!!

We will try to get help through the attorney general's office. They need to be stopped!!!

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