I spoke to a manager at PAM this morning (Sonya). Tele# 414-847-3705. She said that as of today (supposedly), DC Gov't has decided to delist all collections listings on people's credit reports (as long as you have paid the ticket). She says it is supposed to be a complete removal (not marked as paid or closed), but it may take some time before the credit agencies remove it. My advice would be to keep checking your credit report to see if it has in fact been removed COMPLETELY. I am still filing a complaint with the FTC though, mainly because the rep I spoke to before the mgr said that they never sent me any written notification of this ticket from Jan 2007 ONLY phone calls that were not answered. HELLO, with all of the telemarketing calls that we get, is it a surprise that I didn't answer!!?? Anyway, I thought this may be helpful to others.
Pros: There may be a light at the end of the tunnel
Cons: All of the hoops we had to jump thru to get some type of resolution
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