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Old 02-06-2009, 12:34 AM
Trish Trish is offline
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Originally Posted by Cheesie007 View Post
What you don't want to do is offer to pay them as it will reset the time limitation of the debt. If it is over 3 years old I would just do the best you can to ignore them. As time passes the collection matters less as far as your score is concerned.
The SOL does not reset by making a payment. The only thing that would reset an SOL is either by paying the OC (after the acct has fallen delinquent) OR by entering a new contract (either with the OC or a CA).

To the OP:
If it is a medical bill, you need to do your best to find out who the OC is.
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