July 2008 I work in the same building as these yahoos...Thank God they got their own elevator so the rest of us decent folk don't have to risk our lives riding the elevator with them! I found out from folks who know (don't want to get anyone in trouble) that Capital Management has reduced the overtime hours and has stopped work on Sundays for the summer. Maybe they aren't collecting enough lately...
July 2008 This company calls me daily looking for my brother. During the first call I asked what this was about, they told me that he owes HSBC money on a credit card. I was amazed that they would disclose this. I refused to talk to them any further, but they keep calling and demanding information... I had a shouting match with a woman (I'm being generous here) named Anne... It's amazing how many time they have been sued...
July 2008 I have received a message from them today, as well as one being left at my parent's. I tried calling and was on hold forever. I finally hung up. As to this company, has anyone even looked at their website? Under the FAQs link, it's a joke. Take a gander and have a good laugh. It's obvious this is not a professional company. At this time, I am not sure what they are calling about and have no intention of giving them a chance of informing me over the phone. What happens if I never respond?
June 2008 CMS is quite frankly the wild wild west of Buffalo collection agencies. Their hiring practices are worse than any employer I've ever seen. I know of a manager who recruited 2 guys from a holding center after a night stay in jail for disorderly conduct. He came to work bragging about his newest "young bloods." I have worked there for about a year now, helping put myself through school. The things that go on there are unbelievable. It is more micro-managed than the Initech on Office Space, and all of upper-management is paid to yell and scream at people as if they were children. There is one Vice President in particular named "TJ", which is probably not his real name. Judging by the way he humiliates people all day long, he probably has to conceal his real identity. I am convinced this man has a raging crack addiction and have heard many rumors of this to be true. He literally runs around all day long insulting people who aren't on the phone or at their goal. Another manager once walked around selling painkillers out loud as if he had candy. The floor is full of people and he's offering drugs to anyone who wants them. Of course they were gone in minutes. The company does business with Chase Bank which is a prime client of theirs. And one of the more respectable ones in the industry. They have mandatory drug testing for all collectors who wish to collect on their behalf. It is the job of the various vice presidents and managers to stay on top of drug testing for this client. I know people who have worked for Chase since I've been there that still haven't taken a drug test. Because they would fail miserably. The managers will say "oh don't worry about it, we will give you more time, just keep hitting your number." You will overhear conversations amongst collectors on the floor about their loose sex lives, what drugs they did on the weekend, who they're sleeping with in the office, etc. It's just pathetic. Once such manager Nick M. openly brags about sleeping with the hottest girl in the office and he's a married...
May 2008 CMS first contacted us a couple of months ago, asking for my wife with a mechanical answering system. They left no name, just a number, calling it urgent. This went on, day after day, for two months. It was only at the start of April when the machine identified itself as Credit Management Services. We tried calling them several times, calling the toll-free number, but were left on hold for a long time each time. It was only when we finally did get through that we heard it was a small amount, but the person we talked to insisted that we give the information for payment. I promptly told her that we would deal with the original creditor, and hung up. A week later, we got another call, same person, insisting that we agreed to pay with a credit card, and basically demanding information about it. This person claimed they mailed something to us three times, and that was all the law was allowed, something I found out was not true, and that they could not mail us anything more. Since we received no mail from them, I told her (basically giving her a chance) to either mail us something or to stop bothering us. These people are relentless in their harassment, and they will not necessarily mail anything. If you get through, get them to agree to mail something, and, if they do, report them directly to the FTC. They are well on their way to knocking NCO off the top.
May 2008 Received a letter from these people
regarding an alleged account with Resurgent Capitol
Services, LP. (servicer of the account) stating they've been
engaged by them to collect this alleged account. I've never
heard of any of them. They show LVNV Funding as a current
creditor. I sent them Certified request for Validation and
never heard from them again. They must be connected to LVNV
Funding somehow. Their number is 800-395-0571
Fax number 716 852-1620
May 2008 I have been working for CMS for 3yrs. It is the job I have every had. It is a growing business and the company is . To bad people don't realize the the Larkin Building charges us to park Also the casual day the money that is collected is . Like ect. say that CMS is the worst job in the world.
Our policy is we don't reveal your email, but if you want to say stuff like this against a company, we have to have a source in our files. We'll protect you, but un-signed emails don't usually get published.
March 2008 I worked at capital Management services for about 6months, this was one of the worst jobs i ever held in my life. for god sake i wasn't even able to go Pee in peace with out being yelled at about getting out of my seat! working an 8-9hr shift with a 45 min lunch and 15 min break..., where they don't even allow you enough time to consume your food. this job is a gimmick, i was told plenty of times that i had made my goal.. but never received a bonus check, because my payments got stolen by other collectors!! id say more but its to much to type this job sucks!! and if they call u don't pay them!!
2007 CMS insists on diving into your credit record then sending demand for payment letters (without verification statement or cease communications clause) well after debt is past statutory period. At least they now admit that they are debt collectors and not something else.
2007 My credit check monitor just
informed me that Capital Management Services made two new
inquiries on my report on 10/17. Know they are bottom
feeders and debt is all past Statute. Thanks for info on
them Bud - just a warning to all that obviously they bought
some more old debt and are doing inquiries. Expect harassing
correspondence any day now. You would think that once debt
is past statute they would not bother trying to harass for
collection and should be barred from doing credit inquiries
once statute
has passed.
2007 The Better Business Bureau of
Upstate New York expelled two contractors from its
membership because of unanswered and excessive complaints,
and two Williamsville collection agencies resigned before
they could be expelled, the organization said Wednesday.
The board of the Buffalo-based business standards group
voted to kick out Gary E. Reid Construction of Youngstown
and Pine Ridge Log Home Restoration of Lacona, northeast of
Oswego. Both decisions were due to unresolved complaints.
The board had already suspended the memberships of
collections firms Capital Management Services and National
Action Financial Services because of an unusually large
number of complaints that exceeded even other collectors.
But both firms resigned from the bureau prior to a vote on
expulsion.
2007 I worked at CMS for a
year and some change. The owners of CMS overwork everyone on
their payroll. Especially the upper management. The average
workday for one is like 7:30am to 9pm. If you're a
collector, and you don't have any payments up on the board,
they'll try to humiliate you.
The turnover rate is horrid. If you don't hit a decent
number within 90 days, PEACE! They'll hire ANYBODY. ANYBODY!
If you can hear, speak, and use a computer, you're golden.
When I came in for my interview, I saw people wearing t
shirts and jeans to an INTERVIEW.
CMS is a collections sweatshop, if you will. You sit in a
small space, and try to find a phone that works. If you're
out of your seat trying to find one, they yell at you.
They want $30 monthly for PARKING at the Exchange St
location $20 per pay period to dress casually. It goes to
'charity' they say. And $25 for a hands-free headset. If you
go on break and leave it at your desk, it WILL be stolen.
As far as drug use is concerned, you almost need to be on
something to withstand a day's stress at that place.
2007 I am ashamed to say that I worked for this company. We were bought out by CMS last year and it has been a joke ever since. We had a turnover of greater than 150%. I had to visit the Buffalo office and was appalled at the way they treat their employees and debtors. I have always made decent money in collections but have never stooped as low as these " thugs " do. I have always treated my customers " debtors" with respect but that is not what CMS wants. Their directors and "owners" are a bunch of egomaniacs. I lost several large settlements due to their authorization dept being nasty when they were verifying the check or credit card info. BEWARE
2007 Jollene called me yesterday and left a message to call her back at 866 843-9116. I called back, was told she left and I was speaking with her supervisor (which I didn't believe). I owe Sears over $6,000 with no validity. This so called supervisor asked what I was going to do. I told him I could pay $100.00 a month as my husband lost his job. We are slowly getting back on our feet and $100.00 is the best I can do as I am working with other agencies and am already on payment plans along with trying to pay our monthly bills. He did not believe I would pay a $100. as I haven't paid Sears in a year. He said why don't you just hang up and tell us you won't pay since the phone call is recorded. I told him that is exactly what he wanted and he was urging me to do so. I told him to stop bullying me and that he wanted me to hang up so he would win. I was willing to pay but he wanted more. He was rude, a bully and had no understanding of our financial situation.
2007 These are the RUDEST people on earth! They are harassing us on a debt they say my husband took out over 20+ years ago. My husband does not remember any loan with the company they claim it was originally taken out with. We have asked for proof & they refuse to send anything. They say it doesn't exist anymore. If no proof exists why would I pay it? I told them they couldn't collect after 20 some odd years anyways. If he hadn't paid in 20 years, he wasn't gonna pay now & they could kiss any commission they expected to make off us good-bye. They call anywhere from 3-12 times a day. They start at exactly 8:00 am and up to 8:59 pm. They hang up on you, belittle you, guilt you, etc. I hate to admit it, but I have become just as nasty as they have. I waited til we were dead heat in the middle of conversation & blew an air horn into the phone. I have reported them to the Federal Trade Commission & if they continue with their illegal practices, I will obtain legal council & they will be in debt to me!!
2007 They recently contacted me regarding a debt from over 3 years ago. They have threatened to sue me for twice the amount that I actually owe. They are very rude. It was obvious that the caller was overworked and possibly stressed out of his mind. He called back twice and hung up each time I guess expecting me to call back. I never did. They will make horrendous threats banking on the fact that consumers don't know their rights. Just hang up. There needs to be some serious investigation into theses practices. I know the FTC has a lot of cases going but just not enough.
2007 This company is nothing short of a
bunch of thieves trying to hassle and force you into random
and unfounded settlements. Do NOT FALL pray...If your
disputed debt (that is not even mine) is 13 years old and a
below average intelligence agent called "Paul Standish "
call you and tell you that the burden on a bogus debt that
he made up in his mind while doing cocaine is upon you, Just
laugh at him and mention the magic words: "Statute of
limitation"
They know better, THEY will NOT file anything, just try to
scare you to admit a debt and hassle to you pay it to stop
the calls. In CA, after 4 years, you cannot collect a debt
EVEN if it belongs to you, so much for a 13 years old
phantom account. Call them, make fun of them without giving
any information. I told horseradish, I mean Standish
that he owes me $1 BILLION. How would he like to settle it??
And he was speechless. .Ask them for a $1 billion that is
their burden of proof to show is invalid. Good luck and DO
NOT GET INTIMIDATED
2007 This agency is the worst. They call several times a day. They have been state they want to talk about something submitted to them from Will County. I live in Dupage. They make it sound like a lawsuit. But, I have never had anything going in Will, never lived there, never anything. They do not seem to know that most of Naperville is in Dupage not will. I don't care if they send it to will. I did not know who these people were so I looked them up on the internet and found that they are just a collection agency. Well then no one from Will county would be sending them anything. They would be getting something from a credit card or something, but no one is in Will and I have never had any problems with any one from the county either.
2007 I have never had a problem with this company until recently. One of their reps called me and offered me a settlement on my account. He told me if I could make a payment that day of $701 he would break the remaining balance into 9 payments of $309 due the 20th of each month. On the first of each month a lady would call my home and cell to request payment. I would have to explain each time I can not make payment till 20th and first rep had told me that would be fine. I just made my last payment to them this month and called to check my balance. The lady I spoke with said I had to pay 12 payments of $309 not 9. When I started to ask about the arrangement I has setup she started yelling at me. She told me I should be grateful they settled in the first place and if I had paid my account like I was supposed to it would not have come to collections. She was rude and very disrespectful. I have worked for a collection agency for 2 years and if I ever spoke to someone like that I would be wrote up! She hung up on me so I called back and asked for a supervisor. He just told me I didn't understand their job and it was ok for her to talk to me that way. He in now way offered to try to resolve the situation, told me didn't care what payment I had originally set up. I still has an account balance and nothing he was going to do. This company is awful and should not be allowed to continue to lie to their consumers.
2007 Collector I would like to say a few words about capital management as i am a former employee. capital management services also known as cmsi or cms, is a borderline sweat shop. there are 1000 people crammed onto 1 floor. There is 1 elevator that is the only way to the 7th floor. (the floor capital management is located on at the exchange st office) collectors shuffle in every day at either 8am or 330 pm (to 33pm or 11pm) to meet their over over exhausted managers that have been there for 15 hours straight. the managers and collectors then get screamed at by a coked-up tj (office manager or vp or w/e) collectors are using dirty old un-sanitized phones and equipment and are crammed into rows. there is cocaine all over the bathroom floors and stalls in both the men's and women's bathrooms. this is an everyday thing. capital management is disgusting and so is anyone that works there. it is an office filled with drugs lies and so much other illegal activity. do not support tj's cocaine habit, do not send them a dime. and def. do not give them your bank information.
2007 Collector I worked for Capital Management Services for 2 years as a debt collector and made very good money. I was collecting $2,000 bonus checks monthly and was making a solid $14 an hour on top of that. But the things that go on there forced me to quit and seek another agency.. Where i am doing decent but not as good as it was there. The 1st time the company collected 10 million dollars in a month and every month after that.. The owners had huge parties with the managers in the back offices of the exchange st building. This involved very heavy drinking which caused some managers to go home early...but some others stayed and did talk offs while being very very drunk. Also...their managers are overworked and paid very well to compensate their missed time from their family. They all work between 60-70 hours a week at a minimum and are not allowed lunch breaks. They are screamed at by tj senft and the other vice presidents. This company is disgusting and do many illegal things to get money....thanks