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Consumers have filed more than 1,400 complaints to the Better Business Bureau in the past year alleging two debt collection companies are going after them on behalf of now-bankrupt Hollywood Video to pay late fees they don’t owe, according to Stltoday.com. The two companies, West Bay and Universal Fidelity, are working on behalf of the trustee in charge of Hollywood Video’s bankruptcy, and, in most cases, they’ve stopped pursuing the debts once consumers disputed the claims. Hollywood Video’s Debt Collectors Allegedly Demanding Bogus Late Fees

Consumers have filed more than 1,400 complaints to the Better Business Bureau in the past year alleging two debt collection companies are going after them on behalf of now-bankrupt Hollywood Video to pay late fees they don’t owe, according to Stltoday.com. The two companies, West Bay and Universal Fidelity, are working on behalf of the trustee in charge of Hollywood Video’s bankruptcy, and, in most cases, they’ve stopped pursuing the debts once consumers disputed the claims.

Hollywood Video’s Debt Collectors Allegedly Demanding Bogus Late Fees

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    Been on the receiving end of something similar. As soon as I pushed back they disappeared.
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    Hahaha told you guys those late fees come back to haunt you!
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    Blockbuster was better anyway.
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    next time you complain about Netflix raising its prices, remember that this is...ugly,...
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    mail my mom laughed and threw it out
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