How do Debt Elimination Programs Work?
Credit card and other debt elimination programs work in various ways. One of the most common options often employed involves the company telling the consumer to stop making all of their payments. In the meantime, this company will contact the creditors to work on negotiating the debt down, possibly threatening them with legal action (usually though, there are no grounds for these threats as the creditors have nothing illegal). Because the consumer is no longer making payments on their debts, this begins to affect their credit score. There is also no guarantee that the creditors will negotiate, keeping the debt as it was before. In addition to the negative credit score and bad relations the consumer has now developed with their creditors, there is also usually a large fee charged by debt elimination companies. There are some programs that are nonprofit, but most do not involve decreasing debt but managing it instead and the vast majority of organizations out there do charge a substantia
