Confessions From Debt Collectors

July 22nd, 2010 admin

Thanks to CNN for its interviews with former and present debt collectors, giving us a clue to what makes these people tick. Check out the story of these people. Like, Mel Harsh, a debt collector for 20 years, with only one week left with an auto finance company. “I was absolutely ruthless when I first started


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