Hello. Last year, I over drafted my bank account and got into chex systems. I owe them around $700. It wasn't overdrawn by much, but I lost my job around that time and ended up racking up overdraft fees.
I've been trying to save up the money to pay it off, but without a steady job I haven't gotten far. I was thinking about writing them a letter and explaining the situation, and asking them to remove it from chex systems. I'd just turned eighteen a month before the overdraft, and I was hoping they'd be more likely to forgive it since my budget skills were obviously rather poor around that time.
Is this a good idea?
Barring that, my plan is to keep saving and send them a pay-to-delete later. What's the success rate of those?
Oh, I should add that it says I've been reported for "Account Abuse."
Thank you for any help and advice you can give me.