A friend of mine has one baddie and only on TransUnion, a small collection account:
GILA CORPORATION #xxxxxxxxx00000000000000000****
8325 TUSCANY WAY
BUILDING 4
AUSTIN, TX 787543614
(800) 568-7004 x3208
Placed for Collection: 10/21/2010
Responsibility: Individual Account
Account Type: Open Account
Loan Type: COLLECTION AGENCY/ATTORNEY
Balance: $0
Date Updated: 10/08/2013
Last Payment Made: 09/09/2013
Original Amount: $198
Original Creditor: HAWAII 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Pay Status: >Account Paid in Full; was a Collection<
Date Closed: 09/09/2013
Date Paid: 09/09/2013
Remarks: >PAID COLLECTION<
Estimated month and year that this item will be removed: 05/2016
Any suggestions of best plan of attack? This has never been disputed. Would it make sense to start with Gila and offer to pay more fees to get this off? Unfortunately, they just paid it when they got notice of the account even though they thought it was not valid, but thought it was easier to pay them off to make them go away.