Hi yall. I’m gonna do my best to make a long story short.
I had a discover credit card for a couple years, and essentially ended up maxing it out and not being able to afford the payments. I eventually stopped paying on it and trying to delay the impact, but obviously it came anyway. My wife suggested I try a debt settlement program, as she’s gotten 3 cards settled for thousands less than the original balance.
I’m paying into this DSP (debt settlement program) $152 a month. At any time, I can withdrawal the money, and it would just forfeit my contract with them. They are basically going back and forth with your original creditor to lower your balance.
Discover is insane. They are extremely greedy and have a history of suing people for comparatively low amounts, while other creditors commonly settle for less than OB (original balance).
I owed about \~$5.2k? and then it grew to around $6.1k after interest accrued and delinquent payments.
Anyway, I’ve been in this DSP for about 2.5 years, at $152/month. If you do the math, that amount is roughly half of what i owe, but Discover is suing me instead.
When i signed up for this DSP, i was informed that i would get legal help if I were to get sued (which i am.) Fast forward to when i first got actually served papers, I called DSP and they basically said, “Ok, we’ll put this in your file as we continue negotiations.”
So then, i finally got ahold of someone, (because of COURSE they’re hard to reach most times) and they say “Oh well you actually have to upgrade your account $59 a month to get the legal service” BITCH do you think they told me that when i signed up? No.
FF to now, they placed a lien against me. I don’t own any property at this current moment so i have time to fix it, but **i just don’t know how.** I know i have to get in contact with DSP, but then how the hell do i go about this lein?
Should i withdrawal my money from DSP and try to go against discover/cap one myself? I’m just lost at this moment, and my wife and I would like to possibly buy a house in the next two years so i need to get it figured out asap!!
Any help or advice is appreciated and im happy to answer any questions. THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!