USA Discounters, Ltd. Debt Collection Complaint

USA Discounters, Ltd. Debt collection department,

Other (phone, health club, etc.) Taking/threatening an illegal action Seized/Attempted to seize property

USA Discounters garnished my account and stated that if I did not pay $2900.00, they would keep my account locked. The amount previously stated was more than half of my account. I agreed to pay so that my account could be released and I could use the remainder of my money to buy food and other required things for my children and household. When they garnished my wages, I was unable to pay my rent and bills. My landlord contacted my - my work. Now, I am facing disciplinary actions at my job and possible eviction, as I have been late on my rent before due to financial issues. I was attempting to pay off my debt with USA Discounters previously and agreed on a settlement of $3600.00. I paid $1800.00 -/-/- and because of financial hardships was unable to pay the rest. My intentions were to continue paying off my debt once my situation improved. I was going to begin making payments again -/-/- as things were looking better financially. USA Discounters contacted the finance department to have my wages garnished and sent paper work to my commander about my debt. This caused me undue embarrassment and interfered with


- -. I contacted him and he stated that he can not release my account until I call the creditor, USA Discounters and come to some agreement with them about making payments. I called - - - - ) and she told me that I violated the original agreement by not continuing the payment so now I would have to pay half of the original debt ( $5800.00 ). I told her that I could not afford to do that because I would n't be able to pay my rent and other expenses. She stated that if I did not pay the $2900.00, they would continue to hold my account and I would n't have access to it. I felt like I had no other choice. I needed groceries for my household and I had to pay child care and other acute expenses so under duress, I reluctantly agreed to sign a garnishment disposition authorizing the bank to release the money. After paying USA Discounters the money, my account was released. I did not have enough money after that to pay for all my required living expenses. I could not afford my rent or bills. I used the remainder of the money in my account to purchase needed food, pay for child care and other immediate necessities. Because I did not pay my rent, the landlord went - and filed a complaint against me for not paying my rent. I have to face possible disciplinary actions at this time and I am under extreme pressures from everyone, due to the domino effect of this garnishment. I am requesting an investigation into this situation as I do not understand how the Soldiers and Sailors act did not protect me and how a lawyer, working for - assisted '' my creditor in getting money from my account by providing them with information about my account and making it easy for them to extort money from me. I am currently - and undergoing immense stress due to this situation. I intend to settle all of my debts. I am a divorced mother of - - - ) and had been experiencing back-to-back financial crisis and this situation set me back even further. I would like to know what my options are in this situation. I believe that the - lawyer and the USA Discounters representative were both wrong in how my case was handled.