Originally Posted by atr911

So I'm always trying to explain my feelings for the 911 to the wife and she never gets it. You said it so simply and accurately that I had to read your post to her. Her only response: "I hope these guys still feel that strongly about their wives after that kinda miles too!".

Originally Posted by NorthVan

If you want to save your credit, talk to the collection agency, and work a deal. I had an issue with Dell a number of years ago. They shipped me a computer for work, and I didn't hear anything about it for 3 years. I finally get a call from a collection agancy, and I am surprised, that this has gone so long with out hearing from them. I call Dell and talk to a guy in the accounting department (he was a total A hole), he tells me that he tried to call a person on and off for the 3 years with no call backs. I said the person you are looking for left the company left the company 2 weeks after the computer arrived, why didn't you ask for someone else? He responded, I don't know, so will you pay the bill. I asked, what about the guy at the collections aganecy that actually called the right guy, he said that it was too bad for him. I replied, I will call you back. I called the collections guy and told him what the Dell guy said, he told me that if I offered him 50 cents on the dollar, that he would accept that and close the file with out any issue with my companies credit history. I told him it was a done deal.

The icing on the cake, was when I called the guy at Dell and told him I settled it with the credit guy, and that I only paid 50 cents on the dollar....that was one pissed guy!

Sorry to hear about your bad day, and I agree that the Porsche will always put a smile on my face.