What is the name of your state? colorado
I and my wife signed a lease for an apartment. She took care of rent but apparently she hadn't paid since we started living there. We left after 3 months of non-payment. The landlord decided to collect using a debt collection agency. The collection agency went after me since I was the one working. I have been in communication with them on this said amount (which I still dispute). I wrote a letter requesting not to be contacted by phone and also that I would be pay an amount of $100 every month till I was paid up. I did not get a reply to my letter. I sent $150 in April, $100 in May. On both occasions I got a receipt of payment. I couldn't pay in June because I had a lot of financial engagements (medical) that came up and I wrote the collection agency a letter regarding my situation and that I would continue in July with the $100 payments (which was to be made on the last week of every month). Then on 07/28/2007, I got a message from a friend staying with me that someone had tried to serve a summons to me (I was not around) and it was from the same collection agency. My friend did not sign or collect the documents. I planned on sending a $100 payment on 07/31/2007.
I would like to know how to go about handling this situation?
I and my wife signed a lease for an apartment. She took care of rent but apparently she hadn't paid since we started living there. We left after 3 months of non-payment. The landlord decided to collect using a debt collection agency. The collection agency went after me since I was the one working. I have been in communication with them on this said amount (which I still dispute). I wrote a letter requesting not to be contacted by phone and also that I would be pay an amount of $100 every month till I was paid up. I did not get a reply to my letter. I sent $150 in April, $100 in May. On both occasions I got a receipt of payment. I couldn't pay in June because I had a lot of financial engagements (medical) that came up and I wrote the collection agency a letter regarding my situation and that I would continue in July with the $100 payments (which was to be made on the last week of every month). Then on 07/28/2007, I got a message from a friend staying with me that someone had tried to serve a summons to me (I was not around) and it was from the same collection agency. My friend did not sign or collect the documents. I planned on sending a $100 payment on 07/31/2007.
I would like to know how to go about handling this situation?