Hello-A doctor 's bill was sent to the wrong address, so I received a debt collection notice via the telephone saying I owed payment. No big deal, I contacted my insurance company and doctor and they confirmed it was legitimate. I told the debt collection agency that I was in the process of contacting those companies and I planned to pay when that was confirmed. I received the XXXX notice about 10 days ago. 

I received a call from the collection agency today and was told they were going to report the bill to the credit agencies. I said okay, I 've confirmed it 's real and I 'll pay it online right now, since I do n't feel comfortable giving my credit card information over the phone. They said that if I pay online, it wo n't post for three days and by that time I will have my debt reported. I said okay fine - I 'll take that chance and I 'll have a confirmation email, which I can use to clear that up later. They said I would n't receive a confirmation email for the payment either, so I had to pay over the phone. 

This seemed odd, so I asked to speak to a supervisor and they said the same thing. I hung up and paid my bill online. Unsurprisingly, I received a confirmation email immediately. I called back 15 minutes after making my payment and I was told their system shows that my balance was paid in full. So obviously, all of those previous statements about online posting and confirmation emails were bold-faced lies designed to be pressure tactics. It was pretty disgusting.