I recieved a letter for settlement of an old debt I owed for an apartment. When I called in to accept the settlement amount, XXXX things happened. 
1. They changed the amount because there is a daily interest rate that is applied. 
2. They agreed that if I paid the amount of XXXX They would delete the record permanently. 
I agreed. 
I then spoke to my credit counselor and she told me that Paying that amount was not necessary, and I called " XXXX the next day and told him I would opt for the lesser amount and accept the " paid in full gurantee he offered me. 

Today, this account is being reported as " settled for the lesser amount '' and when I called to clarify their statement of settling in full, they stated that " settled in full is what they report and what the bureau reports is their own process ''. They made no attempt to correct the reporting, and I feel like I was tprovided flase information in order to pay the debt.