In XX/XX/XXXX, I settled a debt through a law firm for a XXXX XXXX/Metris credit card account. 
In XX/XX/XXXX, I was contacted by another law firm and told that I owed for that same account. I contacted the original law firm and they re-sent me the settlement letter and confirmed that they had my account as satisfied and that they had let Metris know back in XX/XX/XXXX. 
I faxed the settlement letter to the law firm who contacted me as well as bank statements showing the payments cleared. They apologized and assured me they would correct the issue with Metris. 
I have since heard from at least XXXX other law firms on this, almost on a yearly basis. Most recently last week. I submitted yesterday, the settlement letter to the latest law firm. 
Metris has been bought by other companies since I settled the debt and I can not find an up-to-date contact number so that I can address this directly. The law firms will never give me the contact info they have, they only assure me it will be taken care of. However, this is only 'taken care of ' until Metris ( or whoever owns these old Metris accounts ) sends my info to a new law firm. They never update my account correctly to show that it is satified. I do not think it is fair or reasonable that I hear almost annually from a lawyer on a debt that I have satisfied and paid taxes on. I am attaching the settlement letter which has the original law firm information.