I paid my bill in full for {$240.00} to XXXX XXXX XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. In XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX I was informed by XXXX XXXX Collections that the bill was not paid. I called the original creditor and XXXX XXXX XXXX alerting both to the fact that this bill was paid in full and should not be in collections. XXXX XXXX concurred that the bill was paid in full and that they would contact the collection agency and make a correction as my account was closed and no outstanding debt remained. In the interim my credit watch services continued to in form me of no change in my delinquent status. I was put in contact with Experian and disputed the false information. I informed Experian that I had a copy of the original bill and proof of payment via credit card on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX. I requested to send the latter proof to Experian but they advised me that the dispute was with XXXX XXXX who they would contact and sending this information would not be essential or helpful ( in retrospect very poor advice ). I received via mail from Experian a summary of their so called investigation which just stated that this is my debt and the outstanding amount would be on my file until XXXX. I have subsequently called with Gold Coast Collections again and told that they were not aware of a dispute and they would initiate an investigation XXXX/XXXX/XXXX ; I must add they were very rude condescending and made intimations suggesting that I must be lying and their information was always correct. On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX I also contacted XXXX billing via phone they confirmed that their was no outstanding bill ( again!!! ) and according to their records my previous calls were documented as " hang up calls '', hence the error was not previously corrected with the collection agency although I owed them nothing. I again requested that the correction be made immediately and was reassured that this would be done. 
Needless to say I received no further information from Experian, XXXX XXXX or XXXX XXXX Collections. My credit score has plummetted from XXXX to XXXX do to the lack of action of all XXXX who have all the power to wreck my credit by false reporting and failure to correct the obvious errors. I need my credit restored to its original near perfect status but the consumer is held hostage in my case and I am sure this represents false reporting and unfair trade practices. I am not able to afford a lawyer at this time to insist on these corrections but may not be able to do without one. This should not be allowed to happen and both the origin creditor and collection agency are liable and should be subject to serious fines and monitoring for unfair and malicious practices.