Debt Collection, bad debt management for the private person.

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The PAYG wage earner is quite often the person for whom a credit squeeze hurts most.

Rising interest, falling employment, these are signs that you need to strap in and hold on.

Budgeting and planning ahead are the big things. Assess where you are, what debt you owe, what income streams you have, what outgoings you have. Budget ahead for those big yearly costs such as rego's and Christmas. Try and spread them out over the year by using 1/2 yr registration payments, as a one off, to move this payment away from others.

Look at your spending habits. Do you have a shopping list, and stick to it? Do you blow your pay on a Friday night binge?

Can you consolidate your loans. If you get really stuck, approach the banks and work with them. Start NOT reaching for the credit card. If outgoings are greater than income it is simply a matter of time until you go under. Most 'no interest' contracts have a BIG bite, in that if you fail to keep to the contract (down to the last dollar) they backtrack the interest to the time you bought the item and compound it.

If we, or another debt collector, contact you we will try to negotiate an outcome which will get the debt paid off. If you are less than honest with us we will then turn to the legal options.

In some cases debt may be incurred by one party to a relationship, without the knowledge of the other. This can lead to friction. Open negotiations between parties is the only way to proceed.

TRY TO SAVE, EVEN IF IT IS A FEW BUCKS A WEEK!!! It does add up, and you can pay for that emergency.

If someone owes you money. Act now, don't put it off. The longer you leave it, the harder it becomes.

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