Did DISH Network Collections get it wrong? Learn about your legal rights…
Federal law protects you from a collections department reporting inaccurate or unsupported items on your credit report. If a company like DISH Network becomes aware that they reported incorrect information to a credit bureau such as Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion, they must inform the credit bureau about the mistake.
If you think that DISH Network’s collections department should remove a negative item from your credit report, here’s how to make the request:
Under federal regulations, you can dispute your credit report directly by contacting DISH Network. To submit the dispute, send a letter containing your identifying information, a description of the dispute, and any supporting evidence to the DISH Network collections department at the address they provide on your credit report , or the notice address added in your DISH Network contract.
Send your letter by certified mail so you can prove that DISH Network received it. In most cases, a company like DISH Network has 30 days from the day the company received your letter to conduct a reasonable investigation and send you the results. If they agree that you’re right, then they have to notify the credit bureaus to delete all inaccurate information.
If you don’t trust DISH Network to fix your issue, federal law requires the three major credit bureaus to investigate information reported as inaccurate. The credit bureaus will investigate your DISH Network Collections Dispute by reporting it to the original company. This means reporting to the DISH Network Collections Department and the big three credit bureaus will increase your odds of getting positive results.
To report your DISH Network collections dispute to the three primary credit bureaus, use the following links: TransUnion customer service click here, Experian customer service dispute click here, and Equifax customer service dispute click here. In most cases, the credit bureaus are responsible for sending you an outcome of their investigation within 30 days of your request.
If DISH Network’s collections department and the credit bureaus refuse to correct the issue, you can continue to dispute the issue by filing a consumer arbitration complaint against DISH Network.
If you do not receive the result of a DISH Network collections department investigation within 30 days of informing the company of your complaint, then you may be entitled up to $1000 in damages under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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