When we signed up we were 25,000 in… When we signed up we were 25,000 in debt. A relocation and job change create very difficult financial burden on our family. We were able to combine in the program 4 creditors. They were out legal spokesmen for the settling the debt. In just 4 years we are now debt free and our credit score has rebounded to excellent. Highly recommended.

I had a similar experience to others in… I had a similar experience to others in receiving a PINK letter and copy implying they are a debt collector and warning in highlighted letters about "failure to call." They list a plethora of credit cards at the top of the page hoping to cover all possibilities (I have never had most of those cards). My guess is that they send this out in hopes of intimidating the recipient, and subsequently extorting payments from them regardless if there is a valid debt. If you receive one of these letters, you should complain about it to the consumerfinance.gov.

SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT - they send notices that threaten collections but are trying to sell you debt consolidation services. It's misleading and possibly fraudulent. They do not print any license information in their letter which would violate the law for any financial company. I will be complaining to the state financial authority. Here's a tip, if you need to scare and mislead people to earn a living, your business is not respectable. You are bad people. Think about it and try to do something decent in the world. Unemployment is low, you don't have to hurt people to make a living.

UDC- a big mistake UDC assured me I would save $$ . In reality I was harassed for 8 months by creditors. UDC did not have “relationships” with most of these .companies. Most of the CC companies refused to even negotiate with UDC. The money I managed to avoid paying the CC companies instead went to UDC as their “handling fee”. As a result of me dealing with UDC my credit is completely shot for the next couple of years. I could have delt with these CC companies myself and reached a settlement quicker under more favorable terms.

The UDS counselors failed to inform me… The UDS counselors failed to inform me that even though the debts re renegotiated, the negative debt information stays on one’s credit report. Additionally, they are poorly equipped to help a costumer figure out what to do about it and would not help get the information removed from one’s credit report. Would not recommend this service to anyone.