AAA! My favorite new arbitration forum!!!

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3 weeks ago I filed a AAA arbitration against a debt collector trying to collect an old AT&T bill out of statue. (In WI, Statue of Repose makes the mere act of collecting an out of statue debt, illegal)

I filed it as a consumer arbitration with a fee waiver.

Debt collector came back with an excoriating 10 page brief on how its a commercial AT&T claim being collected and that I should not get benefit of AAA consumer rules. They were also whining the AT& T arbitration clause does not apply to them. It must have cost $1000 for their attorney to prepare.

AAA gave me a week to respond before they decide which set of rules to apply to the arbitration.

Well, I've been busy on the global debt collection war front and I completely forgot to respond to "save the consumer AAA application." (And I had an eloquent treatise lined up on how I am a consumer, under my state law, because they did not cough up one document with their illegal and harrassing phone calls)

I get a fax from AAA this P.M.

Due to claimants (me) failure to timely respond, accordingly the association (AAA) will apply Commercial Arbitration Rules...

"Pursuant to the contract submitted by Claimant the business (debt collector) is responsible for remitting the filing fee and the arbitrator's compensation. Accordingly, the business is requested to remit $1725.00 to the Association before XXXXXX"

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!

Anybody being harrassed by anybody for any AT&T bill for anything...file a AAA arbitration against them!!!!!

I'm now going to amend my complaint upward over the $75,000 threshold.

MG05, you are completely right!!!!!!!!