A New Debt Collector
A novel scheme for forcing reluctant debtors to pay is reported from Birmingham. The name of this Agency is the " Uniformed Collecting Company,'" and to enjoy all the advantages it offers, a yearly sum of five shillings is paid. Suppose you have a bad debt, and put it into the hands of the Company ; they immediately send a gentleman personage who politely asks the debtor to settle the account. If the persuasive powers of this gentleman be unavailing, a messenger in bright uniform, with the word " collector" in large letters on his hat, is next despatched. In the event of this failing to move the i debtor, the messenger goes home, | changes the inscription on his hat to i •' Collector of Doubtful Debts," and then returns to badger your debtor at liis private residence and places of business until the money is forthcoming.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 114, 2 April 1887, Page 4
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147A New Debt Collector Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 114, 2 April 1887, Page 4
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