CompassioNATE Collections

David Sher, Nate Thomas, Martin Sher

(written by Martin Sher)

Well I’m sitting in my den making some notes for my blog, and I write down the word Compassionate.  My topic was there staring me in the face! NATE! The last four letters of compassionate spell NATE.  Unbelievable!  Definitely a sign of some sort.

CompassioNATE Collections

David Sher, Nate Thomas, Martin Sher

(written by Martin Sher)

Well I’m sitting in my den making some notes for my blog, and I write down the word Compassionate.  My topic was there staring me in the face! NATE! The last four letters of compassionate spell NATE.  Unbelievable!  Definitely a sign of some sort.

Fried Chicken And Credit Scores

By Martin Sher, AmSher Co-CEO

Over the next few months, I want to use this blog to help get people out of debt.  I grew up in a family business that helped thousands of people get their first credit account and helped people reestablish credit after a bankruptcy.  I am also a founder and a partner of a collection agency that helps customers get their debts taken care of.  I have taken thousands of credit applications, made thousands of credit decisions, trained thousands of credit and collection professionals, developed one of the first credit scoring systems in my credit furniture business, and also built a custom and proprietary collection system.

I have been on the credit side, and I fully understand the collection side. I have been immersed in the credit and collection world for my entire life.  Ever since I was 10 years old when I took my first credit application and made my first collection call.

“Compassionate” Should Start with a K

By Martin Sher, AmSher Co-CEO

What does it take to be a likeable bill collector? Many would say it’s an impossible task.

But not Karlene. In her 10 years as an AmSher collector, Karlene has called literally thousands of people who have past-due debts – that’s a lot of conversations. In fact, she’s collected more than $5 million in delinquent debt over the last decade.

And I doubt there were many people who answered the phone and thought, “Oh good! It’s the bill collector!”

But people talk to Karlene, because she is likeable and has a special, fun personality. She listens, laughs, and even cries with the people she’s talking to. She makes it her mission to help people think, consider, find money and pay their bills. We find time and time again that people appreciate her attitude and her help getting their bills paid.

Abraham Lincoln had a credit score of 387

By Martin Sher, AmSher Co-CEO

Most people in the United States are honest and intend to pay their bills.  It has been that way for about 237 years – that is why our credit system has thrived and our standard of living has soared.

But even the most honest, well-intentioned people run into situations in their lives when they cannot always meet their financial obligations. Even Abraham Lincoln, also known as “Honest Abe,” encountered this situation.

When Honest Abe was a child, his family was evicted from their home for non-payment of rent.

Lincoln also founded two businesses that were financial failures and ended in bankruptcy. He may have been one of the greatest presidents of the United States and one of the most significant leaders of the free world in history, but he probably would have had a lower credit score than Bonnie or Clyde.