The way this company collects money is quite concerning by the level of threatening, abusive language, lies and intimidation by specifically Ms. M. (Not saying the name just for legal purposes) I was told I had receive 2 letters and that I had to pay, never email, never got those letters, never understanding. Gave me 3 days to pay or they would sue me, somehow I paid with someone's help. And surprise the letters finally got to my house 2 weeks after the threatening. Calls from this business are very rude and inconsistent to what a collections agency should be. For a moment I thought I was getting scammed by the level of nonsense and aggressive behavior through the phone. Less to say the current legal case against them for the thing I just said I also experienced. If you really need help call the (800) number in their website the lady will be kind and actually help you instead of the (425) which is a person that in all honesty violates multiple policies in any company by the way you can be threatened thought this number despite being the direct phone number. Terrible experience, wouldn't wish anyone to deal with this kind of people ever read more

They are not professional and antagonize you. So they should do the opposite. I spoke to Eric and Sandra (Eric's manager). Both were very rude, argumentative, antagonistic, and demeaning. read more

Denise at Renton collections in Renton was extremely helpful in resolving a misunderstanding on one of our bills With her help we were able to successfully bring a close to this issue Thank you, Denise !! read more

They were so harsh in interaction and kept reading off notes from 2013 and I kept asking how can you garnish my wages when I had no idea this was happening and don't have recollection of this bill. I called overlake and they had no history of this bill. I am getting garnished in 2022 over something from 2013 that there is no evidence of. Now as a single mom I have to go find a lawyer and feel the stress of resolving. In a world that already has enough going on this just pushes you to such a negative mind frame. Wish I could give this zero stars. I hope this is just another lesson in resilience. read more

I never complain ever. Sandra the manager threatened me, was agressive, argued to a point i have never experienced elsewhere. i was trying to get this taken care of. they told me three different things to do. i did them and then she says she never said that. i put in about this to the bbb. also she said she was going to bring up things written off in 2016. they never tried to contact me before putting this on my credit report. read more

Not secure. I noticed on my credit report that I have a three-year-old collection from an old ER visit when I was in Bellevue. I don't live there and did not know about the bill. I'd like to pay it but the site for Renton Collections is NOT secure and they still use Flash, which is not supported and does not work. I'm concerned about two things -- that my payment to them might not be secure and that it might not help my credit and in fact could hurt it if they don't remove the item from my report. I don't trust them and wish the hospital had just contacted me instead of sending this to collections. It's only $75. read more

I received a notification on my credit alerts that I had been sent to collections for $67.00. This was from an ER visit at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA. I had other bills for large amounts all of which I paid. I was not notified of the $67.00 bill which is why it was left unpaid. I was sent to collections RCI (Renton Collections Inc). I called on a Saturday about the matter, left a message to please call me back ASAP. Monday I hadn't received response so I called in again, transferred to Ed Clark ext 208. He explained the reason I had not been sent any info is because it is company policy to not mail anything out of state, and I'm in Oregon. I asked him to verify as that sounded ridiculous. He verified with manager that is company policy to not mail out of state which is why I received no notification. I asked what if someone being treated at the hospital lives elsewhere, farther than Oregon and they receive no notification, they just have to catch the collections account appear on their credit. Now I have paid it in full days after receiving the email from Credit Karma asking if it was my account. It's paid in full but I have a derogatory mark on my credit now due to this ridiculous oversight. He explained that because the total balance was less than $150.00 I couldn't pay with a card, only by check by phone which they would need my bank info. I'm not giving that out over the phone and a card payment is traceable. He then told me I could log into their website and pay with a credit / debit card, so I did. Ed was not rude, but not understanding either. I would say remained professional but it must be hard for someone to remain professional with ridiculous company policies. I certainly wouldn't want to be in that profession. Especially since they make no effort to contact the account holder. Website says the company prides themselves on "good old fashioned customer service". This statement must be false with the ridiculous company policies in place. I told Ed I would be writing this review and posting it on all review sites so others will be aware that the company does not make any effort to notify collections account holder who are located outside of Washington state. I don't expect any collections agency would have even one good review, however I just wanted this information to be posted for anyone else out of state who is facing the same issue. read more

Ridiculous.. actually calling for minors instead of parents of made up bills that don't exist during covid year of mist people not being able to work. Worst customer service ever! Scam in my mind! read more

I was reported to this horrible place either 9 or 12 times (my credit report said 12; Renton Collections told me 9) by the uncommunicative Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, which failed to send me any bills or warnings before reporting me. After I saw the notices on my credit report, I immediately called the number for Renton Collections; a pre-recorded voice informed me that the person who owned the voicemail box was out of the office and that it "wouldn't be checked" (um, okay). No other details (such as exactly for how LONG the inbox wouldn't be checked). I was still able to leave a message, so I decided to do so, just in case. I had no idea if anybody would call me back. Well, somebody did return my call the very next morning. I, too, had the misfortune of speaking to the rude and ridiculously unprofessional "Sandra". This woman was polite up until the point she identified herself; as soon as we started talking about the charges, she was all sighs and huffs and condescending scolding; she lectured me for sounding frustrated on the voicemail that I'd left (because I'm sure everybody who gets hit with 12 unexpected collections reports is just a ray of sunshine about it), she interrupted me and spoke over me, she refused to answer my questions about how to set up a payment plan, and ultimately she wound up hanging up on me. I immediately called back and spoke to a man who was at least faux polite (he claimed that he would "talk" to Sandra; right). I paid my entire balance in full then and there; I question some of these charges (not having received any bills or notices from SCCA or Renton Collections, despite the latter's claims to the contrary, I'm not even entirely sure what they're FOR -- probably co-pays, but who's to say without any paperwork?) but the $1100 balance almost seemed worth it just to get these people off my back. I'd have preferred to set up a payment plan, but my brief "conversation" with Sandra was more than enough for me to decide that I did NOT want to deal with this company on a long-term basis. Now it's almost funny to read all these other reviews that specifically reference Sandra (although I truly sympathize with anybody else who's had the misfortune of speaking with her -- or rather attempting to speak with her while she railroads over you, then hangs up on you). At least I know now that I'm in good company! read more

Horrible and rude service when I called to inquire about a bill I received. Why can't they be kind and just answer questions? I did not receive a bill and the agent could not be respectful enough to have a normal conversation. Looking at the other reviews, it appears I am not alone. What sad and pathetic lives these agents must live to be so unkind, dishonest and miserable every day. read more

"Sandra" I picture This woman to be a sad, single, miserable woman who just lashes out at people for no reason.. who probably wears a lighted bright hat saying profanities....and that is why she is great at her position. I called and asked what or who I owed and Man, the uncalled attitude for no reason.. is she in a constant PMS status? HOLY SH*T. This lady hung up on me and it took me about 7 calls to get to a decent human being to pay my $50 dollars or whatever it was lol. I can image that these people work for $7 an hour, are crammed into an garage office and are just miserable. And the website... for f sakes... it's 2017... I've seen children create better media than this.... there's no place you can actually check what your bill is. .. it's pathetic. But I would except nothing more coming from Renton. Advice- Sandra needs some time off to re-evaluate her life and collect her thoughts. Maybe some therapy... a bath.. yoga.. she needs to relax..adopt a puppy... have more cigarette breaks or whatever makes her happy. She's one looney toon! read more

Very nice agents! I was sent to collections because I forgot to pay my medical bill. I spoke to Mrs. Martinez after dealing with a few agents that were not able to help me, she claims to be the manager. She was able to help me with my situation. My bills did not get paid and that is my fault. Renton has to do a job, don't get mad at them for that. read more

These people are vermin. After speaking to multiple reps on the phone and each time getting the runaround, I went down to their office. I had faxed them documentation multiple times and each time I would call to verify its receipt, they would claim that they never received it. 4 faxes - Attn: Mrs. Martinez. The account they had was for under 300 dollars (2 bills) for unpaid medical expenses that my insurance didn't cover. Bills were sent from multiple departments and sub groups (from my heart attack) and these were over looked by my insurance. They refused to provide me with any documentation and treated me as if I were trying to rob the place. Very unprofessional and a disgrace to hardworking people who are in this industry. Thankfully I was able to work around them and call the billing departments (Swedish Emergency Physicians and Integra Imaging) directly to get this sorted. (Even though Renton Collections stated I absolutely could not go around them.) I would highly recommend anyone dealing with this company to instead call the original debtor and work with them directly. Inform them of how terrible and unprofessional Renton Collections have been to you. If enough people complain (in a professional manner) we might be able to sever the flow of money to these slime balls. It takes all kinds in this world, but surely we would be better off without these soulless creatures... https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0149-debt-collection read more

What a horrible experience and unethical practice! How on earth is this legal? Why on earth would Overlake Hospital choose to do business like this, and with the likes of Renton Collections? Horrible! Last year, I was admitted to Overlake Hospital's emergency room. When the shocking plethora of bills rolled in over the following weeks and months, there was a lot of back and forth between me, my insurance company, and Overlake. There were far too many out reached hands wanting a piece if the pie (one hospital visit equates to at least four or five surprises separately invoiced under different legal entity names, and for things I that were not communicated to me and that I didn't authorize). Several months later, it was all settled (I had given up fighting with my insurance company to cover their share of the bill). My last invoice payment of $300 was sent to Overlake in December. Paid in full! It is now July of the following year. Earlier this evening, I was served with a LAWSUIT by a process server (by way of my son). Renton Collections had apparently filed this case with the King County District Court back in April, three months ago. And this is how I am notified, with a LAWSUIT? No letter in the mail? There should have been accounting controls in place to recognize the obvious error and have it be worked out between Renton Collections and Overlake Hospital. Not with an abusive lawsuit filed against me! The claim is that I owe $300 PLUS Renton Collection's self-appointed legal fees - and the amount is now more than twice the $300! Is this how they manipulate their way through loopholes and around collections and credit regulations? Disgusting, really. It will be a pleasure to report this to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (for anyone who needs it, here's the link: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/). I looked up Renton Collections before typing this review. They are listed as a "sponsor" of Overlake Hospital. Looking more at the relationships of people involved, it looks to me like there are some close and cozy connections between the two (pockets being lined?). To make it even more horrific, I have seen at least three strange people wondering around the front of my house over the past few weeks, all caught on home security footage when motion was detected. About two weeks ago, one guy in particular was peering into my windows and was acting strange and out of it. It scared me so much that I contacted and filed a report with the King County Sheriff that day. I would have never guessed, but now it seems obvious that they were process servers working for Renton Collections. Peering into windows like that is NOT legal. It is NOT okay! It is harassment, violates my privacy, and is willfully intimidating. I have evidence of my $300 payment to Overlake Hospital in hand. I will fight this and will do anything I can to stop this from happening to others. Very shady practices! Shame on you, Renton Collections and Overlake Hospital! This is very not okay! read more

The customer representative Jennifer is not professional at all. She is not patient and gives attitude to customers with inquiries. She did even hang up customers' call rudely. I don't know if this company is running out of budget so that it can only hire someone with pool skills and educations to do such customer facing work. read more

If you have a medical bill in the Renton area, PAY IT OFF WHILE IT'S AT THE HOSPITAL. I had emergency room bill from Valley Medical Center in 2008 that was in collections. This bill should have been paid by Progressive but that story is for another review. I contacted Renton Collections to pull it out of collections and explained my story about the insurance not paying it. They said they can't release it from collections and cited policy. After trying 3 or 4 times I gave in and paid it off last month, March 2012. The original balance was $212 but I ended up paying over $300 for it. When I paid the $300 they said I had another bill in collections with a $25 balance from May 2011 but the only hospital visit I had from 2011 was when I broke my foot. I went to Harborview and got my balance approved by charity care. I told them about this and they said they can't remove the balance until I send them a copy of the charity care letter. I called back a week later after searching for that letter, but to no avail. I explained I was going to pay it even though it was illegal to charge me for a visit that was paid for. The lady that answered was EXTREMELY rude and said I had no balance. She cursed at me and said I need to get my facts straight before I call back. I'm sorry, but it was your colleague that gave me the facts. Ignorant B****!!! read more

I had two different medical bills end up here, totaling about $650. I called and they tried to get me to pay another bill belonging to someone else with the same last name! Not my responsibility. I was very clear I wanted to pay off my account in full, and they took my debit information. It was debited from my account within 24 hours. After 3 additional calls I finally get them to send me a receipt. They only charged off one account, there is still another $100 charge collecting interest. I call again and pay AGAIN. I have STILL not received a receipt for this payment. It has been over 6 weeks of phone calls. I can almost guarantee they are not reporting it to credit agencies as paid. My advice to anyone is do not let your medical bills get here. Valley Medical Center, Overlake, etc all use them for unpaid accounts. All I am asking for is a receipt that the account is paid off!!! read more

As if it was possible I had a GREAT experience with this agency!! Over the course of my adult life unfortunately I have had to deal with several collection agencies and have worked very hard to clean my credit up and work towards purchasing my 1st home. Then a unexpected hospital visit that cost me several thousands of dollars happened. They completely worked with me letting me pay some months $100.00 other months $50.00 and at times having to skip a month. Not once did they EVER treat me demeaning or unkind. I am happy to say as of two minutes ago I made my last $125.00 payment!!! WOOHOOOO! I left this experience feeling empowered and grateful that I was working with Renton Collections! Angela read more

This company is the absolute worst company EVER FUCKING MORONS. Supposedly my account has been in collection since November of 2015 and I am just finding out about now in June 2016. They said they have made numerous attempts to contact me, WHICH IS LIE after checking my cell phone bill. Then they have the completely wrong address for me, an address that I haven't lived at in over 10 plus years!!! DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE PROPERLY!! I pay my fucking bills on time you creeps, now I have this stupid account on my credit report that could have been paid off before it was even reported to the credit bureau. IDIOTS! COMPLETE IDIOTS. read more

Reviewing a collection agency? Who would ever say nice things? "It was great I had to pay them"...? "Wow, I love bills" Ridiculous to have debtors who owe an collection agency review this place...wow!! read more

Terrible service - Rude and unwilling to work with folks having Medical related debt during this pandemic. It's almost criminal how they are unwilling to work with people during these uncertain times, and I'll be writing State agencies to have them looked into. read more

Received a statment in the mail from RCI in regards to a "final notice to pay your past due balance of $12.54". Strange, because I never had any other "notices" come from them (this was the first), yet this is my "final" notice "before account will be assigned to Renton collections, inc". Panicked, I called them on today, and was transferred to an agent. "RCIBillingService." "I'm calling about my statement--" "..K. And?" "...I wanted to know what this debt is for?" "Becauseofprivacylawswearen'tallowedtodiscussthat." "Um, ok....so how--" "It's Radia Inc" "What?" "Radia Inc" (which I realized is the company that sent my debt to RCI) "So, can I pay my balance over the phone" "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhYoucangotorentoncollections" "So, can I not pay it over the phone?" "youcanbut I'll have to charge you a fee of $10." "oh, ok. What's the website again?" ::SIGH:: "It's renton collections.com" "Okay thank---" "OKAYYYEEEEEEEETHANKSBYE" ::Hangs up on me:: The phone technician was insanely short and impatient with me, did not want to talk and negotiate how to pay, Which is odd, because they are a collections company. Also, he noted that because of a privacy law, he can't tell me which company my debt came from, but he told me the company later on in the conversation. Huh? This website that he's referred to is not mentioned at ALL on the statement that I am holding. Otherwise, I would've saved them this phone call, which they clearly did not want to answer. I've never had any debt sent to collections before, so I'm not sure if this is normal, or if I even owe this money. I've read a couple of yelp reviews that some people were erroneously referred to this company when their debt was already paid. I finally figured out what company referred my debt to them (it's at the top of the bill in bold between the * symbols *), and will go through them to figure out why I owe this money. Do not waste your time calling this "company" who staff incredibly unprofessional collectors who do not even want to do their job even if someone offers to pay in full. read more

Sandra I believe was her name, and she was so horrible to me on the phone when she called me that I was convinced it was a scam caller. I told her to #!$@ off. After looking up this number and realizing it wasn't a scam call I called back and spoke with Rosa who was very kind and answered my question. (Which is why its a 2 star, not 1). I'm sure this business is maybe ok, but my review is for the woman Sandra who either needs to find a new job or learn to treat people differently when it's literally your job to call random strangers on the phone about difficult subject matters. read more

It's clear that a lot of people have complained about Sandra and she still has a job. I imagine she's an overweight, ance faced, 20 cat having single thing. I am 37 years old and have never had any debts in my life. Due to miscommunication between my insurance and hospital I was sent to collections. Sandra talked to me like I was the worst scum of the Earth. Unfortunately for her I'm a confident woman who had the time to check her and her attitude. Maybe I'll take a trip down to the office....see if she's as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. Her office probably smells like stale fries and everybody at the office makes fun of her behind her back. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. Horrible customer service. Incredibly rude and condescending.

Sandra was horribly unprofessional. I was unaware of a medical bill that was in collections (under $200). Let her know I was never notified and she stated that they sent me two letters which I did not receive (common complaint in other reviews). I was unhappy but was going to pay my bill in full. She made remarks such as "you don't need to be sarcastic" and "it's not my fault that you didn't pay your bill and it's in collections". I have never dealt with someone this rude and blatantly unprofessional. I requested a different representative or supervisor to work with and she refused and said to pay online. I obtained my account number and paid In full online. This company needs to invest in training for their employees on ethics and customer service. read more

If you get a call from them be prepared to talk to Mrs. Martinez and get belittled for 20-30 minutes. I get that working at a collection agency probably sucks but dear god could you be ANYMORE unpleasant. Have talked with her multiple times and you can't even ask 2 questions with out being made out to be criminal. She will call you names, talk about your debt as if you killed someone and interrupt while yelling for you to answer her questions. And good luck asking to talk to anyone else. Amazingly they have what seems like 40 receptionists but only Mrs. Martinez covering accounts. I would recommend getting yourself ready mentally to be talked down to because even if you will stand up for yourself, she will hang up on you and not discuss anything with you. read more

I wish I could give a negative rating because this business employs the worst kinds of people so if you're a miserable person and enjoy talking down to people, being disrespectful, not listening to customers, and generally being an ugly person, this is the place you should work! Jennifer is rude, condescending, and downright an ugly person so if you call and get her to help you just hang up and call back, not that anyone else is any better. On a serious note, I had a bill in collection with them that I didn't owe, and I tried explaining that to them and I was called a liar that didn't pay their bills. After being hung up after being told they didn't even have a copy of the bill to validate my debt, I called the provider and figured out it was placed on my credit in error, which I had tried to explain to Renton Credit Collections. And when I asked to speak to a supervisor I was sent to voicemail with no callback. To make matters worse they said it'll be 60 days before it is removed from my credit. They should not be in business! read more

RUDE RUDE RUDE!!! I was called repeatedly by Renton for a ER visit bill that went into collections, due to an error in processing my insurance info. I told them each time that the hospital and my insurance were working it out. Each time the person I spoke to was more rude than the previous. The final phone call, involved the gentleman stating to me " Its not my fault you don't pay your bills on time." Absolutely horrific to hear from a customer service agent who knew nothing about my history. To make matters worse, I never actually received a bill from them, they even had it noted that the bills were returned because they had my street spelled wrong. Idiots. I asked them to send me the bill and gave the correct spelling of my street, and ummmm still waiting for that to come in the mail 3 years later. read more

Horrible horrible horrible people here. First was transferred two different times to the wrong people. Then, was transferred to the right indivudal who then started to belittle and yell at me. Even made sarcastic comments while I was explaining and asking questions. Then she hung up on. I called back and the receptionist Stephanie refused to ask my questions. Was transferred back to the same lady who continued her condensing comments. Shocking that these people work in a position that requires them to be in contact with others. They're owners or board of directors should really take into consideration the reviews these employee are receiving. read more

This company's due diligence is completely lacking. I saw my credit get hit in November of 2017. Thinking that I got hit by fraud I called them in a panic. For some reason they had my old address I haven't lived in in 5 years. So I asked them to send me a bill... the bill states this is their second attempt. So they report to your credit after 1 phone call and 1 letter. Ridiculous, as I never received due to their incompetence. I called the vendor (medical) and they had the correct address. So this is intentional on the part of Renton Collections. I think they do this on purpose so you won't have any opportunity to fix the issue. And then it dings your credit for 7 years. This is for something from August 2015 that JUST hit November 1. I have never ever had a ding on my credit and if I had heard from them I would have worked to fix the problem before it became and issue. I was never given that opportunity. read more

WARNING: do let deal with these people lightly. they are fraud and will never let you resolve your account. MISS CORTEZ there could not be the greatest monkey brain uneducated person i've ever dealt with. simply because you don't know how to do your job you hang up on me?? please do everyone a favor and resign, MISS CORTEZ. i have also spoken with SANDRA MARTINEZ there, the manager ( i have no idea how she is manager when she doesn't know a damn thing!). my goodness, all the reviews about SANDRA MARTINEZ at rci on the internet are dead on. rude, doesn't want to do her job or help you take care of a situation, just sits there like a menopausal grumpy lady wanting to find a reason to not help you. people please feel free to write your honest reviews of these uneducated people working here trying to deliberately ruin your credit by never resolving your account. MISS CORTEZ- get a job at walmart where your un-intelligence will be truly valued. SANDRA- i don't know how you are manager there and not capable of handling the most simple of tasks. it's sad you're the one we ask for in order to avoid dealing with dumbasses and really you're the ultimate one. read more

I have no rating, but I have choose something right? I have never encountered such unprofessional and beyond rude agent by the name of Sandra, maybe her last name is Martinez, because she literally warned me and said that I was being recorded. Which I sure do hope my niece and I was! It makes you wonder if they really record the calls or do they just toss them out. This Rep literally yelled at me over the phone like a kid having a super bad tantrum. I asked her this is how you treat customers, she says excuse me maam, you are not our customer, you owe our customer who is tapco money. I am a customer of credit union, and I hate to think that any credit union, which are family owned banks, would allow someone like to represent their name. It was AWFUL! The collection was sent to them by Tapco Credit Union and folks it is not like I did not have money to offer, the debt for my niece and nephew on the report was 10,532.00 last reported 07.31.19. I asked if we could settle for a lesser amount she said no we have to pay over 12,000 and she does not have the authority to remove ANYTHING. so i asked her to get me to someone that has authority please. she then says i cannot speak to her boss but she will and let me know. Great! She comes back and says 11,000, the debt is 5 years old, and they sold and made money off the vehicle already. I have 8500.00 take it or leave it. You know what she said, "11,000 is our final offer, and there is nothing else you can do." Before she could finish i hung up on her face. I AM SORRY I DO NOT TOLERATE RUDENESS, I AM A HUMAN BEING NOT A DOG! read more

Not that it makes any difference but these people are the scum of the earth. Never in my life have I been treated so disrespectfully. They are rude, stupid, unwilling to help. "I'd like to try and take care of this." "Oh yea? You want to take care of it? Then pull out your credit card and pay for it." There is a special place in hell for these people. HOW IS THIS PLACE STILL IN BUSINESS? Look at these complaints, look at the claims that have been filed on the Better Business Bureau site. I don't care what line of work you're in, I don't care if your entire life is to try and get people to pay their bills, you don't treat people like crap. Show some professionalism, act like a human being. This is disgusting. I have dealt with collection agencies before and NEVER in my life have I had an experience like this. read more

Obviously, you probably don't have a choice if you can/can't deal with these people or not, but maybe the companies that use them could catch some wind of how completely terrible this company is. I am dealing with a medical claim that has been processed incorrectly twice now by the associated medical billing company. I received a call from this agency saying that the claim was again denied and the hold on the collection had been lifted. I expressed that this was again and error that I would need to investigate the issue again, as I have not had any lapse in insurance coverage for any time. The associate on the phone made a comment indicating that if the claim came back denied, that it was denied and that I need to "Grow up and pay your bill". During the time I was being insulted by this company employee, I was asking the associate to please listen to me, at which point I was hung up on. Upon calling back, I was able to speak to a supervisor who gave me the phone number and account number associated with the collection attempt. Both numbers were wrong. Calling back, I was presented with another account number, and again calling the number for the medical billing company was incorrect, and they were able to determine that they were in-fact not the billing company who processed this during the time of my treatment. They gave me a number to the hospital who could then find me the correct number for that medical billing agency. With that agency, none of the account numbers given to me by renton collections were correct, but they were able to look up my account again. They determined, that they had in-fact billing the wrong insurance again. I have since been calling back to try and clarify the situation, but have been unsuccessful in being able to reach a supervisor. I was clearly harassed and asked to pay an amount that I was clearly disputing. I was treated with derogatory remarks. Upon reaching the supervisor, I clearly explained my situation and that after jumping through hoops, I was able to find the company that originally sent my account to collections. I explained that they DID in-fact have the wrong insurance information again. When I told that I was going to be filing a complaint for derogatory treatment, being asked to pay when I was disputing the claim, and for hanging up on me when asked not to, she became hostile. She said that the associate did not hang up on me. I told her that the associate said said "goodbye" and hung up, and the supervisor said that I was put on hold. I was told goodbye and heard a click, and no hold music and I told her that it was my assumption that this meant that I was hung up on. She said that I was put on hold and when I asked, how would I know that when I was not told? Her reply was, "It's just common sense". She then reprimanded me and raised her voice while claiming that I wasn't letting her finish, when in actuality, she was speaking over me most of the time. She snickered at me when I mentioned that the billing was suppose to be to BCBS of California and not Premera. She then indicated that she did not have to talk to me, and that I was not her customer. She declined to call me back to ensure that my account would be put back on hold, when the dispute was again issued by the medical billing company. The supervisor would not let me speak anymore and said "OK, I am putting you on hold now, 3,2,1". This was voiced in an antagonistic way. I tried to stay respectful throughout the process. I have never been treated so poorly and so offended by a company ever in my life. Especially, when I was not at fault for the billing errors in the first place. They don't seem to believe me or care. read more

I wish I could give negative stars. Unfortunately I ended up in the ER at Swedish (never doing that again). They gave me a bunch of unnecessary tests that ended up costing me $1600 after insurance. I received my Swedish bill and was making payments to them thinking that was all I owed until 4 or 5 months after I was in the hospital I get a collection notice for $800 from these people for Ballard Emergency Physicians. I had no idea I had a bill with them, I thought the bill for Swedish covered everything, so I only changed my address with Swedish and the other bill was apparently going to my old address. Trying to pay this off has been a nightmare. Every time I call to make a payment they are horribly rude and threaten that you must pay it all or else (not sure what or else means). I even got a ridiculous fake summons in the mail. These kind of ridiculous scare tactics are not necessary. I'm paying my bill. I just called to pay off the last of it and after being kept on hold for 10 minutes an extremely rude lady told me that they can no longer finance my debt and if I wanted to make a payment I'd have to go to the website. It's like they don't want to take your money. read more

Its sad to hear that I'm not the only one that had to deal with these rude and disrespectful people! After being placed on a hold and talking to some random guy that 'was in training,' he transferred me to Miss Martinez. You can tell that this lady has no life and has nothing better to do than talk down to you. She threatened me with garnishment. She said my minimum payment would be 700 a month or paid in full. I told her that I can't afford that much a month and I can do 200. She didn't even give me chance to finish and was already yelling at me. She was calling me names like loser and that it wasn't her 'f***** problem' that I couldn't pay it. She said she was going to garnish my wages as of today! I asked to speak to her boss or someone above her and she said she was the boss. I asked what her first name was and she said 'that it was none of my f**** business!' There was so much that was yelled at to me that I can't repeat it. She ended up hanging up on the phone with me. I've never been treated so poorly by a company before! I ended up figuring out who the debt was from (because she also wouldn't give me the name of the company I owed money too) and personally called them. I asked if I could pay through them and paid my debt. TRY AND NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM. THEY ARE THE WORST! File a report with consumer financial. They will investigate. http://www.consumerfinance.gov/ read more

How do you review a collections agency? They were chasing me for an unpaid medical bill, so I'm not about to view them charitably. No five stars from me. However Renton Collections Inc were chasing payment on a legitimate bill so I shouldn't blame them for doing their job. (Bloody Emergency Physicians of Ballard, however, sent the original bill to a badly out of date address. Boo to them.) RCI has been unfailingly polite on the phone, but slow to get me information by mail. One note of caution. The Better Business Bureau of Western Washington rates them "F" - their lowest rating. If I were a creditor considering using Renton Collections I'd ask them about that. http://www.bbb.org/western-washington/business-reviews/collection-agencies/renton-collections-in-renton-wa-504130 read more

Horrible. The staff is rude and disrespectful and will even go as far to tell you that you need to pay off your doctor's bill of a 1000 dollars in full and they've taken away your privileges of a payment plan. The last straw for me was when last month someone told me that my remaining balance would be 100 dollars less than what actually was. If I don't have the money to go to evergreen hospital, I won't just because of this unprofessional collections agency. SO glad I'm paid in full and NEVER have to deal with these people again. So insensitive to the fact that people are struggling to get by and the economy isn't the best. If I could give them NO stars, I would. read more

I would give them 0 stars if I could, The worse customer service I have ever encountered in my whole life!!! I called to inquire on a $17 statement i received from them, which was not supposed to go to collections in the first place. I started to explain my situation to the lady on the other end, and to my surprise she said "I don't have time to argue with you over a $17 balance, you act like you owe us $200" and hung up on me....Do I need to say more? read more