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		<title>MLB Team of The Decade Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8318</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-11-07T17:51:48 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>fdcpa101</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As a Phillies fan, I had hoped to avoid this debate if we took care of business this past week. However, with The Evil Empire's win, they now hold 2 titles this decade along with Boston.<br /><br />Number Crunching:<br /><br />Yankees: 4 AL Pennants<br />              2 WS Titles<br /><br />Bosox:    2 AL Pennants<br />              2 WS Titles<br /><br />On the surface, Yanks hold the edge. However, Boston's 04' run included the historic 4 consecutive wins at the Yanks expense. Between that and breaking the 86' year Bambino curse, it seemed it was like they won more than 1 WS. It's really a tough call IMO as to who truly was team of the decade.]]></description>
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		<title>Peaceful Discussion......1970&apos;s and 1980&apos;s rock style</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8305</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-11-04T18:05:19 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>fdcpa101</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Figure we can forget about the Debtor/Collector Battles and discuss favorite lists from when rock and roll was rock and roll.<br /><br />Top 10 Underappreciated 70's and 80's Rock Albums<br /><br />10) Self Titled Montrose Album w/ Sammy Hagar<br />9) Donnie Iris  "Back on the streets"<br />8) Devo "New Traditionalists"<br />7) Judas Priest "Stained Class"<br />6) Motley Crue "Too Fast for Love"<br />5) Rush "Hemispheres"<br />4) The Cars "Panorama"<br />3) The Tubes "Completion Backwards Principle"<br />2) Steve Winwood "Arc of the Diver"<br />1) Gentle Giant "Octopus"<br /><br />Top 10 overplayed and nauseating 70's 80's rock albums to hear on radio in 09'<br /><br />10) Kiss Alive I<br />9) Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping"<br />8) AC/DC "Back in Black"<br />7) Guns and Roses "Appetite for Destruction"<br />6) Van Halen I<br />5) Def Leppard "Hysteria"<br />4) Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"<br />3) Led Zeppelin IV<br />2) Pink Floyd "The Wall"<br />1) The Eagles "Hotel California"]]></description>
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		<title>Register for EXPO 3.0 and win a free netbook from Dell</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8262</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-10-15T09:00:49 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>Naveen Hariprasad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Some of you may have already signed up, but here's a reminder that if you register for<b> EXPO 3.0</b> - the <b>free online tradeshow insideARM is hosting on 2/16/2010</b>, you get a chance to win a free netbook.<br /><br />There will be more opportunities to win prizes pre-event and during the day of the event. Register now and you maximize your chances to win stuff.<br /><br /><b>You must register by November 13, 2009 to be eligible to win this netbook.</b><br /><br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://events.unisfair.com/microsite21.jsp?eid=458&seid=29&language-code=en&country-code=US&page=1&code=Direct%20Access">CLICK TO REGISTER</a><br /><br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.insidearm.com/expo">Learn more about EXPO 3.0</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Files for sale....</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8210</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-09-11T12:22:52 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>collectiontool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 3 files for sale. 2PDL files approximatly 6800 accounts reduced price to sell. Also a bad check file 40,000 accounts. All nationwide. All priced very low to move quickly aa inventory is mounting......These really are a good deal.<br /><br />Tool]]></description>
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		<title>new business</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8205</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-09-09T12:04:36 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>collectiontool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Just throwing it out there......I am looking for new clients to build relationships with. We are looking for some new business on contingency. Auto, CC, Medical, PDL, secured or non secured loans, second mortgages, and more...prefer forward flow of course. <br /><br />Willing to take a hit on fee to get foot in door with reliable clients. <br /><br /><br />Tool <br />]]></description>
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		<title>New poll posted: Health care reform</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8197</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-09-03T05:42:07 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lunsford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We've been trying to cover what health care reform will mean for the ARM industry, not only for medical collectors but for all ARM companies that employ people.<br /><br />But we haven't really asked the industry as a whole what they think. So I just put up a new poll asking what you'd like to see come out of the current debate -- from status quo to completely socialized health care. Take it at <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.insidearm.com/forum/polls.cfm?type=forum">http://www.insidearm.com/forum/polls.cfm?type=forum</a>]]></description>
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		<title>collectors working from home</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8173</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-08-18T20:10:07 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>Cheri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I'm interested in working from home, I have over 20 years in retail and commercial collections, credit cards, student loans, auto deficiency, uniform services, electric companies, yellow page ads. Please contact me if you employ people to work from home full time or part time. I am currently working a full time job, so may have to work part time starting off.<br /><br />Thank you<br />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8138</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-07-31T22:54:05 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>Gerry Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ How do the collection industry view things like google voice? Does it help or hinder or make no difference?<br /><br />The technolgy of this and similar "paid for" services has an obvious impact upon your operations.<br /><br />Just curious.]]></description>
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		<title>Phone rage leads to arrest here for Ohio man</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8120</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-07-21T10:58:54 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>[KFH]ROY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If I had a dollar for everytime I talked to a maniac like this, I'd wouldn't beed to be a bill collector LOL!<br /><br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/D14DE98D380D1B73862575FA0008F3A8?OpenDocument">Click Here for Original Article</a><br />Phone rage leads to arrest here for Ohio man<br /><br />Charles Papenfus, arrested for making threats to a telemarketer selling extended auto warrenties.By Matthew Hathaway<br />ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH<br />07/21/2009<br /><br />UPDATED 10:25 A.M. with new date for bond reduction hearing: <br /><br />An Ohio man, fed up with deceptive junk mail, made the mistake of losing his temper while on the phone with a St. Louis company pitching an extended auto-service contract. Now he finds himself behind bars, where he is charged with making a terrorist threat. <br /><br />According to court documents, Charles W. Papenfus, 43, allegedly told a sales representative during a May 18 telephone call that he would burn down the building and kill the employees and their families. He was indicted for making a terrorist threat, a Class D felony; and he could be sentenced to up to four years in prison if convicted.<br /><br />Papenfus' wife, Tracie, said she hasn't seen her husband since his arrest on June 27, when he was lured to a Fostoria, Ohio, police station with a false story about being suspected in a tavern fight there. Charles Papenfus, a self-employed mechanic who sometimes works on the department's police cruisers, dropped by the station to clear his name, she said. <br /><br />Tracie Papenfus said she still can't understand why her husband is held 450 miles from home at the St. Louis workhouse on a $45,000 bond she can't afford to pay. (That amount could be lowered at bond-reduction hearing scheduled for Monday.)<br /><br />"He shouldn't have mouthed off on the phone, but this is overkill," Tracie Papenfus said. "He just can't handle it in there. He's not a criminal. ... They make it sound like he's a terrorist, and he's far from it." MORE METRO<br /> Get news, columns, photos and multimedia from the St. Louis area<br /><br />Court records don't name the firm that Papenfus allegedly threatened, but they say the business is located at 300 North Tucker Boulevard. The only firm in that building that sells service contracts  -  popularly known as "extended warranties"  -  is TXEN Partners, which does business as Service Protection Direct. The firm did not respond to requests for comment.<br /><br />The Better Business Bureau recently accused the firm of sending mailers to consumers that incorrectly state factory warranties on their vehicles either have expired or will run out soon. Last year, then-Attorney General Jay Nixon sued the firm for misleading consumers, and a condition of that suit's settlement was that TXEN Partners would refer to consumers' expiring warranties only if the company believes "in good faith" that those claims are true.<br /><br />Tracie Papenfus said her husband called a St. Louis telemarketing firm  -  she didn't know the name  -  after getting a mailer stating that the factory warranty had expired for the 1996 Ford Taurus driven by his 23-year-old son. The car, bought as-is for $3,000, hasn't had a factory warranty for years.<br /><br />"He wanted to know, 'Why are you sending this when we've never had a warranty?'" Tracie Papenfus said.<br /><br />In fact, Charles Papenfus asked that same question several times. He called the firm after receiving the mailer, then he called the company back to complain some more, said Douglas Forsyth, a local attorney representing Papenfus. The call during which Papenfus allegedly made a terrorist threat was initiated by the firm, in a response to a voice-mail message left by Papenfus, Forsyth said.<br /><br />"They insulted each other," Forsyth said, adding that Papenfus called the company "a scam" and the telemarketer called Papenfus "a jackass or (an expletive) or both." <br /><br />Forsyth said that, several minutes into the call, Papenfus said something about burning down the firm's building.<br /><br />Tracie Papenfus said the outburst was unusual for her husband, who she described as "a cool-headed guy." However, she said, he hadn't quite been himself after taking prescription painkiller medication for a compound wrist fracture he received in a motorcycle accident a few days before the call occurred. Irritability can be one side effect from those drugs, Forsyth said.<br /><br />Christopher Thetford, a spokesman for the BBB in St. Louis, said he isn't surprised to hear of a consumer threatening a service-contract broker.<br /><br />"While it's not something we condone, it is something we can understand," Thetford said. "Oftentimes, consumers feel pushed and pushed. ... It's a frustration we hear from consumers every day when they talk about the extended-service contract industry."<br /><br />Authorities would not discuss facts of the case, but one official said that business practices of a telemarketing firm shouldn't be a factor. <br /><br />"I think all sorts of people get frustrated with all sorts of businesses," said Ed Postawko, chief warrant officer in the Circuit Attorney's Office. "The solution is to don't patronize that business, it's not to break the law. ... Two wrongs don't make a right."<br /><br /><br />]]></description>
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		<title>poor michael bisping</title>
		<link>http://www.insidearm.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=15&amp;threadid=8108</link> 
		<pubDate>2009-07-13T14:42:39 -05.00</pubDate> 
		<dc:creator>Average Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ He was talking such a good game, looked mean and lean, and then..<br /><br />POW!  Old Man Henderson reminded him of his exuberant youthful arrogance, and that it takes more than a six pack and a big mouth to fight at the top level.<br /><br />Brock is looking better, albeit still has a long road ahead..<br /><br />GSP.. nuff said! ]]></description>
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