My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: WA
I just received a letter from a company called Starbucks towing based in Mercer Island. They don't have a physical address on the letter, just a PO Box, which seems sketch to me for a towing company. Anyways, they've sent me a message that says I owe them some amount of money $100 from a year ago and the document says "2nd notice" on it. I have never gotten any letter from them prior to this one though.
I do often have vehicles towed as I work on cars and resell them (average about a few times a month). I usually have them towed from one private lot to my own property (or vice-versa), and they always have me document the tow by signing some paper and paying them off by CC. My concern with this is:
- I have no recollection of ever using this particular company
- I've never been invoiced for a tow before, I ALWAYS have to pay upfront before they tow
- I don't recall ever authorizing a tow by this company and they've given nothing that indicates that I did
Initially I thought it was just a scam but I googled it and found that it's a real company in my state. The document they sent me has my name, address and the date 6/3. It gives a particular invoice number, the date of the apparent tow (July of last year!) and the amount owed. If I actually owe them money, I'd like to pay it off ASAP as I don't like being in debt. That said, I don't remember particulars from a year ago and I don't understand how on Earth I'm being invoiced from something that apparently took a place a year ago.
Can somebody guide me as to how I should respond here? I don't want to give them a call and appear like a deer caught in the headlights. Is this a debt collection attempt?