They need to add "0" as a review rating Got abCall yesterday I was on the boot list. IN MY 26 YEARS DRIVING IVE NEVER EVER BEEN ON A BOOTLIST BECAUSE I UNFORTUNATELY PAY ALL TICKETS I INCUR Weirdly though she stated I wouldn't see this amount owed per my license number nor vehicles owned because it has an account number not found on the city of Chicago website and that there the only ones with the the account number WAIT WAT THE FLYING FUCK CROCK OF SHIT I told WELP SINCE YOU THE ONLY FOOL WITH THE ACCOUNT NUMBER HEFFA YOU PAY THE SHIT Go then tell me I need take it up with city of Chicago Wellllll I will because anytime I pay a ticket I always check for unpaid or unnotified tickets AND I HAVE NONE EVEN AFTER LESS THAN A MONTH AGO I PAID 4 SPEEDING TICKETS MY MOM GOT ON MY VEHICLE yetttttt nothing else showed So amazing how a collection agency have me owing $395 I HAVE NO PRIOR OR CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF AND....the web says the law firm has permanently closed wat the helllll read more

I'm under the impression that this is a scamming company. They called me through an automated system and they don't even say why. I have no debt and I don't owe anything to any debt collectors. read more

My partner's medical debt from being hit by a car ended up with this firm before we received our settlement from the driver's insurance company. It's a large and legitimate debt. They never answer the phone once their automated system puts you on hold. We literally CAN'T pay the legitimate debt because they WON'T answer their phone. How corrupt is that? read more

Harris and Harris ltd.. the most unprofessional debt collectors using illegal practices to obtain debt they purchased. They don't care if that debt was already paid... they will continue to harass you... and if you call them... you get unpleasant employees like Glenn who are mean and agressive, then hang up on you. Report them to the FDCPA and speak with counsel as attempting to collect money on a debt that was already paid is illegal. read more

Don't know why they keep calling? They Don't leave a voicemail and don't pick up when you call back! After reading other people reviews on yelp , this all makes sense. What a waste of time... read more

I have never had a credit issue in my life and my credit score is north of 800 and these jokesters will not stop calling my home. I have zero debt. The BBB has them rated as an A+ but the customer reviews have them as a 1 out of 5. BBB does not take reviews into account when they rank a business. What a joke the BBB has become. Help us Yelp, you're our only hope. The person they are looking for does not live here and every time I think it's something important I get up and answer the phone. read more

Arnold Scott Harris - Business Consulting Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

keep getting harassing calls everyday and during the weekends, i do not owe anyone anything. they always call and tell you to call an 866 number. YOURE the collector, YOU want to collect the money. YOY call ME and speak to me, not hide behind a robo call. its amazing to see all the complaints, i dont understand how this guy still has his license. read more

I have had calls from their automated system and I would drop them thinking it was a scam. One day I got sick of those calls and called them to figure out what was the matter. Waiting for 2 minutes to connect to a representative, then tell them the story, they respond "just a moment" and put me on hold for 10 minutes. Nice! Lesson learned here is before you even start talking to anybody, get their name so they would feel more responsible. I figured, the guy just abandoned me and dialed them again. 2 minutes of wait and here comes another representative, but this time everything goes smoothly. Bottom line is automated system calls are no good and I would rather get a message. As for the payment, I got charged a $9 fee paying with my credit card and they say it's a bank fee applicable to any of their payment methods. read more

They placed a lien on my property for an old water bill. I contacted them by email and phone to pay, but they don't answer the phone or respond. If you're a debt collection agency, you might want to answer the phone when people call to pay the debt. read more

I don't care what some people say about it being a collection agency! This place is crooked with a capital C! If I could give 0 zero star...no, negative stars, I would! Please stop harassing me over a bill that I already paid the original creditor 3 months ago! In addition, you should already have this in your records that this bill was paid! Know why? well because the creditor sent you this information, you signed off on it, and returned it to the original creditor (verifying that you knew the balance is 0). Again, why are you calling me? read more

They robocall on the weekend when there is nobody to even talk to and leave a number to call back when their office is open, but it's not when I receive the robocalls. They are a debt collector but we do not owe any debts. I am tired of them calling my house on the weekends when I don't owe anyone any money and the onus is on me to call them back during the working hours of the week to get them to stop robocalling me on the weekends. read more

These people collected a debt & have continued to call as if I owe more money, yet at the same time I have records AND reference codes - which, upon looking into, EVERY TIME THEY JUST HANG UP. Yet they continue to call even though they've collected their dues for a long time. They don't even leave a message either, just call you a bunch. Not sure why they won't just stop wasting both of our times! read more

You want to do one of two things with this scum: 1) make the calls stop, or 2) take them to the cleaners via suing them in civil court for illegal practices (it's $500 an infraction). 1) What you do is immediately contact the Better Business Bureau of Illinois once the calls start. Explain the calling and how they were never allowed to call you on your cell phone. Within a day or two they will stop once this happens. 2) Keep track of all the illegal calls/voicemails they are leaving you. Keep a record if you can. Once it get's up to a sizable amount of dough skip the BBB and hire an attorney to sue them directly for breaking the law as it's $500 an infraction. You can get at least ten grand out of them from this method. Everybody should pursue this method to put them out of business! read more

DO NOT CALL THIS PLACE FOR ILLINOIS TOLLWAY VIOLATIONS!! Call the Illinois Tollway Authority and they can offer you a settlement. I had a notice for $285.60, called the Illinois Tollway Authority and they offered me a settlement for $25.60. read more

Incompetence! I know it's just a collection agency but when someone pays a debt in full SEND THEM A RECEIPT!!!! especially when that customer is requesting one because they are purchasing a home and a receipt is necessary. Had an unpaid parking ticket/toll tickets that I was unaware of because of moving from Chicago. UGH. read more

I received two automated voicemails from them. I tried calling, was on hold, then went to voicemail. Looking at the other people who left reviews here, it seems like the call could be for unpaid tolls or unpaid parking tickets. Well, I called the Illinois Tollway AND the City of Chicago ticket helpline, and was told by both of them that I had NO outstanding balance. If anyone has any other info about what this really could be about, please let me know--I would really like for them to stop calling me. Thanks! **EDIT**: I was able to find a good phone# and was connected with a person right away. I explained how I had been getting collection calls and asked what it was about. She searched my phone number and asked me if someone by the name of Tyrese lived here, that's not me so I told her no. She told me she would take my number off the call list, and that it was an error with the wrong phone number. I'm just glad to know I don't owe money to anyone! The number to call if you're having trouble with getting calls from this place is: 312-759-5400. read more

They keep calling my house even after I told them that they have the wrong number. The person they keep asking for I don't know and has never lived here. I can't even answer the phone and hang up on them because it's a robocall. So I just let the answering machine pick it up now, and then I delete the message later. read more

I wish I knew why they were calling me. I came here to find out if they were a scam and it seems people here even have mixed reviews on if they are a for real business or if they are for real scamming you. I called them back yesterday, gave them 2 different ways to look up what ticket I had in their system and they couldn't find a ticket. I said, "oh great, then you can stop calling me then!" and the the lady said, "no." That was the end of the conversation. With no resolution. I haven't gotten a traffic ticket, no red light or speeding ticket in the mail. No parking ticket on left on my car. And I'm on time with all my bills. No one at these offices can tell me why they're calling but they sure as hell won't stop calling. Such a joke. read more

Still calling me about my former neighbor's tickets, as of today. Not only doesn't she live in the building anymore, but she's been DEAD for almost 10 years. Is there even an active brain-stem amongst the robo-dialers? read more

Until 12/31/15, if you want to pay parking tickets with the city and they're from before 2012, go here: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin.html Whatever dollar amount these guys quoted you will be halved or even quartered. Pay the city directly and cut these guys out. read more

This company is as Mickey Mouse and as croaked as a three dollar bill........... They represent the City of Chicago.......... I had many unpaid parking tickets on our company van..... The city of Chicago suspended my drivers license until all the parking tickets were paid earlier in 2011 and 2012... I paid $2,200.00 worth of parking tickets in February of 2012. All tickets had to be paid before they would re-issue my drivers license. I PAID everything to date! On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th of 2012 I receive a letter from this inept firm that represents the City of Chicago..... Arnold Scott Harris PC informs me, that I owe $800 plus of addition parking tickets from 2010. 2010 !!!!??? How can that be when I paid all my tickets up to date earlier in 2012? ... Or They would have never allowed me to obtain a valid drivers license again! Isn't it funny how the City of Chicago works hand in hand with these shysters? Bottom line is the City of Chicago is broke and will do anything to get that money from innocent, tax paying citizens. This city sucks, how poorly it treats people and businesses! Beware of where you park! ... There is never a guarantee you will not be towed, ticketed or booted at whim....! The city of Chicago does not care about you.... When will the citizens of Chicago stand up and demand better treatment? read more

Im not exactly surprised to see that the reviews of Arnold Scott Harris PC are not favorable, they are a collection agency. The fools at Arnold Scott Harris PC have been calling me for months now. What happens is, my phone rings and I hear an automated voice message "Hello! This is the law offices of Arnold Scott Harris PC" and then something like "please remain on the line to speak with a representative". It's more than a little odd to be on hold for a call that came to me, I didn't go to them. So, Ive wasted many minutes on multiple occasions waiting on hold like a buffoon only to have the call drop completely dead, the system just hangs up on me after waiting a good three to four minutes. Im under the impression that this company is run by by robots. Please do not get me wrong, I think favorably of most robots. Bill collecting robots however I detest, I realize that is a generalization, perhaps even racist, but tough donkey gonads! Im racist against bill collecting robots. What are they all hungover from a night of drinking 10W4D and Liquid Wrench? Ill tell you what, if I ever run into one of these bucket of bolts, Ill punch em right in the reproduction sensor, that's the way I collect on bills. read more

I had a bill for $10 from a hospital that went to collections. The bills that come out of this particular hospital are so confusing and numerous and I missed this one. Oops. (There has to be a better way for them to organize billing, but I digress) I called the hospital to pay the bill and they sent me over to this firm. The person who took my payment and information was nice enough and she is the reason why they did get three stars - but what they are losing stars for with my experience is their "Convenience Fee." They were going to tack on a $9.95 convenience fee.. for my $10.00 bill. The operator did knock it down for me to $4.95. But as someone who came to them to pay their bill (I haven't even received a statement from the debt collector - I just knew it was something I legitimately owed), and said bill was only $10, why charge me a convenience fee? I wasn't convenienced in any way - if anything I convenienced THEM by paying before they even sent me a bill. I can't speak for any harassing phone calls because I did not receive any.. probably because they have bigger fish to fry than my measly $10 bill. It would cost them more to harrass me than they'd get out of me. read more

My advice to you - hire an attorney to deal with this collection firm! I am working with Kathleen Robson of Robson & Lopez and she's been great! Their website - http://www.robsonlopez.com/ Prior to hiring Kathleen, what a nightmare! I have received robo calls for over 4 months now. I call them, they tell me my phone number is not in their system and then the calls continue. I've asked to talk to Mr. Harris and am told he's not available, get a new manager, explain the situation and the calls continue. However, now that I have an attorney who explained to me my rights in this situation, I feel so much better. read more

No Rating, as their robo calls to me for over 2 yrs now is on verge of harassment, especially since I called and spoke to a woman and told her I was Not the individual they were seeking, And to PLEASE STOP CALLING my number! This is ridiculous, some days I was getting 4 calls a day. My last call was a few days ago! And this jerk is a lawyer! read more

This is a collection agency. The letter they sent me was vague and when I called I was threatened with a warrant for my arrest. After contacting the original debtor they confirmed the debt was paid a year ago. Do not believe what they tell you. read more

I'll add my warning to the long list of warnings here. I can't believe the Illinois Bar allows this firm to operate this way. They robocall repeatedly to try to get information on a person with my last name (which is common). When I answered on Dec. 28 to tell them to stop the harassment, the male bill collector threatened to keep robocalling. They robocalled again today with a message to return the call. I did. I got a recording saying the office was closed. They actually set the robocall harassment to continue while there is no one there to discuss what the call is supposedly about. Unethical and probably illegal since they have been advised to cease and desist the harassment. Time for a class action suit. read more

Their customer service is HORRIBLE!!! I talked on the phone with a Ms.Walker and her attitude was so bad I hate that I even had to give her my credit card information, she is the wrong person to be representing a company over the phone. If I ever have to call in again I'll hang up if she takes my call just so I can call back and try to get another representative. Since the calls are recorded she definitely needs more training. read more

This is a scumbag organization that uses illegal collection tactics. They collect for city parking tickets, do not send out bills or statements, and are quick to cancel your payment plan. Then they force all the money owed out of you or make you put 50% down once again because the payment was late! They have been well aware that 90% of the tickets I'm paying for aren't mine because I sent a letter from the secretary of State, but they still continue to collect on those tickets. They are also aware of my BK and were supposed to put me on the city's "fresh start" program, but continued to collect. I'm working with an attorney to sue this racket organization right now...HORRIBLE read more

Since it isn't possible to give A.S.H. PC the ZERO that they so richly deserve - These people and their robocalls disturb us multiple times a week, claiming my husband took and ambulance ride in 2014 which he did not - apparently someone messed up at the time and forgot to tell the FD their real address, or gave them a made-up name on purpose. Dear hubby was never at the address they claim he was picked up at, didn't go to ANY hospital at all by ANY MEANS that day, and we would've paid the City directly and promptly if he had! I told their (live) people on several occasions it wasn't him/us and to stop calling us - they must harass so many people so often that their victims give up and pay something just to make them stop. I wouldn't bother with the Better Business Bureau now that I've read they (BBB) accept PAYMENTS - which explains how companies with poor user comments can keep posting that they are A+ with BBB. Contact www.iardc.org to start a complaint against Arnold Harris (or any lawyer). read more

this guy is fool! he has bots calling my house trying to collect debts from dead people! totally stupid and ineffective. See dead people will 100% always be unable to pay any fake debts. read more

This firm represents your friends at the tollway system Yes, the ones who increased your rates by nearly 100% this year! What a joy it was to listen to the lady that worked there(who's name I could not come close to understanding much less spelling) justify 420 worth of fines on $2.90 worth of missed tolls. I wonder how this Harris guy sleeps at night. How do these guys sleep at night? read more

Fraud! I called the secretary of state and was informed that they did not send my traffic ticket to Arnold Scott Harris. They MISINFORM you and inflate the amount due! DO NOT PAY THEM ANYTHING! read more

If I could give this law firm a negative number I would. Today I finally called them back only to find out they are working with the City of Chicago. They are attempting to collect on parking tickets or tickets for running red lights. The problem is that I don't live in Illinois and I've never driven in Chicago. They claim to have been looking for someone else but if that's true their records are really old. I've had my current phone number for 19 years. read more

These motherfuckers call my house a couple times a week. They never say anything. Just dead air. Are they looking to collect on an old ticket? Missed tolls? For me? My wife? Whoever had this number previously? We will never know what they want and they will call us for eternity. This company can't even scam properly. read more

Scammers! I was put on a payment plan and had auto withdrawls. I finished their payment plan. 3 years later I receive a notice I owe them $700. After I have already moved out of state for 3 years. Now I have to go thru bank statements and ticket by ticket proving I paid them. When I asked them to provide me the contact for the payment plan I signed up for to see how much I owed they said they couldn't provide me with it! Now I have to waste hours trying to prove I paid the tickets. So glad I left chicago. The city is just a big scam! read more

This is a fraud. The company has robocalled me several times with no information about what they are trying to collect. When I call back I am put in a call queue for 15 minutes and THEN sent to VM. I leave a message and nobody ever calls back. I called the IL Attorney General and they told me the company is a scammer trying to scare people into paying off non-existent debt....yet they don't care to go after them. The advise was just to hang up. Do not trust them or call them back. Add their number to blocked numbers. read more

These people keep calling our number, we do not know Sean Maguire (sp?). Their cheap recorded calls make the name sound like Shamet Gire. We've called them and called them to make it stop. Any suggestions yelpers? read more

If you want collection agencies to stop contacting you can, have an attorney contact them. If you have any attorney friends, have them send a letter. We received one of these calls and was put on hold for over six minutes. Then an automated transcriber service picked up. The original voice mail message never even explained what it was about. Better to do this in writing so you can hall them into court with evidence of harassment. read more

These people have no clue what they're doing. Pure idiots. I will never pay some strange company money - I went to the source the City of Chicago and they can't find any tickets that I owe in their system. They are probably in cahoots with the city for grabbing money they've already been paid, but I'm not falling for it. If I owe then the city better send me the bill. read more