Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free
by blueblisters on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @12:38PM
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Government run debt collection? Is this widely used by companies? Are there any drawbacks/cases of misuse? Does the government keep a credit score too?
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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free
by tpmx on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @12:45PM
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> Is this widely used by companies?
Yes. It's a bit cumbersome, so there are companies specializing in doing this for small debts (say < $5000).
> Are there any drawbacks/cases of misuse?
Hard to say. My impression is that having one trusted party to manage debt collection makes it easier to handle the edge cases in a more humane way, but I haven't really delved into this area.
> Does the government keep a credit score too?
No.