I’ve worked at Consolidated Credit for nearly all of its existence, and one question I get asked often is, “Who’s your typical client?” I’m not being coy when I reply, “That’s almost impossible to say.” Don’t believe me? Check out this map. You’ll see clients in every state, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
We’ve helped good people shed debts as small as a few thousand dollars to as much as $80,000. They’ve had two to three credit cards or a whopping 23. They’ve come from all walks of life, including nanny, TV actor, and even an MBA.
So I can’t really tell you about the typical Consolidated Credit client. But I can tell you about the latest client I’ve known. Her name is Maria. Her story isn’t exciting. Thankfully, she didn’t suffer an accident, illness, divorce, or natural disaster.
Many of our clients have, and their stories always tug at my heart. No, Maria just gradually slipped into $17,000 of credit balances she just couldn’t pay off. “I was very, very stressed about it,” she recalls. “For the past year, I’ve been looking for solutions about how I can pay off my credit cards. So I looked up companies online.”
That’s how many of our clients find Consolidated Credit – although I’m proud of all the family referrals we get. Someday soon, I’ll write about how we’ve been helping people for so long, we’re on the third generation in some families!
Maria did the responsible thing and checked out all the companies online before settling on our nonprofit. I’m an educator, not a saleswoman, so when people ask me why they should choose Consolidated Credit, I tell them to go online and look for…
- Excellent client reviews. Also search out the occasionally negative review. Did the company reply and fix the problem? We’re all human, and mistakes are inevitable. But what makes us special is that we make things right.
- An A-plus rating with the Better Business Bureau. You can’t get better than an A-plus.
- At least a few decades in business. We must be doing something right if we’ve been growing since 1993.
All that made a difference for Maria: “I read about you, and I liked it. I decided to call and see what’s going on. And then I really liked it.” Maria has been on a Debt Management Program and is seeing results.
“My credit card balances are down, and my credit score is up,” Maria says. “I don’t have that stress anymore.”
Maria also warmed my heart when she said, “I’ve told my daughter and my son in law, ‘You better use Consolidated Credit!”
