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In addition, you also agreed to acknowledge that this settlement would extinguish any debt we owed you as of the date of your receipt of that sum.  \nWe have not received your confirming offer to do this in writing. Please forward it at your earliest convenience.  \nBy accepting such payment, you are deemed to have accepted the same in full satisfaction of such obligation, and we will accordingly be able to rely on that representation and consider the debt to be satisfied in full.  \nOur discussion above does not prejudice any rights we may have against you for the various reasons outlined to you before and others not discussed yet. In addition, this settlement discussion is done in good faith and therefore does not prejudice our rights.  \nBest regards,  \nDebtor (s)  \nDebt Settlement Letter, Debtor  \nReview List  \nThis review list is provided to inform you about the document in question and assist you in its preparation. Early efforts to settle a debt, especially with an offer of a 100% payout of the reduced sum, often result in big savings for the debtor as well as extinguishing a nasty dispute. The challenge is to avoid being trapped by sending in money in settlement that the debtor then claims is only for balance reduction. The way to avoid this is to require a clear settlement offer from the creditor prior to tendering the money. Also, you are always on stronger ground if they draft the agreement because they then have more of the burden of proof on them, as the drafter, than you do, as well as they are more comfortable, as a rule, with their own documents.  \nDebt reduction negotiations depend largely, as in most negotiations, on how strong the other side’shand is. If they have good security, you cannot do much but you usually can do 10% to 20% . If they have no security, and are concerned about you as a credit risk, they may be willing to take a discount of 25% to 50%, or more. The other factor in the equation is “when” to make your pitch fora reduced offer. Generally the company credit people themselves are unwilling to do this though they will turn it over, often, to contingency credit people who will take a third off whatever is collected plus offer you a reduced amount.  \nIn our experience, you can try with the original holder but remember you will get another crack at it with the collection people they assign the case to. As with all negotiations, it is a matter of how good you are at it and your ability to settle at a reasonable number for them as well as yourself.  \n1. The term “settlement talks only” has a specific meaning to most lawyers and collection people. Courts like settlement talks. If you say this is for Settlement Talks Only, most courts will not want to review the letter and, most importantly, not let the other side abuse you with it, if it comes down to trial. This is as much a custom as a legal fact or theory; therefore, you cannot rely on it absolutely but it should be at least somewhat helpful.  \n2. The other language is constructed so you do not get trapped into paying the settlement amount and then be dunned for the balance. The best way to achieve this is to get them to send you the offer themselves.  \n3. Many collection people try to whip up emotions to get you going and embarrass you into paying. This is a business for them. If they use this approach, it is only a tactic. Do not be put off. Don’t argue. Just be firm about what you can and cannot do. In this case, being weak is to come out better (that is, with a lower settlement percentage) . 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