Telus keeps sending my account to collection agencies for a non-existent debt
I am posting here because I have exhausted all reasonable ways of resolving this issue, and I am extremely disappointed with how Telus has handled this situation. About 4 months ago, I received a letter from ARM Collection Agency stating that I owed $320 related to a former Telus account, with the alleged delinquency dating back to July 2022. I carefully reviewed all my Telus bills from that period and could not find any charge matching this amount. The final bill before my account was closed clearly showed a balance of $0. I then contacted Telus customer service. Telus confirmed that, based on their records, all payments had been made, and they could not identify what this outstanding charge was for. However, I was told that because my profile had already been transferred to a collection agency, Telus could not provide further details and that I needed to contact the collection agency myself. Although I was extremely frustrated, I contacted ARM Collection Agency and provided the payment records from over three years ago, and my final Telus ebill showing a zero balance. Then ARM confirmed that there was no valid debt and immediately closed the case. At that point, although unhappy with the process, I accepted it as resolved. However, I have now received another collection notice, this time from ARO, claiming that I owe $367 to Telus. This ARO Inc. appears to be a legitimate debt collection agency, so this does not seem to be a scam. What is alarming is that after the previous collection case was formally closed due to no debt, Telus appears to have assigned my profile to yet another collection agency, for a different amount, without providing any explanation. I am still a Telus customer, but this experience has completely undermined my trust in Telus’ billing system and customer support. I am posting this here in the hope that Telus will take ownership of this issue and provide a clear explanation and permanent resolution.