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Hi all,
My name is Max Pineiro and I am the owner of Elite Collateral Recovery, Elite Search Team and Repoland.com. I am also a Licensed Private Detective in NJ. The article that you read above was written on our agency. Several important point were missed by the writer who spent 2 full days with our agents. The majority of licensed and bonded recovery agencies throughout the country run a very respectable business. I took insult to my introduction that reads "Max Pineiro knows where someones car is and he is about to steal it". I do not consider my agents or myself to be thieves. Many of our agents are former police officers and private investigators. One of our agents was recently hired as a Secret Service Agent for the Department of Treasury. I am an x-law enforcement officer and concider the service that we provide to the financial community, a very important one. Without our service, where would the lending institutions be today? Where would interest rates be? Would we all be able to even afford financing a vehicle? Most folks that do have a vehicle repossessed, know that it is coming. Our agency has been involved in over 30,000 repossessions over the past 17 years. Most people that we have been confronted by do understand that we are doing our job and are usually only interested in getting the personal belongings out of the car. Professional Recovery Agencies are bonded, insured and certified. Of course there are the few tow jockeys that run around calling themselves repossessors when in fact they have no clue of the laws that govern our business. These are the same guys that usually get interviewed on nationwide TV and tell everyone how dangerous this job is and how many times they have been shot at. After 17 years in this business I can assure you that if you carry yourself professionally and are properly trained you will seldom have a war story to tell. I have enjoyed everyones posts and replys on this forum. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Thanks,
Max Pineiro