<prompt> Human: I just received an email stating that a lingering bill from a gym membership I signed up for while I was studying abroad was sent to collections. This resulted in fees that doubled my initial bill. I never received a notice. The collection agency, Alektum, emailed me saying that I owe 255.88 EUR by April 22nd. Is there anything I can do to lower the fees and get more time? The emails are in German and I dont speak German, as I am from the United States.They are requesting that I send them money via PayPal. This just seems a little off to me.  <response>: I mean. Not to advocate for not paying your debts, but since its in another country youre completely fine. Should you ever go back and get in trouble there COULD be a warrant for your arrest. But most likely not with such a little balance also assuming this debt is real which sounds fishy in the first place. But people do this all the time. Have massive medical debts and things within a country. Then leave and never return to that country. Hear about it all the time in the US. The US at least has its own credit items not used by other countries. So if you have 1 mil in debt in the US, no one in the EU cares. I would assume its the same vice versa. 