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-- Jack McGarvey, Arizona A few years ago, when 'free' reporting was required, I fell for the 'freecreditreport.com' scam. I was deceptively led into providing my credit card number (falsely understanding credit score and report Bowling Green that it was needed to prove identity) and then received multiple billings on my credit card from the 'service' provider. Removing the charges from my credit card proved as easy as pulling teeth. -- Evan Julber, Oregon I think this is a rip-off of hard working people. If you are not careful you will end up paying $30 a month. -- Carl Thomas, Nebraska credit score and report Bowling Green As a gerontologist, I witness older adults becoming confused about 'freecreditreport.com' when in fact it is a paid service to monitor one's credit activity. -- Dee credit score and report Bowling Green Wadsworth, Texas Please credit score and report Bowling Green remove all of the unavoidable options for costly reports. --Richard Stevens, Maine Obstacles clutter 'free' path After that, the selling starts. free credit report application The Equifax order process, for credit score and report Bowling Green example, starts with an offer to view your FICO score once for $7.95 when you receive your free credit report.

Another offer on the same page pitches a service credit score and report Bowling Green for two in-depth FICO scores for $7.95 per month. Consumers credit score and report Bowling Green must click No thanks on that offer page before they can continue processing their request for a free credit report.

Other services are pitched through the checkout process and consumers who do not want to pay additional fees must be careful not to select any of the products.

The FTC wants all of those advertisements credit score and report Bowling Green removed from the process. your credit report online Under the proposed rules, the agencies would have to wait until after consumers receive their free reports to contact them for additional paid services. James Odell credit score and report Bowling Green of Virginia said the easiest part of getting his free credit report online in October 2009 was selecting which of the three credit bureau reports he wanted.

After that, I found it quite confusing trying to stick strictly with the free site when it kept giving links to other places and advertising ads, Odell wrote in his comment. Make this form simple: Remove all the ads and you get your credit report within minutes! IF people want their credit score or other services they can get them after the 'free' credit report is shown to them online. Rules go too far, industry group says In the five years since the free credit report rules went into effect, about 150 million free credit reports have been sent to consumers, according to comments filed credit score and report Bowling Green by Stuart Pratt, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), a trade group representing the major credit reporting bureaus. totally free credit reports The group contends the FTC is overstepping its credit score and report Bowling Green authority by banning special offers and ads while free credit report requests are processed. The rule's coverage ends once a consumer requests the free file disclosure; it does not extend beyond that point, Pratt asserts. In addition, the group argues, banning the ads violates the bureaus' right to free expression.