# Equifax gets it in the shorts.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 28, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707 "2013-07-28T00:03:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/1 "2013-07-28T00:03:37Z")

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[Link.](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/woman-wins-18-6-million-two-year-battle-over-credit-6C10772195)

Basic story: Equifax failed to fix a woman’s credit report over several years despite other companies fixing their bad information. One lawsuit later and Equifax gets hit with 18.6 million in compensetory and punitive damages.

Yea, team!

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/2 "2013-07-28T00:06:01Z")

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It’s unlikely that the award amount will stand, but Bravo for her! Credit bureaus are the pits.

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**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/3 "2013-07-28T22:11:26Z")

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I am 100 percent in favor of anything that exposes these bottom feeders for the jerks that they are. Good for this lady!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/4 "2013-07-28T22:14:07Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Credit bureaus are the pits.

I used to work for one of The Big Three.

Yeah, they suck. (Actually, Business Credit was good. Consumer Credit was absolute hell.)

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/5 "2013-07-29T01:03:36Z")

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I am against any company who considers it humane to fax horses.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/6 "2013-07-29T01:16:06Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> I am against any company who considers it humane to fax horses.

took me a second.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/7 "2013-07-29T02:57:01Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> I am against any company who considers it humane to fax horses.

Much better to scan the horses and e-mail them.

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equifax-gets-it-in-the-shorts/664707/8 "2013-07-29T03:15:33Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Much better to scan the horses and e-mail them.

Except that’ll get you a patent troll shakedown letter from an [MPHJ](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/meet-the-nice-guy-lawyers-who-want-1000-per-worker-for-using-scanners/) shell company lawyer.