OK, so I just applied for (and got, once I finish the paperwork) an auto loan from my credit union, but when the loan person called me, they let me know that there were two anamolies on my credit report. Now, otherwise I have good credit. Not great, but by no means bad, but those two things did lower my score a bit. The only thing I could possibly think they were were my credit card that had one late payment, and the student loan that also had one late payment (I’ve only had credit for one year, so it was easy to think of what it might be.) But when she told me what they were, and when they were, it was not those items, and in fact, were companies I have never had to deal with. One was from a cell company (I have a cell phone, but a) with a different company b) It was a gift from my parents and they pay it every moth (the plan is in my name, but bill goes right to them,) and c) it was two years after this anamoly occured.) The other anamoly was from a hospital that I never went to in that year, and have only been to once in the past five years, and was under my parents health insurance anyways.
Both anamoies were deliquent payments, it seems. Well, eager to get those off my record, I need to get my credit report for details and crap. I know why they are there…there is another person, almost my exact age, who lives in VT (where I lived until last July) with same last and first name, and same middle initial. We went to the same doctor in HS, so we always had our charts mixed up, and now our credit scores are getting mixed up. Great. :rolleyes:
Hey, credit companies, there’s this new thing called a social security number. Mine is not at all like his. Learn to look at THAT, instead of the name and assume only one person could possibly have that name.
Anyways, I got a form from my credit union to request a copy of the credit report, and I’m wondering if I should just fill that out (and apparantly pay $9.50) or go to www.annualcreditreport.com and get one from there. And regardless of how I get it, I see I have to pay, because it’s not past Sep 1, and I don’t live in a state that gets perma-free reports. But which company do I get one from? Do they all have the same info? Do I just need one from whichever company my credit union got their report from? Should I get one from all three to expunge the record on all three?
Thanks in advance.