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The debt was already sold to another collector, which has actually taken a settlement and removed it from the credit. So the original debt with Santander is what is currently showing, eventhough it has been resolved. I don't want to poke the bear by any means. I am just curious as to what wording I use to ask the CRAs for an early deletion.
Someone else more experienced can chime in, but I believe once they've sold the debt & that debt has been satisfied you can "poke the bear" all you want & there's nothing else they can do at this time. The debt has been sold & satisfied. I had a similar situation with a credit card. They sold it to a CA. I contacted the CA & paid it (Midland, who refuses to do anything), but the original creditor after one letter agreed to just remove themselves from my credit since I had paid who they sold the debt to.
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You should be able to request an early exclusion, since it's that close. I read about requesting an early exclusion in another post within this forum as I am dealing with Santander too and it's supposed to drop off my CF this year based on the paperwork I have (thank God I kept all old paperwork). However, Santander (not the original creditor) is reporting false info, they've changed the FDOD, the amount, and so on. So I contacted the CRA and inquired about an early exclusion and they confirmed what I read on here in the forums. The CRA rep also confirmed it's 7 yrs not 7yrs +180 days which I was hoping wasn't true. Plus, if you look at the additional pages of policies, terms and conditions sent by the CRA's when you receive your dispute resolutions, it's noted that the creditor's are to report for only 7 yrs, so you could always make a copy and send that right back to the CRA's if they say different.
Next, I just made copies of the old statements I had w/the FDOD and sent them to the CRA's requesting the early exclusion. The vehicle was my ex-husband's while we were married and in our div decree, I wasn't supposed to be held liable if something happened, but I found out the hard way that div decrees do not take precedent when it comes to a owing on a debt that you cosigned. Hope this helps.