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MercyMe wrote:Noah_Bodie ... I'm confused. Aside from what the medical collections did to my credit score, an old 10 year, home improvement loan, taken out in 1987 that charged off in 2002, for a meager amount, but that was paid in full in 2003, updated yet again, yesterday, and sunk my score more than 35 points! When I called Equifax to inquire of this, I was told that the bank reported yet another late payment/charge off for May 2007, though the account has been paid and closed since 2003. In the 81month payment history it shows paid as agreed activity from September 2000 through to April 2007, and then charged off in May 2007, which the representative at Equifax said is adversely affecting my score, never mind the summary of info, which reads Bad debt/collection. Paid charge off. Balance 0. DOLA 2/2002, etc. Why is this continually updating and reporting current lates and charge offs? This happens all the time. I have called the OC and am repeatedly told they fixed the problem, and that it won't update anymore, but it always does, and when I call Equifax all they tell me is, "It willl be my pleasure to dispute this for you." AGAIN? So what do I do, now?Fico: 12/2006: 648 Not good, but okay, considering.Fico: 05/2007: 583Thanks.
MercyMe wrote:Thank you, Tuscani! (Lord, what would I do but for this board and those like you?) I have another question, if you don't mind. Is updating the same as the monthly reporting? And, just so you know, I did call the OC, day before yesterday, and faxed over a copy of the pertinent pages of my credit report. He couldn't make any sense out of it, as the actual date of last activity was 1/26/2002, though the history showed near 7 years worth of paid as agreed activity with the charge off in May 2007. Also, he mentioned there being no status, which has always fluctuated between paid charge off to what it is now, sent to collections. Bad debt. He made a few changes and it updated today, which raised my score 54 points! It has yet to hit MyFico, but Equifax has it. In the account comments it now reads Home Improvement loan. Paid charge off. Though this doesn't read in the status. Does the status matter since in the account comments it reads paid charge off? Balance 0? Date reported May 20, 2007? Thank you for being so patient with me. I'm just learning.me
Not always... while YMMV is true for all.. I have seen WAY more paid charge offs hurt a score than increase it.
Skiffy wrote:
Paid charge-off is rated as less severe than an unpaid chargeoff