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MeCasa
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Best place to get credit reports

I haven't seen my credit reports in years but I do remeber that the government said they haqd nto give us our report. But every site I go to says Free in big letters and we'll automatically charge you $29.99 a month. That's not free, wher do I go?

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Creditwiser
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Re: Best place to get credit reports

 

 

https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action

 

 

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MeCasa
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Thank you

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MeCasa
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Re: Best place to get credit reports

Man, this is three books, the shortest report is 80 pages. What do I like for?

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Patient957
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@MeCasa wrote:

I haven't seen my credit reports in years but I do remeber that the government said they haqd nto give us our report. But every site I go to says Free in big letters and we'll automatically charge you $29.99 a month. That's not free, wher do I go?


In addition to aforementioned annualcreditreport.com, there is:

 

(1) https://www.experian.com/

Experian gives you free daily report with daily FICO 8 update.   It updates every day, and it's free.  Hard to complain about that.

 

(2) https://my.equifax.com/membercenter/#/login

Equifax will give you one free report and Vantage 3.0 score monthly.

 

(3) https://service.transunion.com/dss/login.page

Transunion currently gives you one free copy of your credit report every 24 hours.  If you want a score, you can buy a Vantage 3.0 score for 99 cents.

 

(4) https://www.myfico.com/

This website offers free monthly Equifax reports including a Free Equifax FICO 8 score each month.

 

All of those are excellent options, and they are all completely free.

 

I personally take advantage of all of these free options, and I recommend you to do the same.

 

 

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FlaDude
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@MeCasa wrote:

Man, this is three books, the shortest report is 80 pages. What do I like for?


Is there anything in particular that you are trying to find out? 

 

Generally you want to look for any accounts that you don't recognize, that could be an indicator of identity theft. Also look for any accounts reporting late payments that may be incorrectly reported.

 

Perhaps others will chime in with things that would suggest checking.

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MeCasa
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I want to see anything negative. Lowes canceled a card, then apologized and reinstated and I want to make sure they took off any negative

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Patient957
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Re: Best place to get credit reports


@MeCasa wrote:

I want to see anything negative. Lowes canceled a card, then apologized and reinstated and I want to make sure they took off any negative


So what's holding you back?  Go check now at myFICO.  You already have an account, because you're posting here. 

 

The report is easy to read.  They put a red icon next to any negative account and a green one next to any positive account.  As I mentioned, it's very easy.

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FlaDude
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@MeCasa wrote:

I want to see anything negative. Lowes canceled a card, then apologized and reinstated and I want to make sure they took off any negative


Generally closing an account is not a "negative" whether closed by the cardholder or grantor. If you're carrying balances on other cards then losing the credit limit on the closed card can increase your overall utilization percentage which can lower your score. If you're not carrying balances, then that's not an issue. Closed accounts stay on your report for aging purposes for 10 years, so even if it was your oldest account, it should not affect your aging metrics until then.

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MeCasa
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Re: Best place to get credit reports

I hate monthly payments, they never seem to be much  but they add up. The cheapest plan MyFico has is $20. I downloaded all three reports from the above site but like I said,the shortest report we 80+ pages

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