Ok, so let me get this straight. Even if you have/had an accout with a collections agency, they are prohibited under the cited FCRA references from making a hard inquiry at any of the CRA's?
I had an accout with one and it conducted 2 hard pulls (one from TU, one from EX in 1/07 and 2/07 respectively). The one will cease reporting in a few weeks, the other not for another 2 months.
If they pulled the reports illegally, I want to have them removed from the record, regardless of when they will fall off!!