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I just called to cancel mine as well, figuring I'd take the discounted rate and see if I still feel there is any benefit at all for the first couple months. I've done about all the cleanup I can do for now anyway with no intention of applying for any new credit until Feb or March when I ask for a lower interest rate on my car loan. The only baddies floating out there are the ones I'm already aware of and I'm marking time until they fall off in a year or 2 (unless I HAVE to do something with them sooner).
The rep asked me why I signed up... Because I needed the frequent report pulls and alerts of changes to moniter what i was doing.
Then asked why i wanted to cancel... because I won't be able to pull it daily or weekly as needed.
Rep: "Well, you know you'll be able to get updates on your scores more frequently as well as change alerts"
Me: "The scores are useless, they're not FICO scores. The value of the service was in accessing the information on my report as needed and that service will no longer be available"
Could someone please remind me why one would cancel if they are enjoying the service?
Their price went up and now it's not a discount, but rather a competitive price (see AMEX CMS). Actually, the service becomes competively priced based on other CMS's and if you want more services, you can pay for it - an extra $9.99/mo for a pull every day.
Gosh, I hope i'm not missing something here.
* Edited to be more specific.
@amkari wrote:I just called to cancel mine as well, figuring I'd take the discounted rate and see if I still feel there is any benefit at all for the first couple months. I've done about all the cleanup I can do for now anyway with no intention of applying for any new credit until Feb or March when I ask for a lower interest rate on my car loan. The only baddies floating out there are the ones I'm already aware of and I'm marking time until they fall off in a year or 2 (unless I HAVE to do something with them sooner).
The rep asked me why I signed up... Because I needed the frequent report pulls and alerts of changes to moniter what i was doing.
Then asked why i wanted to cancel... because I won't be able to pull it daily or weekly as needed.
Rep: "Well, you know you'll be able to get updates on your scores more frequently as well as change alerts"
Me: "The scores are useless, they're not FICO scores. The value of the service was in accessing the information on my report as needed and that service will no longer be available"
+1000!
@MontegoMack wrote:Could someone please remind me why one would cancel if they are enjoying the service?
Their price went up and now it's not a discount, but rather a competitive price (see AMEX CMS). Actually, the service becomes competively priced based on other CMS's and if you want more services, you can pay for it - an extra $9.99/mo for a pull every day.
Gosh, I hope i'm not missing something here.
* Edited to be more specific.
This is probably what I will do. Unless EIDT is the same thing, because that will be cheaper. I don't see any samples of it on the website though.
RIP USAA
I could handle the price increase. Just tell me it's $9.xx more per month for unlimited and I might be able to understand. The email sent was disingenuous and arrogant.
If I wanted to be treated like that by a business I'd go open a checking account at Wells Fargo. At least they have tellers that are cute.
@Isanham wrote:RIP USAA
I could handle the price increase. Just tell me it's $9.xx more per month for unlimited and I might be able to understand. The email sent was disingenuous and arrogant.
If I wanted to be treated like that by a business I'd go open a checking account at Wells Fargo. At least they have tellers that are cute.
Yeah, the email was a definite "spin," trying to convince me that they were doing me a favor with this change based on "member feedback." But I figure that's just typical marketing these days.
@DaveSignal wrote:
@llecs wrote:I cancelled the service for EIDT in the spring (oh, the irony) and at that time it still was a daily puller for all 3 reports. Aside from EIDT, the alternatives are AlertPlus (like USAA's CMS but only for Merrill Lynch CC holders) and Amex CS (unlimited plan).
Why did you cancel it? Is there something wrong with the EIDT service?
Nothing was wrong at all. USAA was slightly cheaper. There was also a EIDT spammer on here and he rubbed off on me all wrong. And you have to open 3 different windows and log in 3 times in order to access the service. But other than that, EIDT was fine. The service is like the old TrueCredit format but uses TransRisk instead of Vantage. Reports are easy to read too.
@MontegoMack wrote:Could someone please remind me why one would cancel if they are enjoying the service?
Their price went up and now it's not a discount, but rather a competitive price (see AMEX CMS). Actually, the service becomes competively priced based on other CMS's and if you want more services, you can pay for it - an extra $9.99/mo for a pull every day.
Gosh, I hope i'm not missing something here.
* Edited to be more specific.
Well, when you raise the price point for a service by 60%, many people will object and re-evaluate the value of the service compared to the price. I reacted to this the same way I reacted when netflix did the same thing, I ran the numbers. For my wife and I to still have unlimited pulls (the ONLY feature I use) it is almost 50 bucks a month, or 600 bucks a year. That equates to the hotel cost of a 3 day weekend at the ocean.
I'd rather go to the ocean.
I don't blame USAA; if anything, the rep was courteous, helpful, and nice. And I'm sure there was some kind of cost increase behind the scenes from Experian that prompted the price change. But right now I am finding ways to trim expenses. I've cancelled Blockbuster DVD service, reduced my DirecTV to the base package, cancelled my Gym membership, dropped XM Radio (that was a pain), and am looking for more ways to cut. So they popped up with the price increase at the perfect time.
I just thought I'd note in here for all of you wanting to switch. I thought that I'd be able to just log right in to EIDT when I signed up (I mean they did take my money right away...) but I got the receipt email and it says it takes two days to be able to log in! Grrrrr. Oh well, I need the 3 daily pulls for rebuilding.
I'll edit this if I get my login info before then.
Hope this helps someone!