free: Your Credit Profile----CHECK IT!! - 12/22/09 04:10 AM
You Can—And Should—Check Your Credit Profile For Free December 22, 2009 By Sandra Block Savvy consumers view offers for “free” products with the same skepticism reserved for weight-loss pills, work-at-home opportunities and spray-on hair. This caution is usually justified, particularly when it comes to credit reports. Some companies use the offer of a “free” credit report or score to sell expensive credit-monitoring or other subscription services. The best-known example: FreeCreditReport.com, the subject of entertaining commercials featuring scruffy losers with bad credit. Since 2005, Experian, which owns FreeCreditReport.com, has paid the Federal Trade Commission $1.25 million to settle charges that its ads … (2 comments)