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Correcting the Easy Stuff is Almost Done

According to my student loan company, my name has been updated on my student loan account. They never notified me that they received my request update my account, so I logged into my account online, and there it was - my updated information. Hooray for small miracles. I figure I’ll give TransUnion a month, and […]

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Progress on correcting the easy stuff!

I am the proud owner of three credit reports - one from each Credit Reporting Agency, and a few nice results.
Equifax - deleted all of my old addresses except, of course, my current address. They also corrected my name.
TransUnion - still refuses to update my name. I finally identified a student loan that’s still under […]

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Still trying to correct the easy stuff

I never received any kind of acknowledgement or letter from Equifax. I haven’t recently pulled a copy of my credit reports, so I have no idea if it’s been corrected on Equifax’s side or not.
I’ve been extremely busy and a bit fed up with this endless cycle of not getting anywhere. But this is just […]

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My second attempt at correcting the easy stuff

So here I am still stuck at Step 3: Correcting the Easy Stuff. Frankly, if this is the easy stuff, I’m getting a little bit worried.
I haven’t heard back from Equifax yet. Hopefully that letter will be arriving in the mail soon. I’m curious about what Equifax will have to say about my name and […]

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My First Attempt at Correcting the Easy Stuff

The results of my first attempt to get my personal information corrected on all three reports.

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