Oh, that is good to know. And the spacing plan sounds good too. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Off topic--Credit reports > Sandi, > Roger's link (which is the official place to go for these things) will > provide you with individual direct links to each of the three credit > reporting agencies. > > The best approach is to get a single credit report from just one of the > three companies. Four months later, get one from one of the two remaining > companies. Four months later, you can get the last one. By the time the > next four months rolls by, you'll have qualified to get a second free one > from the first company (one free report per year). By using this method, > you will always have a relatively up to date credit report on yourself. > Still, be aware that these three credit reporting agencies don't share > info > with each other. You MUST go through each company's report with a fine > toothed comb to ensure that they don't have false or misleading data on > you. > For instance, my own report from two of them had a bunch of stuff that > belonged to my father (same first/last name). The third company didn't > have > these errors. > > Peace, > Gman > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------