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From: randolph@cognito.Eng.Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz)
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Subject: Dealing with a bad credit report
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Date: 21 Mar 91 18:01:34 GMT
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There is a federal law requiring that the company who turns you down
for credit must give you a copy of the credit report.  You can also
request a correction if there are errors, and add your own version if
the credit reporting company refuses to correct an error.  Procedures
for this are published every so often in *Consumer Reports*, and I
suggest you check there -- putting things in writing and obeying time
limits may be important.

Also, check around in your local library -- they may have something on
this.

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