Credit errors upend lives of thousands of consumers
With a phone call and some easy paperwork, Michel Pooler thought his problem would be fixed.
There were blatant errors on his credit report – errors that could cost him his dream of buying a condo in a Sandy Springs high rise. By notifying Equifax, he thought the Atlanta-based credit reporting agency would investigate and remove multiple errors, including healthcare bills that weren’t his.
Instead, he had to go to court with Equifax, which he said settled only as the case was heading to trial.
“This was an open-and-shut case. This was stupid,’’ said Pooler, who works as an executive chef. “First, they refused to take incorrect information off my report. The day of the court hearing I got a call … that they had taken everything off.”
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/credit-errors-upend-lives-thousands-consumers/UrgLhTkNsv8VNbWEFpZi7O/
This is not the one case where this happened, and it makes me think that when Retail Credit Corporation, sorry, Equifax ignores a person saying that there's errors and then they magically disappear right before it goes to court... it makes me think these errors are not bugs, but features of our gig/casino economy.
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