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**strmini** · 02-09-2009, 09:50 PM

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle....I stand corrected.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/finan.../D966CK680.htm

Oh well it looks like Equifax will still let you see your FICO score. Personally I could care less either way. I'm very proud to say that I've never seen my FICO score, and was never really curious enough to purchase the option to view it. I get my one free credit report every year and review it....yup..still have lots of debt just like last year....bahhhhh....screw FICO and his so called score.

Most people only need to see their credit report and not their FICO score. The best way to monitor your credit reports is to ask for a free copy from a different company every 4 months. This way if something appears on your credit report you don't have to wait a year before getting your next free report before taking action to correct it. If you refinance a home, like I did last year, then the finance company will provide you a copy of your FICO scores. If you need to know your FICO score then you have two other companies from which you can buy your scores from. I've found that the three companies are usually within 15 points of each other so the loss of one company won't be a major disaster.

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strmini Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Well I'll be a monkey's uncle....I stand corrected. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/finan.../D966CK680.htm Oh well it looks like Equifax will still let you see your FICO score. Personally I could care less either way. I'm very proud to say that I've never seen my FICO score, and was never really curious enough to purchase the option to view it. I get my one free credit report every year and review it....yup..still have lots of debt just like last year....bahhhhh....screw FICO and his so called score. Most people only need to see their credit report and not their FICO score. The best way to monitor your credit reports is to ask for a free copy from a different company every 4 months. This way if something appears on your credit report you don't have to wait a year before getting your next free report before taking action to correct it. If you refinance a home, like I did last year, then the finance company will provide you a copy of your FICO scores. If you need to know your FICO score then you have two other companies from which you can buy your scores from. I've found that the three companies are usually within 15 points of each other so the loss of one company won't be a major disaster.
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