Oct 26, 2005 -- 60% of people ignoring free credit reports
Remember when credit reports were a mystery? A few years ago, we didn’t have access to our credit reports. Then, after some hard work by certain individuals, we gained access but we had to pay. Now, our credit reports are free! But recent statistics show that 60 percent of people haven’t bothered to get their reports. You need to get at least one report a year from each of the bureaus. You just go to annualcreditreport.com and plan out a schedule so that you get a new report from a different bureau every four months. You don’t have to buy anything else on the site, so just skip over all those extra options. Go there for your report only. You should get your credit score once a year and you have to pay for this. But Clark suggests that you get it from Equifax because it's the true score. (from clarkhoward.com on WSB radio, Atlanta)
