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Released: November 26, 2010
Credit bureaus make it hard to buy your own report
Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)
Tony Cabral is the kind of consumer who makes a habit of checking his credit files at least twice a year.
“I just want to be safe,” he told me. “I want to know how my credit looks.”
These days, though, it’s become surprisingly difficult to stay on top of this most basic of consumer needs, an especially timely concern as hordes of Black Friday shoppers break out the plastic in search of holiday deals.
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