Comments on: Five Free Ways to Get Your Credit Score http://www.creditinfocenter.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/five-free-ways-to-get-your-credit-score/ For the Up To Date News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bob the Credit Repair Companies Dude http://www.creditinfocenter.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/five-free-ways-to-get-your-credit-score/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 Bob the Credit Repair Companies Dude Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:03:47 +0000 http://www.creditinfocenter.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/five-free-ways-to-get-your-credit-score/#comment-2093 I don't know that it's absolutely essential to get an FICO score. While credit scores will vary from bureau to bureau, they are all likely to be "in the ballpark" - I don’t know that it’s absolutely essential to get an FICO score. While credit scores will vary from bureau to bureau, they are all likely to be “in the ballpark” -

]]> By: KL http://www.creditinfocenter.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/five-free-ways-to-get-your-credit-score/comment-page-1/#comment-810 KL Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:26:06 +0000 http://www.creditinfocenter.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/five-free-ways-to-get-your-credit-score/#comment-810 All of these suggestions are NOT FICO SCORES - if you are getting a letter grade - A,B, C, etc, you are getting an Advantage Score which is the new one the credit bureaus are using (combines all 3 of your bureau scores). If you are getting a score based on only ONE credit bureau, as this article mentions, you are also not getting a FICO score - you are getting the proprietary score each bureau uses. Experian has their own, TransUnion has their own, Equifax uses FICO score, and all 3 also offer the combined Advantage Score as well. The only two ways to egt your actual FICO score, which is still the industry standard, is to go through MyFico.com and get it or to get it through Score Watch at Equifax. Sorry but this article is not accurate. You might get some scores, but they aren't FICO's. All of these suggestions are NOT FICO SCORES – if you are getting a letter grade – A,B, C, etc, you are getting an Advantage Score which is the new one the credit bureaus are using (combines all 3 of your bureau scores). If you are getting a score based on only ONE credit bureau, as this article mentions, you are also not getting a FICO score – you are getting the proprietary score each bureau uses. Experian has their own, TransUnion has their own, Equifax uses FICO score, and all 3 also offer the combined Advantage Score as well. The only two ways to egt your actual FICO score, which is still the industry standard, is to go through MyFico.com and get it or to get it through Score Watch at Equifax.

Sorry but this article is not accurate. You might get some scores, but they aren’t FICO’s.

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