TransUnion was created in 1968 by Union Tank Car Company as their holding company. According to Wikipedia, Union Tank Car Company is a railway equipment leasing company (and car maintenance / manufacturing) headquartered in metro Chicago, Illinois. As the name says, they specialize in tank cars, and covered hopper cars. It was founded […]

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TransUnion is taking sign ups for a Free Credit Monitoring Service.  We first posted the news of the free service on June 2, but it was not available at the time.  As of June 25, you may now sign up for it. Recap of the why they are offering this free service:
The credit […]

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It’s kinda like paying for a movie and being forced to sit through commercials before seeing it. I recently reviewed a client’s purchased tri-merged credit report and noticed something I’d never seen before: there were one to two ads per page on the report. The credit report service will remain nameless. […]

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I received the initial letter on 2/18/08, but this played out nicely and thought I would share as it is a good reason why the consumer should NEVER roll over to a collection agency.
I’ve posted all the updates.
“Three years ago I switched cell phone providers. I am fairly sure I settled up with the old […]

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