| Comment Number: | 545091-00320 |
| Received: | 10/13/2009 |
| Commenter: | Mr. James Barlow |
| Organization: | |
| State: | VA |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | 16 CFR Part 610 Amendments to Rule to Prevent Deceptive Marketing of Credit Reports and to Ensure Access to Free Annual File Disclosures |
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Comments:
This is not about deceptive advertising but is about access in general. On two separate occasions, I tried to get a free credit report online and failed. I followed the procedures correctly; however, for unknown reasons, the session was discontinued before I received the credit report. I followed the procedures again but was denied for the reason that I had already received my free report for that year. In other words, the annual credit report website counted the failed session as my one free credit report. I waited another year to try again, and a similar thing happened. Due to some sort of communication failure, the session ended before I received the free credit report, and I was denied when I tried again. I use a reliable internet connection, and I use the internet often without troubles, so the fault was not at my end. There should be a verification step to determine whether the credit report was actually received.