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msburton-welch
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Subject: Vantage Score?
 
 Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 12:10 am  
What is the difference between a Vantage score and a FICO score. My Vantage score is 680 is that bad?
 
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 Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 1:28 am  
I am not sure what a vantage score is, have never heard of it before.
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 Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 6:56 am  
Hi msburton-welch

Vantage Score is new credit score model prepared by the three major CRAs (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion ) to provide a consistent and predictive score for more people. This score will for the first time provide a consistent algorithm across the three CRAs and will be based on a 24-month review of a consumer's credit file. This Score uses the numerical range of 501 to 990 to represent the credit score of the borrowers, - higher score representing lower likelihood of risk and hence more creditworthiness.
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 Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 7:14 am  
Hi msburton-welch

The major respect in which vantage score differs from FICO score is that Vantage Score is based on six variables (payment history, utilization, balances, depth of credit, recent credit and available credit) while FICO score is based on five variables (payment history, length of credit history, amounts owed, types of credit uses, and new credit). Moreover Vantage score offers a highly predictive and consistent interpretation of consumer's credit files across the three CRA's. According to Vantage Score, a score of 901 to 990 is an "A" grade score, 801 to 900 is a "B" grade score, 701 to 800 is a "C" grade score, 601 to 700 is a "D" grade score and finally a score of 501 to 600 is an "F” grade score.
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Subject: scores
 
 Posted on Thu May 15, 2008 10:40 am  
Ya know...that doesn't seem 'fair' ( and I know ALOT of credit scoring isn't). You can have the most WONDERFUL people, seperated, divorced, windowed, etc. and falling behind in bills...trying to deal with them, like everyone else. A piece of paper ( or a 'Score' in this matter, is SUPPOSELY telling somone what kind of person you are?
 
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 Posted on Fri May 16, 2008 2:00 pm  
If credit reports/scoring are not fair, perhaps you can come up with a way to lend money to people that doesn't take into account a person's race, gender, age (because these are prohibited by law). Test it by loaning out all of your money...if it works, you should end up quite wealthy in a few years. If it doesn't, well, at least you were fair, right?
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 Posted on Sat May 17, 2008 10:43 am  
You have to understand that companys can't afford to take chances on peoples credit anymore than you can take a chance on the really friendly looking hitchhicker carrying an ax..... As flawed as the credit system is we NEED it. Look at what all of those Sub prime loans did to out economy. Not that the banks gave the loans to these ppl to be fair but, they did give big loans to ppl who had poor credit and well, the rest is history.
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 Posted on Sat May 17, 2008 11:30 pm  
Yea............this is understandable. Banks and Credit Unions take chances. If the person can't pay it back OR just fails to sends anymore payments, well.........i guess 'you' can do so much. THAT just means you wouldn't want to take a chance on 'these' people anymore ( speaking with 'personal experience', too) If I loaned someone money, and they din't pay me back and I din't hear from them in a long time, i would be 'cautious', too. And, no,.....I DON'T think i would loan money to a " hitchhiker with an ax." LOL.......even if he DID have PERFECT credit. LOL
 
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 Posted on Sun May 18, 2008 11:45 pm  
All good points but I think that credit reports save us all in the long run. If they just lent to anyone and people didn't pay..we would all pay for it in the end with higher prices and interest rates. I know life puts good people in bad situations but eventually the good people work it all out and get back on track. Whoever said life was easy?
 
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 Posted on Mon May 19, 2008 5:35 am  
I do agree with fireyone. Credit reports give us a view of the borrowers credit history which shows how much the person is eligible for the loan and his capability of repaying the loan. If lenders lend money to anybody even to people who are not capable of repaying, the economy would end up with high inflation rates. So I think that lending should always be made after taking into account the person's credit report.
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 Posted on Mon May 19, 2008 6:02 am  
LOL, I was refering to giving the hitchhiker with an ax a ride.....I'm pretty sure if I gave him money I'd consider it a robbery! ANyway, one thing I do dislike about the credit system is the way my car insurance company whom I have had for 8 years and never had a ticket or accident can raise my rates b/c I had a bump in my credit as a teenager! What does that have to do with my driving!
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 Posted on Thu May 22, 2008 2:43 am  
WHAT!! REALLY?? Your car insurance went up because of your credit? WOW!! Do car insurance companies check your credit? I thought they just checked your driving record. That's news to me. Actually......my car insurance actually went down, again. I have Nationwide.
 
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 Posted on Thu May 22, 2008 8:19 am  
Yeah, thats why they cant give you a proper quote without your SS#
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 Posted on Thu May 22, 2008 10:17 am  
It is really sad if the insurance companies pull up the credit report to determine car insurance rates. I too don't find any reason of linking insurance rates with credit report. These two are totally different issues altogether.
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 Posted on Thu May 22, 2008 9:15 pm  
When I got married and went to start my own Allstate policy after being on one with my father for 6 years with no accidents or late payments. They told me that my rates would triple and I would have to give a downpayment. When I asked why I was told that my husband and I were considered a high risk b/c of our combined credit score. I called every large company and was told they do the same thing.
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