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On Wednesday 28 November 2007 10:51, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:05:02AM +0000, Tom Potts wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 November 2007 08:47, Henry Bremridge wrote: > > > I believe under the Freedom of Information Act, people are allowed to > > > set a reasonable charge for providing the data. In the case of the > > > credit agencies this has been set at £2 > > > > This really ought to be challenged somehow. This is the key part of their > > business (doing the check) and if it much more complicated than > > select ..../print/post (ie about 50p) then we are being penalised by the > > companies incompetence. > > It's a free market, anyone who thinks they can run a profitable credit > reporting agency and process access requests at 50p a go can feel > free to try. Is there such a massive difference between 50p/year > and £2/year? > > > What I find disgusting is that these companies make money out of MY > > information > > ...that is publically available or that they pay for... > > > and expect me to pay to have it checked. > > You would rather that you had no opportunity to correct mistakes made > by the companies that feed data to the credit clearing houses then? > > > I shouldn't have to subsidise their attempt to save money and > > increase their profits. > > You don't have to. Just don't bother using any form of credit. But > if you do, you are getting a better deal because the creditor is > more able to tell that you're not going to default. > > > Its a bit like those old 'gene' patents > > No it isn't. > > > Some say £2 isnt much - well give me 50p for everyone in this > > country with a bank account for ... well nothing , and I'll send > > you a postcard from a nice beach! > > Not everyone in this country asks for their credit reports nor uses > credit. If you or anyone else feels it is easy money you can set up > your own credit scoring service. I'm really finding it hard to > understand your problem with these companies; they provide a > valuable service to both creditor and debtor and their operating > costs are not zero. > > If you want to rail against injustice try any of the number of > abusive creditors who are quite happy to sell credit they know the > debtor can't afford with punishing terms that can leave people > without a home or bank account paying cash weekly on the doorstep > for hire purchase of the clothes on their back. Look at every > company that says "loan with NO CREDIT CHECK" and observe how seedy > they are. > > > Hey I have a car and can use it to make a profit but I don't have > > to have pay for any damage I cause with it?????? > > Doesn't make sense. What's your point? I don't use credit as such* but I can it can still be upset by these things. A bad credit mark can prevent my debit card being renewed!! *I cant get things on account - so when I have lots of small items purchased regularly in a local shop neither they nor I can benefit from the cost savings of having them on account. OK they would grant me account rights as I've never failed to pay but theres their expenses and the inevitable loss of trust. What I'm saying is they are providing a service to other people that can seriously screw MY life up and I have to pay to fix THEIR errors - or even to find out if thats where the problem might be. I don't care how 'reasonably priced' it may be its still wrong. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html