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Old 06-04-2008, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by saversaba08 View Post
Suze Orman sells her FICO Platinum Kit at myfico.com for an annual fee of $49.95. It is supposed to give all three credit scores and reports plus some extras like Debt Eliminator and FICO Simulator.
And there's the rub. As a financial adviser who is supposedly looking out for the interests of consumers, she should be advocating for the right of free access to our FICO scores. These indicators are no less important than our credit reports which by law we can now obtain annually without charge.

But as a representative of Fair Isaac, how can Orman be objective in this matter? That's what I mean by conflict of interest, disneysteve. Her shilling for this "Platinum Kit" (Platinum for whom?) like a peddler in a fish market proves my point.

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