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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A demonstration of the vagaries of consumer credit law, October 26, 2006
To descend into the depths of an outworn cliché, this book describes the mother of all credit problems. Through no fault of her own, the author and her husband are labeled as extremely poor credit risks. As amazing as it sounds, the problem begins when they try to prepay some of their home mortgage. However, due an error committed by the lender, their payments are misapplied and they end up being listed as in default. This then snowballs into an incredible problem as their "poor performance" is then reported to the credit agencies.
As these events unfold, they try to resolve the problem and talk to representatives of the company holding their mortgage. The representative is at first sympathetic and admits to their error. However, fixing the problem turns out to be an impossible task, as promises to change the records are unfulfilled. Legal action is launched against the company and rather than try to simply fix the problem the company throws an army of lawyers at them and engages in a great deal of arrogant nastiness.
It is not possible to say that this story has a happy ending. The stress over fighting the battle to get her credit restored destroyed her marriage and the stress led to some health problems. She eventually received compensatory monetary payments but punitive damages were denied by the judge. This book is a lesson in the vagaries of consumer credit law as consumers don't have all the legal rights that one would believe. The one good thing about the events in Denise's life is that it is an object lesson that you must pay very close attention to the bills you receive and be extremely pro-active in getting problems resolved as soon as possible.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE IWO JIMA AGAINST CORPORATE GIANTS, March 21, 2007
Author Denise Richardson and I decided to exchange our literary works. I sent her my novel "The Kids on the Block," and Denise sent me hers; "Give Me Back My Credit." Even though "The Kids on the Block has some sad parts, for the most part it is humorous and hilariously funny. Denise's true story is, on the other hand, tragic, nightmarish and bloodcurdling to say the least. I do not expect Denise to have much humor left after what she went through in fighting an arrogant, error-plagued, contemptuous Mortgage Bank and the three national credit bureaus.
Denise is the Iwo Jima against corporate giant's who, not only ruined her credit, but made her life worse than a living hell.
If you are like me and feel safe and confident since your credit score is above the 700's do not be too complacent and seat on your recliner thinking all is good and well. I jumped out of my seat after reading the first two chapters!
In author Denise Richardson's book "Give Me Back My Credit" she tells how her nightmare and living hell began. She, too, thought and felt safe and confident that everything about her mortgage on the home she owned was better than best. She made it a point to make extra payments to the principal of the mortgage loan, and of course, her credit rating was excellent as well.
Years later Denise decided to refinance her home. Much to her astounding surprise, she finds out the Mortgage lender had made many dreadful, inexcusable accounting errors on her mortgage loan. The lender never credited the extra mortgage payment to the principal of the mortgage loan.
The mortgage lender had not only been misapplying those extra payments, but was using her money to their benefit. After she found out the inexcusable mistake the lender had been making for years, the mortgage lender refused to correct their accounting errors. Denise's nightmare and living hell began.
From face-to-face battles against the corporate giants to inefficient attorneys and courtroom dramas the fight to regain, restore and have the errors corrected by the Mortgage lender only compounded into a bigger nightmare. From there it spread like a cancerous disease to the three national credit bureaus of Experian, Trans Union and Equifax.
This is a story the reader will not forget. The reader will learn from it and, sadly to say, from Denise's nightmare.
I didn't think I needed to read "Give Me Back My Credit;" I was wrong! I hope the book finds its way to the halls of high school and college administrators and make the book required reading for all students.
If you feel you don't need to read her book, you, too, will be wrong.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful read-- as entertaining as informative, October 11, 2006
This is a wonderful book... as much as it is terrifyingly real... the credit issues and the unbridled power of the "Big Three" to randomly destroy any life they choose... It is a smooth read... A hard to put down tale that leaves you shaking your head and wondering if you'll be next.
As extreme as this may seem...it is merely a drop in the tremendous bucket of Credit lies, deception and h3ll that people go through...
Great book.
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