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  • Report:  #40382

Complaint Review: American Credit Solutions - Tampa Florida

Reported By:
- Show Low, Arizona,
Submitted:
Updated:

American Credit Solutions
4618 N. Hale Ave, Ste 102 Tampa, 33614 Florida, U.S.A.
Phone:
866-411-1092
Web:
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Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good? What's this?
Company was supposed to help re-establish my credit, but just stole my money!

My husband and I had a horrible year last year financially. This company was supposedly set up to help people re-establish their credit. Since I had applied for a couple of business cards, I really didn't think anything of it, when I got a card in the mail stating I had been approved for a card.

The set up was to give them a "one time fee" and then they sent me a catalog to choose items from and "purchase" items. My one time fee was $199.95 and a down payment of $109.80 for items I chose from the catalog. The idea was to purchase from their catalog and I pay them in 3 on-time monthly payments to start re-establishing my credit.

After the 3 on-time payments, I would then recieve my "Visa or Mastercard". I should have been more careful, but after the year we've had, I was ready to take that first step to re-new everything and straighten my credit out.

After not recieving any merchandise, I tried contacting them without any luck. I got an auto-mated system, and there was no way possible to actually speak with anyone. Their catalog said to fax or mail any inquiries to the address I providedd previously. Yet after almost 3 months, still no response and no merchandise.

Can you help???? I want them reported anyway! I do not wish this to happen to anyone else. I did not have the money for them to take. We are still trying to get our finances in order, and it's been a hard and stressful struggle!

Thanks!

Paulette

Show Low, Arizona
U.S.A.


1 Updates & Rebuttals

The Geat Thorn

Bayville,
New York,
U.S.A.
Paulette I am sorry as to how you were taken advantage of.

#2Consumer Suggestion

Tue, January 07, 2003

Paulette your Rip Off Report has touched me in a way that I must respond to your report. It up sets me so much to see so many one room back door operations are trying to make consumer think that they are big banks somewhere that is offering to help consumers re-build their credit. The facts are they are just looking to find consumers that they can Rip Off and thats IT Paulette have you heard of the basket ball team called The phoenix Suns? Well I have a close frined that used to play for the Phoenix Suns many years ago that was selling a service that you have got hooked up with. He was a close friend and he showed me how much money he was pumping out of consumers doing the same thing that you have bought into. There are so many people that have had a few "speed Bumps" if you will in their credit's past that would like to have a new chance at a better looking credit record. Paulette have you ever heard of The Fair Isaac Scoring system? It is all about you and your credit. Most car dealers will pull a credit report on you that will contain what is called the "Fair Isaac Score" this score reveals to them your credit's TRUE buying power. My "FIS" is in the high 700's The last Time I had it pulled I had a Fair Isaac Score of 788. Which is considered "A" Paper. If you want to rebuild your credit Paulette, you first need to understand how it all trully works. First I want you to build a solid relationship with a local bank. I want you to have a checking account, a savings account and set yourself up so that you can put some money into your savings accout that you DO NOT NEED every week, even if you have to kill your cable, your cell phone anything that will let you put money into a savings account EVERY WEEK! Also to HELL with all of these banks that are out of town just pumping fee's out of you through the mail. Next I want you to NEVER make any payments of anykind late, EVER if you have any lines of credit that have been reported late you could loose up to 29 points off of your Fair Isaac Score Next, I would ask that you try to keep your job for as long as you can, Job stability will increase your "FAIR ISAAC SCORE. Next If you are a home owner I would want you to keep it for as long as you can. The longer you stay put at the same address, again your score will go up Next I would want you to never show your S.S. Number to anyone at all. Hide your number and your husband's number from EVERYONE for at lease two years. The more people that get a hold of your S.S.Number and run a inquirie on your credit report, YOUR SCORE WILL GO DOWN If you have a credit card NEVER spend more that 15% of your limit. If you do this you will always have 85% revolving available, doing this will add points to your "Fair Isaac Score" If yo go over 31% of your limit you will be having points removed from your "FAIR ISAAC SCORE" So don't be too fast to use your credit card. And s**t-can that dumb a*s catalog that this so-called bank wants you to order from, most of their crap is "OVER PRICED FLEA MARKET JUNK" anyway' What I am telling you is what the credit industry does not want you to know. Banks, car dealer's finance guys and mortgage companies do not want you to become an educated consumer, they do not want you to know how their game really works. If you do they loose big money, so to hell with their big secrets, OK? Paulette go to http://recorder.maricopa.gov/ recdocdata/GetRecDataSelect.asp?mcrs=1 and do a search on consumers that have filed for a BK and you will also see that in many states if you file for a BK your name, address and S.S.Number and sometimes even your driver's license number will be posted on the internet for EVERYBODY to see. Where I live in New York millions of consumers S.S. Numbers are all over the net for anybody to steal and to what every they want with that info. Please hide your private info like it is your last dollar. To hell with everybody, it is your credit that is at stake! I trully hoped that I have helped you in some way. I feel that my life is half over and while I am alive I will continue to be The Great Thorn trying to help my fellow man/woman.

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