Michelle
Dallas,#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, April 14, 2003
I promise!! I went ROUND and ROUND with citigroup/herley state bank on something VERY similar (i.e. filed personal bankruptcy but REAFFIRMED all of our debt that had collateral attached). The responsible party is the creditor - even if the car wasn't "included" in your bankruptcy - it was - it was just "reaffirmed" - it HAS TO BE FILED that way - NOW - if your creditor got a copy of your BR filing and did NOT READ the whole thing and see that their portion was being reaffirmed then they (this is EXACTLY) probably filed this negative report with the credit bureau and then when they did realize the debt was being taken care of they never pulled their collective thumbs outta their collective rear-ends to change how the debt was being filed with the credit bureau - a credit bureau (in theory) cannot put info on a credit report without a creditor giving them that info. you will have to contact your creditor and get a WRITTEN statement from them saying that the debt is not (and never was) in default, then you will have to file a dispute with the credit bureau and present the letter you have from your creditor - if you don't it WILL stay on your credit report - i have fought a $200 error for 2 years now (creditor says they didn't put it on there because our account is/has always been in good standing and bureau says they cannot remove because creditor gave that info - what a cluster f**k)