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  • Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
    :coffee:
  • rb10
    rb10 Posts: 6,334 Forumite
    Saints2011 wrote: »
    See my signature - it clearly is "out of thin air"

    Your current signature doesn't say anything of the sort - it just says that each lender will have its own scoring system, and as such, they will all give different score.

    Credit scoring is an attempt to predict your behaviour in the future. So you can't expect it to be spot on. Even if just a small proportion of scores were wrong, we'd still get people on here with examples of how the scoring system has shown someone to be much better/worse than they perceive themselves to be.

    Ultimately, Experian have a significant amount of experience in how peoples behaviours change, and they apply this to come up with an expectation of how they believe you will perform, represented as a score. But you can't expect them to predict the future with 100% accuracy.
  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    it does not ask me what my income is, or how long I have been at my address
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • allpine5346
    allpine5346 Posts: 43 Forumite
    i only been on here a week and i can say most of you people are sad angry negative prople who talk utter rubbish
  • rb10
    rb10 Posts: 6,334 Forumite
    chanz4 wrote: »
    it does not ask me what my income is, or how long I have been at my address

    Income is a poor indicator of creditworthiness. I could lose my job tomorrow. From the same income, two different people could save massively different amounts depending on living expenses. Some people will lie about their income. It's not going to tell a bank how likely you are to pay back your debts.

    How long you've been at your address - CRAs already know this, since they have access to electoral roll data.
  • BugsyBrowne
    BugsyBrowne Posts: 5,697 Forumite
    i only been on here a week and i can say most of you people are sad angry negative prople who talk utter rubbish

    It's because most people get tired of new members coming on the forum thinking they know everything when really they haven't got a clue.
    Exactly you've been on here just a week and your argueing with members with experience and knowledge of how experian works.
  • allpine5346
    allpine5346 Posts: 43 Forumite
    It's because most people get tired of new members coming on the forum thinking they know everything when really they haven't got a clue.
    Exactly you've been on here just a week and your argueing with members with experience and knowledge of how experian works.

    experienced members who know nothing lol
  • experienced members who know nothing lol
    You already asked Is my credit score any good and were told the value of the score. If you don't believe the answers that you've been given it seems pointless to keep posting further questions.
    Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
    :coffee:
  • stephane_2
    stephane_2 Posts: 3,076 Forumite
    experienced members who know nothing lol

    You should go & play somewhere else....your problem is that you seems to know everything better than anyone else & are incapable to argue your case without being rude....
  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
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    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
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