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Contradictory advice from Credit Report Insights from MSE Credit Club

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  • MyRealNameToo
    MyRealNameToo Posts: 4,219 Forumite
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    I'm not unduly worried, but I assumed it was a glitch in the MSE credit report or whoever does it for them.  
    No, all the credit report website frequently give conflicting recommendations. Its the nature of the beast
  • ManyWays
    ManyWays Posts: 2,270 Forumite
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    fatbelly said:
    No, it doesn't make logical sense to me. But then I don't work in the marketing department of a money lender.
    Neither are the CRA money Lenders 🤷‍♀️
    They aren't lenders but they are brokers. The CRAs and the free reports are regulated as brokers, so they get their money by you taking out credit from a lender.  
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