evan_tech -- annualcreditreport.com page not found

03:31 pm, 14 Aug 06

annualcreditreport.com page not found

By government mandate you can get a free copy of your credit report once per year. According to their website, you must do this through annualcreditreport.com, and you should be wary of typo domains.

Unfortunately, that site gives me a "page not found" error. After trying a few different things, I found that proxying SSL through an IP in the US made it work. Jerks.

mcfnord

that web side is horrible. you can get the free credit report from each provider once yearly, adding up to one report every four months. i'm into my first full year, so i logged in to one of the specific reporting agencies with the credentials i made the year before, and looked all over for how to get my free one again. finally i figured out i have to go through the dreadful front-door site first, and be transferred. it's all just terribly done.

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supersat	IIRC, they used to throw up an error message if you arrived at that site through a link from another site. They really make it as hard as possible, probably with the hopes that you'll get frustrated and give up, and purchase one directly.
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zanfur	Make sure you have cookies and javascript enabled, and can look up all your old account numbers from birth. They make you jump through a lot of hoops. Save the reports on your hard drive, too, because they stop letting you see it online after 30 days.
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awong	and be sure to checkout the reviews for the particular company you end up getting your credit report from. Some out there, like freecreditreport.com (quick googling turned up this article) will do things like sneak recurring fees on you.
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