Don Tate
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Shopping for a credit repair company is no easy task. Contrasting the value of services offered by a variety of different credit repair companies is no picnic to start with and then when you consider the fact that very few people know much about credit improvement in the first place, it is plain to see why so many consumers have a hard time making an educated decision about which company to sign up with.
Add to this the volumes of bad information floating around about credit repair services and the choice of which credit repair service to chose becomes even more difficult. Now it's not just about narrowing down a company, there is the added complication of deciding whether to sign up with a credit repair company at all. So afraid of becoming a victim of a credit repair scam, many consumers instead choose to do nothing about their bad credit score.
But for those who realize that a reputable credit repair company really is able to help people, something that any of the many people who have successfully improved their credit reports with the assistance of a credit repair service can attest to, it becomes a challenge to figure out which company to trust. Naturally, each credit repair company claims to be the best choice so, looking to get unbiased information to base their decision off of, many people look to credit repair review sites as well as websites listing company complaints.
This may appear to be a smart idea, but as you may have seen, these review sites are rarely without bias. Sites like CreditRepairReviews.net and CreditRepairCompanyReview.com
are most likely maintained by the very companies they endorse, and sites like TopConsumerReviews.com and BlemishFreeCredit.com are operated by affiliates of the companies they reviewed so if you click through the links on their site and sign up with one of the companies they have listed, they will receive a commission for the sale. Now, this is not to say that the reviews on these sites are worthless, but it is important for you to bear in mind that they are likely biased towards whichever affiliate offer pays out the most.
Also keep in mind that this bias goes beyond reviews sites that have positive things to say. You also need to consider the origin of complaints on sites such as RipOffReport and the BBB. Sometimes these complaints come from competing companies, unhappy customers who misrepresent the facts, or even from the website owners themselves. RipOffReport has been accused many times of posting inaccurate or embellished negative information about companies which for them is a very good business model since they have charged companies $50,000 or more to clean up these damaging listings.
So instead of relying on what may very well be false credit repair reviews, it is worth the effort to education yourself about the services credit repair companies provide. Then, set aside an afternoon to call a few credit repair companies so you can get a feel for how responsive they are and how professionally they conduct themselves.
Add to this the volumes of bad information floating around about credit repair services and the choice of which credit repair service to chose becomes even more difficult. Now it's not just about narrowing down a company, there is the added complication of deciding whether to sign up with a credit repair company at all. So afraid of becoming a victim of a credit repair scam, many consumers instead choose to do nothing about their bad credit score.
But for those who realize that a reputable credit repair company really is able to help people, something that any of the many people who have successfully improved their credit reports with the assistance of a credit repair service can attest to, it becomes a challenge to figure out which company to trust. Naturally, each credit repair company claims to be the best choice so, looking to get unbiased information to base their decision off of, many people look to credit repair review sites as well as websites listing company complaints.
This may appear to be a smart idea, but as you may have seen, these review sites are rarely without bias. Sites like CreditRepairReviews.net and CreditRepairCompanyReview.com
Also keep in mind that this bias goes beyond reviews sites that have positive things to say. You also need to consider the origin of complaints on sites such as RipOffReport and the BBB. Sometimes these complaints come from competing companies, unhappy customers who misrepresent the facts, or even from the website owners themselves. RipOffReport has been accused many times of posting inaccurate or embellished negative information about companies which for them is a very good business model since they have charged companies $50,000 or more to clean up these damaging listings.
So instead of relying on what may very well be false credit repair reviews, it is worth the effort to education yourself about the services credit repair companies provide. Then, set aside an afternoon to call a few credit repair companies so you can get a feel for how responsive they are and how professionally they conduct themselves.