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Mar 3, 2024
5:20:24pm

Ojiisan All-American

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Ojiisan

Previous username: In Reverie
Bio page: Ojiisan
Joined: Oct 15, 2005
Last login: Nov 9, 2024
Total posts: 21,039 (1,096 FO)

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Messages

Author

Time

I've been meaning to freeze my credit with the 3 credit bureaus for a long time

elmerfudd

Mar 3, 4:32pm

How do you unfreeze it when applying for loans, cards, etc?

byusage

Mar 3, 4:34pm

RE: How do you unfreeze it when applying for loans, cards, etc?

Mar 3, 4:35pm

Log in and press the unfreeze button.

VACOUGFAN

Mar 3, 4:35pm

You just log into each of those accounts and click 'unfreeze'. It's as

elmerfudd

Mar 3, 4:36pm

You can select to just "thaw" it. In others words, you can select "unfreeze for 3 days". That way you don't have to

HarlemCoug

Mar 3, 5:20pm

Equifax has an app where you can swipe to lock and unlock it real quick

squirrelyearl

Mar 3, 5:24pm

RE: How do you unfreeze it when applying for loans, cards, etc?

Mar 3, 4:41pm

I ask whomever is running my credit which bureaus they’re going to run. Then I go and unfreeze it on the bureau’s

WDaddy

Mar 3, 6:41pm

what are the major benefits?

CrashMcLarson

Mar 3, 4:44pm

RE: what are the major benefits?

ZuluBlue

Mar 3, 4:48pm

Yep, it’s easy and 100% worth it.

ZuluBlue

Mar 3, 4:47pm

Thank you for the reminder. I've meant to do it too, and finally just completed it.

Mar 3, 4:52pm

Just did it, thanks.

goidcougs

Mar 3, 4:55pm

Freeze your kids credit too while you're at it.

VACOUGFAN

Mar 3, 5:07pm

^^this. Freeze your wife's and your kid's credit too. It took me less than 30 minutes.

HarlemCoug

Mar 3, 5:21pm

Get ready for thousands of emails daily from each of the bureaus now

Ojiisan

Mar 3, 5:20pm

I just did it and only one asked for an email address.

BYUFBDAD

Mar 3, 5:22pm

That wasn't my experience. I wonder why I didn't get any spam emails about it???

HarlemCoug

Mar 3, 5:22pm

I don’t get those

Mar 3, 5:46pm

Agreed, it’s very easy to freeze credit and then unfreeze when you need to

therock

Mar 3, 6:37pm

Does that do anything about unsolicited credit card app mailers?

russkiejedi

Mar 3, 6:43pm

I didn't notice a change. Didn't get more... didn't get fewer.

HarlemCoug

Mar 3, 6:47pm

what happens if you forgot about freezing it when you apply for a loan or a car?

CrashMcLarson

Mar 3, 6:50pm

It's happened to me before. The bank just calls, says "Please unfreeze your credit and call us back when you're done."

HarlemCoug

Mar 3, 8:04pm

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