Most effective (quickest) way to get a problem fixed on my credit report?

Mears

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One of my CC companies put a negative mark (30 days late) on my credit report in Nov '05. I disputed the claim with them and they said they corrected it. I kept getting notices from agencies (now up to 4) and I kept contacting my CC company to correct it. I checked my credit score the other day and lo and behold, there was the same damn negative mark. I called and bitched my CC company something fierce and they said that there wasn't anything they could do about it because they already informed the agency and I would have to take it from there.


I'm going to start shopping around for mortgages in the near future and I don't want to have this off by then. Would it be faster to handle this online (can't provide documentation, only a statement), by mail with copies of all relevant documentation, or over the phone. The agency I am referring to is equifax. They claim that online is best but then I can only assert my claim in 250 characters.
 

DarkKnight69

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I had a late payment on a mastercard, took about 6 months to get back to where it was at before....
 

Mears

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Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
I had a late payment on a mastercard, took about 6 months to get back to where it was at before....

It took the agency 6 months to correct the problem or six months for your score to reach is previous level with the negative mark?
 

EagleKeeper

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File a dispute with each of the Credit reporting agencies.

They will give the CC a month to verify or it will get removed.
 

imported_Baloo

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The "Most effective (quickest) way to get a problem fixed on my credit report" is to follow the instructions that came with your credit report.
 

interchange

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File the dispute with the 3 credit agencies. You will need a copy of your credit report from each agency in order to do so. They will have 45 days IIRC to settle it.