{"id":12561,"date":"2019-12-06T09:58:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=12561"},"modified":"2019-12-06T14:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:11:31","slug":"stop-saying-equifax-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/stop-saying-equifax-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Saying Equifax, Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<p>So, I started a business in college&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was tired of people complaining about how credit sucks. Credit reports and credit scores are figuratively engineered to suck on purpose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" id=\"44148E6C-C620-46E0-9643-E234C42A079A\"><\/p>\n<p>Get. Over. It.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>99.9% of people are trying to get Equifax to add, remove, delete, augment or supplement using&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the phone {bad move}<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; their website [worse move]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" id=\"6F9E7ACC-09FF-4F50-8DE6-A82FC58D4B83\">Equifax is an oligopoly. This means it\u2019s almost a monopoly and they\u2019re gonna be jerks<\/p>\n<p>Solution:&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">PO Box 740256 is Experian&#8217;s Direct-Database-Interface #PObox740256&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Knr0kl6RC_k\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Knr0kl6RC_k<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;= genius<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;= the law<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a>&nbsp;is a hashtag in Twitter that doubles as a protocol. This signature business recipe is where mailed mail acts as a \u201cApplication Protocol Interface\u201d (API). This API allows you to connect to Experian.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most API calls are computer to computer. This is frowned upon because credit reporting agencies&nbsp;broker negative information. Thus, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ExternalAPI&#038;src=hash\">#ExternalAPI<\/a>&nbsp;must only occur in adherence with the 1970\u2019s laws of credit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Old credit laws are the current laws<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Larry Chiang @duck9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1195418141410508800?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">11\/15\/19, 11:07 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u202a@alyce_ge\u202c\u2069\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u2066\u202a@alyce_ge\u202c\u2069\">\u2066\u202a@alyce_ge\u202c\u2069<\/a>&nbsp;Equifax sucks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ExternalAPI&#038;src=hash\">#ExternalAPI<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a>&nbsp;= genius<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1168613679551655936\/RJ-_GV_C_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Alyce Ge (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyce_ge?s=11\">@alyce_ge<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alyce_ge\/status\/1195414125465276416?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">11\/15\/19, 10:51 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u202a@LarryChiang\u202c\u2069\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u2066\u202a@LarryChiang\u202c\u2069\">\u2066\u202a@LarryChiang\u202c\u2069<\/a>&nbsp;was bumming around the equifax tweets &amp; found this &#x1f923;&#x1f602;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNlR4Q39Be\">pic.twitter.com\/JNlR4Q39Be<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\nEquifax is networked with using&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">. But they do not want you to send them mail, so do it. Do send them mail that clearly states what your position is on an 8 1\/2 x11 piece of paper<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">IN THE COMMENTS, tell me about the \u201cmiracles\u201d that occur after sending out paper mail&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/751462779500900352\/F-3ltd_G_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">ExpTransFax (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exptransfax?s=11\">@ExpTransFax<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exptransfax\/status\/751098810571436032?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">7\/7\/16, 10:01 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Equifax is networked with using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a>. But they do not want you to send them mail, so do it!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23expTransFax&#038;src=hash\">#expTransFax<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Experian, TransUnion and Equifax also don\u2019t want you to know about P.O. Box 105281<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1356680194\/lane-headshot_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">#FreeCreditReport (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freecreditrepor?s=11\">@freecreditrepor<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freecreditrepor\/status\/665605795816452097?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">11\/14\/15, 11:02 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">3, #10 envelopes\/ three PO boxes<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox4500&#038;src=hash\">#poBox4500<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox2000&#038;src=hash\">#poBox2000<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Experian TransUnion Equifax<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>If buying stamps and envelopes are too intimidating or too detailed to accomplish,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/venmo.com\/code?user_id=1834971115290625017\">Venmo<\/a>&nbsp;me $5.01 and I\u2019ll send you a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23poBox740256&#038;src=hash\">#poBox740256<\/a>&nbsp;envelope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2018s the link to my <a href=\"https:\/\/venmo.com\/code?user_id=1834971115290625017\">Venmo profile<\/a>. Tap or click it, and be sure you\u2018re finding my true self. And mail me mail to 125 University Ave, P.O. Box 1000, Palo Alto CA 94301<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Image-1.png\" id=\"BE8D0CE5-48F0-4177-A0FC-4DE57E8646B8\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image3-1-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" id=\"C2882EFB-A4E5-46B7-8814-AA489188E514\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Sent from my personal iPhone, 650-283-8008,&nbsp;<\/span>that Steve Jobs texted me on<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>What They Don\u2019t Teach You In School is that Equifax controls the biggest expense in your life. Interest.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Equifax is great<\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang So, I started a business in college&nbsp; I was tired of people complaining about how credit sucks. Credit reports and credit scores are figuratively engineered to suck on purpose.&nbsp; Get. Over. 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