Consumer complaint received 2020-05-01
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Investigation took more than 30 days

Complaint:
I write to request your bureaus assistance in correcting anomalies iXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX reporting of my auto loan credit account which was recently closed. 

On XX/XX/XXXX, I sought and was approved for refinancing through XXXX financial for my auto loan with XXXX XXXX which i had opened since XXXX. Through several telephone conversations between that date and XX/XX/XXXX, i corresponded this fact to several different XXXX XXXX customer service agents and informed them, that they should be receiving communication from XXXX XXXX in short order with payment to close my account with them. While XXXX agents acknowledged that they did see the payoff request from XXXX on file, they did point out that until they actually receive payment, i was ultimately responsible for the outstanding balance until paid in full. I contacted XXXX XXXX and encouraged them to expedite payment to XXXX since i did not want my credit to be negatively impacted. The sales manager a XXXX of XXXX, XXXX XXXX, indicated that payment was submitted to XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX and even provided a direct telephone number and requested that i forward same to XXXX XXXX, so that they may contact him to expedite proceedings. All this was provided to XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX reported my account as being 60 days late, resulting in a 35 point drop in my credit score and tarnishing my perfect 100 % payment history. 

I called XXXX, but was told they no longer had a credit reporting or resolution department and the regular customer service agents provided no recourse. I then contacted equifax and XXXX  and filed a dispute on the basis that my new auto loan with XXXX XXXX had been reflecting on my credit report since XX/XX/XXXX with a total that included the amount that was still outstanding to XXXX XXXX, which was also still being reflected on my report as being outstanding at the same time. My question then and still now is ; why would a financial institution report me as being late, when at no point did the payoff amount had to go through me to pay to the previous vendor? This was simply a business to business transaction that should not have affected me, the customer unless one party refused to pay the other. 

When the results of the disputes arrived, I realized that not only had XXXX XXXX refused to reverse the recent late reported payment, but they also resubmitted a late payment submission from XX/XX/XXXX that i had disputed through the CFPB and which you had rectified. 

This has led to my on time payment history with XXXX XXXX now being reflected as 85 %, down from 100 %. According to Equifax, even though this account is now closed, given that this has been the credit account that i have held the longest this far, it will remain an integral part of my credit worthiness going forward for the next foreseeable 7 years. 

To think that i took all the precautions and did all i could in both these situations to be a responsible consumer, it just isnt sitting well with me that this is the end result. I ask that your bureau reach out to the individual credit reporting bureaus and XXXX XXXX, to have them review the details of XXXX XXXX reporting of my account and effect any possible positive changes, so that my future credit worthiness isnt negatively impacted. 

Sincere Regards, XXXX XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation