Consumer complaint received 2021-08-09
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Investigation took more than 30 days
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (MD)

I purchased a XXXX XXXX XXXX from XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX at the time of purchase I did not have a strong financial background in terms of a job as I was working part time for a retail company making {$10.00} an hour and was a XXXX XXXX XXXX. The car salesmen was aware of this, he asked me to provide my paystubs and student loan information as he will handle the rest on his end. I was only XXXX years old and saved up {$2500.00} from working I had no idea what I was doing but I was looking for a car to get me back and forth from XXXX  to XXXX XXXX for XXXX. In XXXX, I became XXXX  with my XXXX XXXX  and had a difficult XXXX which required me to be out of work often, in result I was not making enough money to cover the $ XXXX monthly car payments. I tried discussing a payment plan with XXXX XXXX XXXX however they were not inclined on making such a plan as they wanted a full payment. In result on XX/XX/XXXX the vehicle was repossessed, I did not have the money to pay the past due balance and the fees associated to obtain the vehicle again. When I called late XXXX of XXXX about the vehicle I was told the vehicle had already been sold and the final amount of the account will be sent to me. 

My last call to XXXX XXXX  XXXX was sometime in XX/XX/XXXX as I received a notice with a balance of around {$14000.00}, I inquired on why the amount was higher than what the vehicle was purchased and why they were attempting to collect on a balance of {$14000.00} when the vehicle was sold and funds were recouped from the loss of the sale. I did not receive a direct response but instead the call was forward to a department to discuss the situation however no one responded the call. When the account was placed on my credit in XX/XX/XXXX it was first reported as a repossession than in XX/XX/XXXX it was changed to charged off. I have been disputing this case with all three credit bureaus due to the egregious errors placed on my credit and the shady practices that XXXX XXXX XXXX is participating in. XXXX XXXX XXXX has placed on my credit file that {$7500.00} was written off and {$10000.00} is past due. How can I owe {$18000.00} on a vehicle that was not merely purchased for that price, I purchased the vehicle for around {$13000.00} and the vehicle was sold in under 2 months upon repossession. I never received documentation on how much the vehicle was sold for and I still do not understand why there is a balance of {$10000.00}. 
In XXXX, I received notification from the state of Maryland that my account in question was eligible to have the outstanding loan to be waived under a court case that was ongoing. When I contacted XXXX XXXX XXXX to discuss my account and it being waived I was told my account was not included in the waived account list. When I researched it further and contacted the hotline where account holders can obtain further information about the case I was told that my account is apart of the waiver.