Credit Check Refund (Strut Legal Burreau)
white_tea
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Quick question: Has anyone ever successfully gotten a refund on a credit check, say from an apartment rental service? I put in an application for a place with a $45 credit check-slash-application fee and also $500 earnest money for a spot that was either 1.) Misrepresented to me 2.) Or I was straight up lied to. Basically I was quote a price that included heat and parking then told that the price didn't included neither. The offer was contingent on those two things, so I basically want my money back. Anyone care to offer an opinion of the odds of that happening? P.S. I live in Illinois. P.P.S. Anyone have insight on how much these types of spots pay for an individual credit check? My guess is that they buy a pretty huge package and pay a few bucks each, WAY SOUTH of the $45 I paid.
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I work at a mortgage company and I think we pay $9-15 for a 3 file merge credit report.
Did you get that in writing?
Over $45?
i thought he lost his $500 earnest money.
If it's your $45, ask for it back, but you probably won't get it back. Don't fight too hard to get it back, because I doubt that you'll be able to make them give it back if it comes to that. If it's your $500, ask for it back and you should get it back. If you don't get it back, it's worth fighting about. They are supposed to give it back.
And in general, throwing around "I know/spoke to a lawyer" when you haven't is not going to help much. If you sound like YOU know your shit, you'll be a lot better off than if you sound like you're pissed and you're just threatening them with a non-existent lawyer.
Good luck. Credit check fees get the gas face.
JRoot
Best case, maybe I'll be able to switch over the credit check fee to another worthwhile property, though it seemed like I tapped the best of their resources as far as what I was looking for.
-rkw