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When I had a collection deleted from my credit it made my score go up. It will take several weeks.

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Q: When a collection account is deleted from your credit report does it initially lower your score?
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Can a collection agency place an account back on your credit file if it has previously been deleted by all three credit bureaus in March 2004?

Afraid so. If they have bought the account and the SOL has not expired.


What does it mean when your credit report states that you have a paid closed collection account on you credit report?

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When an account is deleted from a credit bureau do the other credit bureaus automatically delete it too?

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How can you mend your credit after a paid collection?

Only the credit bureaus the collection agency can remove a collection from your credit report. The collection agency won't do it now since it is paid and they have no reason to. You can dispute it to the credit bureaus and ask for verification on the account. They will have 30 days to verify the items or it must be removed from your credit report.


What do you do if an account was turned over to a collection agency but the original creditor accepted your payment in full?

Contact the original creditor. Provide proof of your payment. They need to retract the account from the collection agency. The account could have been sold to the collection agency or simply assigned to them. For your purposes, it does not matter which situation applies. You paid the original creditor and your credit report needs to reflect this. After they do what they need to do to get the account back; you then dispute the entries with all three credit bureaus. The original account should show as a paid collection and the other collection account should be removed from your credit report entirely.


Does an account put with a collection agency always show up on your credit report?

This depends only if the creditor originally reported your account to your credit report.


Where do you pay collection accounts that are reported on your credit report when the company is out of business or no longer handles the account that was reported for collection?

You pay the collection agency.


Can a collection agency for a non-credit card-type bill hurt your credit rating?

Yes Once a collection account is reported to your credit history, its origin no longer matters. If money is owed and it gets listed with a credit reporting agency as a collection account, it affects the main factor in your credit score: Payment history. See www.myfico.com/CreditEducation/WhatsInYourScore.aspx for details of a FICO score.


When you close an amazon account does your credit card info get closed aswell or dods the company keep all of this info?

When your Amazon account is closed, the credit card info that is associated with the account will not be kept by the company and will be deleted also.