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| Credit Repair Kit For Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen R. Bucci
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $6.10
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 400369
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0764599089
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.7430973
EAN: 9780764599088
ASIN: 0764599089
Publication Date: December 12, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New Book. May have a Remainder Mark
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| Customer Reviews:
 Americans need to read this book! November 30, 2006
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
As a clinical psychologist and author specializing in the psychology of personal finance and the treatment of money disorders, I strongly recommend this book for anyone struggling with debt, and everyone who would like to avoid credit problems in the future. Steve Bucci is THE expert in helping people avoid and recover from excessive debt, and this book does not disappoint. The Credit Repair Kit For Dummies offers an in-depth, comprehensive, and enjoyable read chock-full of useful information. Given that last year more women filed for bankruptcy than graduated from college, and more children saw their parents file for bankruptcy than divorce, this book should be required reading in every high school in America. In fact, I think our elected "Dummies" in D.C. desperately need to learn and apply Mr. Bucci's principles in their management of America's finances.
Excellent Information Source for All Users of Credit October 12, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book helped me get back to the basics of managing my credit - because unbeknownst to and forgotten by many, credit indeed needs to be managed! Also the chapter on budgeting was very useful. Stephen Bucci uses wit and simple everyday language to make the book not only easy to understand and follow, but also engaging. A good purchase for those who need a refresher or reference for real life credit related problems!
Easy Read. Very Informative July 17, 2006
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
A good tutorial for people in all financial conditions. The author really knows his stuff.
 Doesn't get down to the nitty-gritty credit repair tactics April 27, 2006
92 out of 102 found this review helpful
I'm lukewarm about this book.
This book is good if you want general credit information but the title "Credit Repair" is misleading. If your credit is really jacked up like mine then this book won't cut it. I'd suggest doing online research to find out how you can repair your credit.
The book should have covered things like "pay for delete" which is a negotiation tactic that you use with collection agencies in which you pay the amount that you owe and they delete the negative tradeline off of your credit report. This is something that you would need to get in writing before making the actual payment.
Another term that the book should have covered is "restrictive endorsement". This is when you give your creditors a check w/ stipulations in the memo like "by cashing this check you are agreeing that this debt is paid in full" or "by cashing this check, you are agreeing to remove the negative tradeline off of my credit report". Note that this does not hold up in every state so you must be careful.
This book doesn't really touch on HIPAA information which is needed if you want to remove medical accounts (that have gone to collections) off of your credit report.
My suggestion if your credit is really bad is to do online research to figure out how to clean it up. This book is nothing more than definitions and you could get those online as well.
Better for Prevention April 20, 2006
19 out of 28 found this review helpful
Like a lot of credit recovery books, this one focuses on how to avoid trouble in the first place. For this reason it's not a great reference for anyone who already has credit problems. One exception seems to be the sections dealing with identity theft.
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