Were you even able to?!
I recently wanted to check my `old' U.S. credit report to see what was still listed. I know that my credit there is pretty much meaningless in Canada, since information isn't shared, but...I was just curious. Well...it didn't take long to figure out that this was an impossible task if trying to do so from a computer in Canada. None of the companies that offer this service (including the one that's the official U.S. government approved site www.annualcreditreport.com) would not allow allow a person connecting to their server from an I.P. address outside the U.S. to request their report. They do allow the requester to mail in their request, to avoid the I.P. restriction, but the report will only be mailed to an address in the U.S., which isn't an option (anymore). After beating my head against the wall, I finally had to succumb to using a VPN to `fix' the problem. What a pain.
I recently wanted to check my `old' U.S. credit report to see what was still listed. I know that my credit there is pretty much meaningless in Canada, since information isn't shared, but...I was just curious. Well...it didn't take long to figure out that this was an impossible task if trying to do so from a computer in Canada. None of the companies that offer this service (including the one that's the official U.S. government approved site www.annualcreditreport.com) would not allow allow a person connecting to their server from an I.P. address outside the U.S. to request their report. They do allow the requester to mail in their request, to avoid the I.P. restriction, but the report will only be mailed to an address in the U.S., which isn't an option (anymore). After beating my head against the wall, I finally had to succumb to using a VPN to `fix' the problem. What a pain.
