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- From: Greg.Kerr@p2.f547.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Greg Kerr)
- Newsgroups: aus.general
- Subject: Credit Ratings was Australian Products
- Message-ID: <728112143.AA02095@csource.oz.au>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 07:18:10
- Sender: gateway@csource.oz.au
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- jeremy@cs.adelaide.edu.au
- Hi jeremy
-
- I remember on the 20-Jan-93 you wrote:
-
- j> From: jeremy@cs.adelaide.edu.au (Jeremy Webber) Organization: Digital
- j> Arts Film and Television
-
- j> Just like an individual, the country has a "credit rating", and based
- j> on that credit rating overseas people are willing to lend us a certain
- j> amount, in order to be the "cheaper and better" imported goods. Once
- j> the national debt gets over the limit that people are willing to lend,
- j> then the money will stop flowing in, and you will not be able to import
- j> goods at any price.
-
- As a side issue to the debate I would like to comment on the credit rating
- part of the comment above. I work for a company that uses CRAA (Credit
- Reference Association of Australia). and would like to point out the realities
- of the so called credit rating system.
-
- How it works is that no one has a rating as such rather a list of all the
- companies that you have done credit with in the last seven years. there is also
- a seperate list of wether you have had court judgments, defaulted on any
- payments or gone bankrupt. So rather than a rating you have a credit history of
- wether you haven't paid your creditors or not. Going bankrupt is mildly better
- than being a total clearout. The other side is that if you haven't applied for
- any credit then you wont have a credit history, this is probably more
- suspiscious as you have to suspect that the person applying for credit is using
- a false name.
-
- The other thing is if you do clearout (shift address and leave no
- forwarding address) and then apply for credit within the seven years above then
- your new address will be passed on to any creditors still owed money and in all
- likelihood you will not be accepted for credit by any new companies.
-
- Cheers Greg
- * Origin: The Hidden Garden (3:635/547.2)
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