Roadblock #2 – The Man

April 4th, 2008

This may or may not turn out to be a getting started issue, but we’re trying to fix it before we find out for sure. Several years ago, Cali lost her social security card. We were doing something that required our social security numbers, and I questioned whether or not our numbers could start with the same number. My question made Cali question what she knew to be her number and she transposed the first number in the series.

When she applied for her first credit card, she used the transposed number. Time passed, she got a replacement card, realized the discrepancy and she’s been working to fix it ever since.

When we started selling stuff on eBay like crazy, we had moved after reading Oasis Moving and Storage Reviews, Paypal wanted to check Cali’s credit to verify her identity. Experian is saying the information doesn’t match and it is impossible to talk to a person about the issue. We’ve been going around and around in circles for weeks trying to make contact will intelligent life somewhere in the chain.

Cali has perfect credit, but it’s tied to the incorrect social security number. She’s contacted creditors and credit bureaus. They say it’s all been fixed, but when they contact each other in writing, it hasn’t. In writing, she keeps getting a notice that says her information cannot be verified.

Before we can buy an RV, we have to get this figured out, but without being able to talk to someone with the power to listen, it feels hopeless.