All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T

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All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T Jun 3, 2014 19:00:09 GMT

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Post by oldgrumpy on Jun 3, 2014 19:00:09 GMT

On FC website it states:

All businesses have been assessed by Funding Circle and we only allow strong, established businesses onto the platform. Every business listed has:
(among other things)

A healthy Experian credit report

No they don't. Just look at the C and C- offerings this week!

I had some exchange with FC about this, and following the usual drivel about "credit report is only part of FC's assessment of a company" I eventually squeezed out an admission that the statement on the webpage was "possibly misleading" they said they would look into rewording it.

They haven't ... so new investors and autobid subscribers, amd maybe the regulator need to take note.

Signed...Grumples

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All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T Jun 3, 2014 21:05:09 GMT

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Post by GSV3MIaC on Jun 3, 2014 21:05:09 GMT

I guess we need to (re)define 'healthy' .. maybe it means 'not actually dead yet'.
I mean none of those actually had a negative credit rating, did they. Zero maybe (like the dentist), but not really negative. 8>.

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blender Member of DD Central Posts: 5,719 Likes: 4,272	All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T Jun 3, 2014 21:51:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by blender on Jun 3, 2014 21:51:18 GMT Not dead. Stunned, or perhaps pining. Nothing to complain about.

fasty Member of DD Central Posts: 1,038 Likes: 388	All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T Jun 3, 2014 21:55:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by fasty on Jun 3, 2014 21:55:32 GMT Nice one. Healthy as in "still twitching" perhaps. BTW, didn't OG used to have a banana? Or shouldn't I have mentioned that?

batchoy Posts: 1,113 Likes: 281	All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T Jun 4, 2014 6:25:33 GMT oldgrumpy and valerieb like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by batchoy on Jun 4, 2014 6:25:33 GMT Nothing wrong with the statement whatsoever, the last time I looked up Experian their business was very healthy indeed.

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All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T Jun 4, 2014 7:47:56 GMT elljay and oldgrumpy like this

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Post by blender on Jun 4, 2014 7:47:56 GMT

Jun 3, 2014 21:55:32 GMT fasty said:

Nice one. Healthy as in "still twitching" perhaps.

BTW, didn't OG used to have a banana? Or shouldn't I have mentioned that?

The lack of a banana signals an especially grumpy post.
Edit: and now OG has changed his avatar to an empty banana skin. The forum is now a monkey-free-zone with 689 avatar images plus quotes changed. I think that avatar changes should not be retroactive, so that we can choose our avatar to suit our post. And so that important debates about issues such as bananas do not lose their meaning.

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All businesses.... healthy Experian report.... NO THEY DON'T

Post by oldgrumpy on Jun 3, 2014 19:00:09 GMT

Post by GSV3MIaC on Jun 3, 2014 21:05:09 GMT

Post by blender on Jun 3, 2014 21:51:18 GMT

Post by fasty on Jun 3, 2014 21:55:32 GMT

Post by batchoy on Jun 4, 2014 6:25:33 GMT

Post by blender on Jun 4, 2014 7:47:56 GMT