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| - Rookie mistake on my part when I engaged the services of this company. I've seen LendingTree ads forever, and have even known a couple people who have obtained financing through them. In the past, I toyed with trying to obtain quotes for different loan products from them, but have always backed out. Recently, while trying to get a survey of possible loan rates, I went ahead and completed the process of providing my information to them, as the website promised "instant" results with regard to interest rates and terms.
Wrong.
Not true.
Disappointing.
I provided them with the information that they requested, and I expected the site to provide me with rates from many different lenders for my comparison. I guess I'll admit to being a little naive in this regard, since I did NOT provide them with my full SSN and thus they couldn't run a credit check on me. But instead of getting rates, I got a message that I would be contacted by lenders with "great rates". Bait and switch.
So, the next day the calls came. By then I had decided not work through LendingTree, but ignoring the calls didn't work. I first answered a call from a company called LoanDepot. I went through a few of their initial screening questions out of curiosity, but then they informed me that they don't offer the particular loan product that I was looking for. I told them of this, and the loan officer thanked me for being upfront about it. So far, no further calls. I then started receiving calls from Quicken Loans, but this time I told them right away that I'm no longer in the market for a loan. Again, I was thanked for my time and haven't heard anything more. I'm hoping that that's the end of that. I was only informed of two companies that was given my information, and I'm trusting that I won't hear from them or anyone else.
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