Have your friend scour clearance sections at electronic stores or surplus sites like woot.com to find something in their budget. Source: 6 months ago

Don't forget to check woot.com (amazon subsidiary) Same money as the new-old MacBook Air but much better but refurbed/returned/open box machines. Source: 7 months ago

Best deal around is when woot.com has PW3 refurbs for $25 (plus tax and ship). Keep an eye out. PW3 is darned good, a benchmark Kindle. Source: 12 months ago

I got a hover-1 alpha for $200 on woot.com when they had them for sale (now around $260 refurb on amazon). Range is listed as around 12mi, top speed 18mph. it's rated for 265lbs. Source: 12 months ago

I had bought a PW3 refurb from woot.com, and it arrived with no ads. My buddy bought another, and it did have ads. We got them removed, since he reasonably expected the refurb to be ad free. Source: almost 1 year ago

But the debt may continue to impact your credit for longer than those seven years because the collections company can also place an item on your credit report. Depending on how the account is handled, whether it’s within the statute of limitations and whether you attempt to negotiate or pay the debt, the item can appear on your credit report for as long as around seven-and-a-half years from the last payment... Source: about 1 year ago

I read a lot about ignoring the Vantage scores provided by Creditkarma and while I'm satisfied with my Experian Fico 8 score, I got a trial membership on credit.com to see all the other Fico scores. Source: about 1 year ago

Just requested the credit.com people to remove it and also disputed on Transunion systems, hoping that it gets removed soon. Should not be affecting me negatively then, right? Source: over 1 year ago

So if I understand correctly, FICO 2/4/5 are used for mortgages. I then tired to dig deep into my report and got a free weekly trial from credit.com to see all other FICO scores. From 3 bureaus. And as per credit.com, my credit age and account mix ratings are either C or C- category (across all 3 bureaus). All other factors have either A or A+ (if that matters). Source: over 1 year ago

I opened an account on credit.com, like you said, and canceled immediately. Credit.com shows my FICO 9 score as 668. It also shows that I have 2 negative records. They are both the same collection that I mentioned in my original post (2 different bureaus). Source: over 1 year ago