XXXX of the XXXX credit reporting agencies would not give me my free credit report online. They said there was a error or mismatch with my information and that I would have to submit my request through mail for them to determine the issue and get my credit report from them. Both XXXX and XXXX did this when I tried to get my reports for free, but when I tried to pay for them on their websites, low and behold they were able to match and confirm my identity to give me my reports. This appears to be deliberate way to charge customers to get their reports by not providing them to them for free and making it labor intensive to get them ( through email and possible long wait time ).