On XX/XX/XXXX, I disputed XXXX adverse accounts on my credit report. I listed in my dispute that I wanted to dispute the date of first delinquency. When I received the final resolution of my dispute, there was no change in information reported on my credit report with the exception of the date reported. When I called Equifax , I spoke to a XXXX XXXX that explained to me that there is no way to distinguish between the date of first delinquency or the date of last delinquency in the information that is sent over to the creditor. I was advised that the creditor has the option to choose which XXXX they will send. I then advised XXXX XXXX that my dispute was not handled properly because the date of first delinquency was not verified and this update in the date of reporting had negatively impacted my credit score. I wanted the information on my credit report to be accurate. These accounts had not been reporting since XXXX, but now since they updated Equifax , with the same information as before, the date of last report had changed to XX/XX/XXXX. So now, this account will not be deleted from my report for an additional 10 years from the new date of last reported ( based on the results of the dispute ). So I added XXXX additional years of reporting onto my report and the information that I added XXXX additional years of reporting onto my report and the information that I asked to be disputed had not been verified. This change in reporting date negatively impacted my credit score by XXXX points. I went from XXXX to XXXX. This may not seem like much to some, but it changes my status from poor to fair which is huge for a consumer. 
The dispute process was put into place to assist consumers with having accurate information on their credit report, if there was a risk to my score I should have been notified before hand and if I should have been made aware that there was no way to distinguish between date of first and date of last delinquency in my dispute so that I could have made an educated decision.