XX/XX/XXXX i found out that one of my XXXX XXXX. my customer had not paid for the work i had done to date and i had no written contract. i called my credit cards all XXXX different companys and asked for the use of my " credit card payment protection '' it goes by many names. i was told flat out that since i was self employed that i could not prove i lost the work. i can prove i lost the work. the end result was that i paid them thousands of dollars over many years ( like 10 years ) for this service and i only needed a few hundred dollars to keep current. they shut off my cards and collapsed my available credit. i needed that credit to keep my business going. i had to take a job working for someone else and hibernate my XXXX. three months after my first phone they called begging me to get current, XXXX companys and even suggested i use my " credit payment protection '' when i said, " i am XXXX and you guys knew that from the start, 10 years ago '' they said that maybe they could find a way for me to be allowed to use my " credit payment protection ''. i was so mad i had to hang up. when its my life and credit and business they cant help me, when i am about to go 90 days and they are going to have to " charge me off '' they find a way to use it. i never ended up using it because the paper work came to me in the mail after it was due back and furthermore it was impossible to fill out as self employed. i have tried to explain this to XXXX XXXX and XXXX. they fixed other things but not this they are in bed with the credit card companys and dont care what i say. i paid my debts current and i paid off the cards that were closed upon me. now i need help getting my credit fixed and my money i spent on credit payment protection back thank you i hope you can help. this down grade in credit has ruined my XXXX that i worked so hard for and now i cant buy a house because of how they misled me into a trap. 
