Why pay LifeLock when you can do it yourself?
Sometimes it’s all about convenience and service. That’s why people pay for oil changes, haircuts, lawn care, housekeeping and car washes. Others shake their heads and wonder why pay someone else when they could do it themselves and save the money.
That’s how some people feel about LifeLock’s identity theft protection. But what’s your time worth? DIY often means family or work responsibilities go undone to make time for these other chores. Who are you going to disappoint?
In the case of fraud alerts, you have to renew them every three months to remain protected. Credit reports should be ordered at least every year. Taking your name off phone and mail lists also has to be done annually. Don’t miss the due date or your protection lapses.
For a comparable fee, lots of other companies will place a fraud alert or order a credit report, from the credit reporting companies. For a fee, you can even get those minimal services from Experian, TransUnion and Equifax, and they’ll throw in credit monitoring to let you know when you’ve become a victim of identity theft.
LifeLock saves more than your time
What if your wallet goes missing? If you’ve ever had the experience, you know how much time and effort that’s going to cost you. What’s it worth to have someone else take care of replacing your credit cards, driver’s license, Social Security card, insurance cards? For every traveler, there’s the constant dread of losing travelers checks, a visa or passport.
One call to LifeLock gets the ball rolling. They make the calls, fill out the paperwork and get all those documents replaced for you. A phone call to their toll free number is all it takes. And LifeLock is the only company who’ll do it for you.
If your identity is ever stolen because of a weakness in LifeLock’s system, you can count on their $1 million guarantee to take care of you and restore your good name. No other company backs their service like that.
That’s why 700,000 people pay $10 a month to LifeLock to protect their identity. Some of the services they provide, you could do yourself. You could place a fraud alert. You could order a credit report. You could take your name off junk mail and phone solicitors’ lists. All these things are free. For a little more money, you could replace all the documents lost when your purse or wallet goes missing. For a lot more money, you could hire attorneys to help you clear your name after identity theft.
On average, it takes an individual 330 hours over a period of years to clear up identity theft. Or, at a cost of about 10 bucks a month, you can prevent it with LifeLock.
So, ask yourself: What’s your time worth? What’s your sanity worth? What’s your identity worth?
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