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WTH? I've used my $700 Walmart card one time since I got it, 1 1/2 months ago.
I put a whopping $32 on it. The $25 payment isn't due til 12-26.
Today I got a myfico Scorewatch alert and my EQ dropped from 702 to 695.
I thought it was acceptable to keep your utilization under 10% without any negative effects to your credit score?
So what's the solution? As soon as you charge something, immeditely get to your smart phone or computer and pay the balance?
Damn....I'm going to my CU tomorrow or Saturday to get an $8000 auto loan....I wonder how this will affect that? My CU pulls EQ only.
@racer-x wrote:WTH? I've used my $700 Walmart card one time since I got it, 1 1/2 months ago.
I put a whopping $32 on it. The $25 payment isn't due til 12-26.
Today I got a myfico Scorewatch alert and my EQ dropped from 702 to 695.
I thought it was acceptable to keep your utilization under 10% without any negative effects to your credit score?
So what's the solution? As soon as you charge something, immeditely get to your smart phone or computer and pay the balance?
Damn....I'm going to my CU tomorrow or Saturday to get an $8000 auto loan....I wonder how this will affect that? My CU pulls EQ only.
It doesn't work that way.....most of time every 1% raise in ultization = to a 1 point drop in score
and.....I just looked at the Scorewatch alert and it says I have (2) accounts that have an increase in balance.....There are (2) Walmart accounts listed but they are the same one?
So I'm getting a reduction in my EQ score because the same Walmart account is being reported twice?
2 of your accounts reported balance increases
GECRB/WALMART (XXXXXXXXXXXX1858) New balance: $32 | ||||||
Account opened: 10/2012 Description: Charge Amount in H/C column is credit limit
You received this alert because this balance which was previously $0 increased to $32. This exceeded your alert limit of $5. You can change the settings for this kind of alert here. Contact: GECRB/WALMART, PO Box 965024, Orlando, FL, 328965024 • (800) 957-0832 | ||||||
GECRB/WALMART (XXXXXXXXXXXX1858) New balance: $32 | ||||||
Account opened: 10/2012 Description: Charge Amount in H/C column is credit limit
You received this alert because this balance which was previously $0 increased to $32. This exceeded your alert limit of 5%. You can change the settings for this kind of alert here. Contact: GECRB/WALMART, PO Box 965024, Orlando, FL, 328965024 • (800) 957-0832 |
A balance increase on an account may lower your FICO® score.
A large balance on an account, or balances on many accounts, can be a sign that you may be having trouble paying back debts. Since your FICO® score measures the chances that you will pay back a debt, larger balances or balances on more accounts can lower your score.
"Maxing out" a credit card or other line of credit is when the balance on the account comes close to the account's credit limit. This can dramatically lower your FICO® score because it is often a sign of a consumer who desperately needs credit and may not be able to pay it back.
The drop in your FICO® score caused by a balance increase can be reversed by paying down the balance.
@newportguy wrote:
@racer-x wrote:WTH? I've used my $700 Walmart card one time since I got it, 1 1/2 months ago.
I put a whopping $32 on it. The $25 payment isn't due til 12-26.
Today I got a myfico Scorewatch alert and my EQ dropped from 702 to 695.
I thought it was acceptable to keep your utilization under 10% without any negative effects to your credit score?
So what's the solution? As soon as you charge something, immeditely get to your smart phone or computer and pay the balance?
Damn....I'm going to my CU tomorrow or Saturday to get an $8000 auto loan....I wonder how this will affect that? My CU pulls EQ only.
It doesn't work that way.....most of time every 1% raise in ultization = to a 1 point drop in score
Well that's definitely not true.
What does the rest of your profile look like? Do you have a thin profile? Sometimes changes can swing a thin file more dramatically than others. If the card was reporting zero previously maybe a new account reporting a balance had something to do with it
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your ultization is the amount owed when they cut your statement and it's reported....... $ 32 of a $750 limit ...... You need to keep your ultization at 1% when they cut your statements
@Jutz wrote:
@newportguy wrote:
@racer-x wrote:WTH? I've used my $700 Walmart card one time since I got it, 1 1/2 months ago.
I put a whopping $32 on it. The $25 payment isn't due til 12-26.
Today I got a myfico Scorewatch alert and my EQ dropped from 702 to 695.
I thought it was acceptable to keep your utilization under 10% without any negative effects to your credit score?
So what's the solution? As soon as you charge something, immeditely get to your smart phone or computer and pay the balance?
Damn....I'm going to my CU tomorrow or Saturday to get an $8000 auto loan....I wonder how this will affect that? My CU pulls EQ only.
It doesn't work that way.....most of time every 1% raise in ultization = to a 1 point drop in score
Well that's definitely not true.
What does the rest of your profile look like? Do you have a thin profile? Sometimes changes can swing a thin file more dramatically than others. If the card was reporting zero previously maybe a new account reporting a balance had something to do with it
Well it's true on mine........... And i said MOST of the time
The last 4 digits of the account numbers are the same, so I'm fairly certain that you only have one Walmart card showing up on your report. It's showing up twice in ScoreWatch because it triggered 2 of the alerts, one for the dollar increase and the 2nd for the percentage increase.
"This exceeded your alert limit of $5"
"This exceeded your alert limit of 5%."
I'd say I have a thin profile.
Cap One - $500 CL, $0 balance
Walmart - $700 CL, $32 balance
U.S. Bank Reserve credit line - $750 CL, $47 balance
Cap One - $15k CL, balance $8000
total utilization 49%. 2.5 yrs AAoA. No lates, no negs on EQ,(1 paid collection on TU and EX) perfect payment history last 4.5 yrs, 0 to 1 hard inquiries
myfico EQ 695
myfico TU 684
EX 672
@racer-x wrote:I'd say I have a thin profile.
Cap One - $500 CL, $0 balance
Walmart - $700 CL, $32 balance
U.S. Bank Reserve credit line - $750 CL, $47 balance
Cap One - $15k CL, balance $8000
total utilization 49%. 2.5 yrs AAoA. No lates, no negs on EQ,(1 paid collection on TU and EX) perfect payment history last 4.5 yrs, 0 to 1 hard inquiries
myfico EQ 695
myfico TU 684
EX 672
That's what killing your score !!! your score will go up as you lower the Bal .
@newportguy wrote:
@racer-x wrote:I'd say I have a thin profile.
Cap One - $500 CL, $0 balance
Walmart - $700 CL, $32 balance
U.S. Bank Reserve credit line - $750 CL, $47 balance
Cap One - $15k CL, balance $8000
total utilization 49%. 2.5 yrs AAoA. No lates, no negs on EQ,(1 paid collection on TU and EX) perfect payment history last 4.5 yrs, 0 to 1 hard inquiries
myfico EQ 695
myfico TU 684
EX 672
That's what killing your score !!! your score will go up as you lower the Bal .
we definitely agree on that!!
Additionally, I think that your score dropped from having your third of four cards report a balance
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