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And there is still beer to be bought! You will probably have to wait a couple statement cycles for a new AMEX trade to report so you know where you stand in terms of back dating.
@jdogi wrote:Sorry to bump, but it may save someone else the effort of digging to find the results.
The OPs AMEX card and reporting were backdated.
I eagerly await the day that I can app for an AMEX and hopefully get a TL dated back to '92. It was my first card ever, but I closed it since poor college students have no need of annual fees when there is beer to be bought.
If this helps others, I had a costco card in 1998. I was 18, and didn't understand credit. Long story short, my account was closed, and it took me four or five years to pay off the closed account dealing with a creditor.
Fast forward to today:
I have a Zync backdated to 1998
costco true earnings backdated to 1998. $4500 limit
blue cash backdated to 1998. $18,000 limit
and I was just approved for a clear which I'm hoping will be backdated and carrying the same limit as the blue cash card.
The zync card was my gateway back into amex. When it was new, I was limited to $400 in spending.. After using it heavily and paying it off constantly, I worked my way up to the costco card. Then I jumped into the blue cash card which I pump around $3,000 a month into, always PIF. I just did a "check your spending ability" with my zync for $20,000 and it said I was approved.
Cliff Notes:
I screwed over amex in 98
They let me have a zync card, and now we're great friends.
Spanky,
How much did you owe AMEX in 98?
I left them holding $42K and would love to reapply.
I tried the "do I have any offers" on the website and was shot down.
Thoughts?
The collections amount was $2200, but after collection fees and penalties I ended up paying $3100.
I did not leave them hanging, I eventually paid it all back.
Holy Moly! I just applied and got the Zync. I'm geeked! I had been considering buying a house, so I was holding off, but I decided to put the house hunt on hold when the house I wanted got sold a couple days before I was going to make an offer.
I really didn't think I'd get approved. I have a couple judgments from '05/'06, but those are the only two negatives on my reports. And I had an Optima card that "went bad" back in 2001. I think they wrote off ~$800. AMEX 10-99'd me for it. I really thought that I'd have to at least give them back that $800 before they'd ever give me a card again. I was only giving myself a 10-15% chance of success on the app.
If they backdate me to my original AMEX green '92, my AAoA just jumped from 3.7 years to 5.6 and my oldest account will be much older than anything I have now.
My main reason for getting this card is the backdating, but it also will work well for handling my day-to-day expenses. I'll try to add a Blue card in a year or so.
Sorry to keep dragging this old dead thread from the grave.
@jdogi wrote:Holy Moly! I just applied and got the Zync. I'm geeked! I had been considering buying a house, so I was holding off, but I decided to put the house hunt on hold when the house I wanted got sold a couple days before I was going to make an offer.
I really didn't think I'd get approved. I have a couple judgments from '05/'06, but those are the only two negatives on my reports. And I had an Optima card that "went bad" back in 2001. I think they wrote off ~$800. AMEX 10-99'd me for it. I really thought that I'd have to at least give them back that $800 before they'd ever give me a card again. I was only giving myself a 10-15% chance of success on the app.
If they backdate me to my original AMEX green '92, my AAoA just jumped from 3.7 years to 5.6 and my oldest account will be much older than anything I have now.
My main reason for getting this card is the backdating, but it also will work well for handling my day-to-day expenses. I'll try to add a Blue card in a year or so.
Sorry to keep dragging this old dead thread from the grave.
Congrats on the approval; the backdating is a HUGE benefit of Cardmembership. Use the card and rebuild a reliable payment history and you may not have to wait a year.