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tiff
Posts: 110
Registered: ‎02-22-2008

Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 10:34 AM

Was just approved for the Discover More Card.  Initial limit is 1000.00.  Was hoping for at least 3000.00.  Is 1000.00 normal?

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LS2982
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Registered: ‎04-09-2011

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 10:44 AM

Hi tiff!

Wha does your current credit profile look like:

-Baddies?
-INQ's?
-Current CC's and CL's and age of each account?

This info. will help us better understand your situation!


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boomhower
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Registered: ‎09-20-2011

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 11:06 AM

It varies greatly.  I was approved for $5k and that was more than double my highest reporting limit.  I think it helped that I called in a talked to a human.  He asked about my negatives and he was satisfied with the answers.  I was extatic with the CL since they are known for low initial limits.

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tiff
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Registered: ‎02-22-2008

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 01:24 PM

EQ 661

 

3 credit cards

total credit limit 4750

550.00 reporitng

4  30 day lates- 2 - 4 years ago / 2 - 1 1/2 ago

 

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ctb89
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Registered: ‎03-05-2012

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 01:45 PM

I would hardly call $1k a disaster, especially given that it is Discover and you FICO scores and credit history.
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LS2982
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Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 01:46 PM

tiff wrote:

EQ 661

 

3 credit cards

total credit limit 4750

550.00 reporitng

4  30 day lates- 2 - 4 years ago / 2 - 1 1/2 ago

 

Those 2 bolded areas are more than likely the reason for the low limit.


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FrugalRican
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Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 02:01 PM

I got 6K but because I had read that when people ask for a balance transfer for a few thousand, they usually get a CL a few hundred above the BT.

I asked for a 4.6K BT when I applied (I blame LS for that) and got 6K. I know crunching numbers did something similar as well and got a few thousand too.

 

It's all YMMV, but the baddies might have been the reason.

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Burned2manybridgesB4
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Registered: ‎03-15-2012

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 02:27 PM

I had just app'd for the card earlier this morning, but my session "timed out," due to firefox, then got the 30day death screen, and then the "make a user profile to track..."
I'll just wait and see what happens. Just got the CapOne Cash a few days ago, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

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Koop10010
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Registered: ‎02-15-2012

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 02:30 PM

tiff wrote:

EQ 661

 

3 credit cards

total credit limit 4750

550.00 reporitng

4  30 day lates- 2 - 4 years ago / 2 - 1 1/2 ago

 

With this in mind, I don't find a $1,000 limit surprising.  Seems about right really; hopefully you will have luck with limit increases in the future.

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AndyK
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Registered: ‎06-09-2011

Re: Approved from Discovery More - iniitial limit disappointing

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‎03-15-2012 02:41 PM

I had no baddies, a score of 724 (they pulled TU) and about $8-9k in credit lines, and they started me out at $1k too. But at least you got the card.

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