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tennisfan78
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Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


@seigex wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

Did you happen to have a Discover card before and it went to collections?

 

Or was it with a different company?

 

 


never hard a discover, the old chargeoff was an aafes card I had when I was in the military in the 90s


Wow, that is crazy. I have been getting pre approved mail offers from Discover and I didnt apply as I have burned them in the past for $1000. This pretty much confirms that they would for sure not approve me too.

 


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Jutz
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Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


@tennisfan78 wrote:

@seigex wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

Did you happen to have a Discover card before and it went to collections?

 

Or was it with a different company?

 

 


never hard a discover, the old chargeoff was an aafes card I had when I was in the military in the 90s


Wow, that is crazy. I have been getting pre approved mail offers from Discover and I didnt apply as I have burned them in the past for $1000. This pretty much confirms that they would for sure not approve me too.

 


I wouldn't assume that because OP got denied, other people with good profiles will also get denied.  I think Discover especially didn't like the look of 7 cards with average age of 7 months.  I think the rest of the profile looks great, I really can't imagine that a C/O that is several years old would cause the denial on its own.

  • Current: EQ FICO 706, TU FICO 701, EX FICO 706 | Starting Score: 525 (05/2012)
  • Starting total revolving credit: $1100 | Current total revolving credit: $36,700
  • Inquiries (12 Months): EQ 2 TU 1 EX 1 | Most Recent: 1/21/2014
Chase Freedom $9500
DCU Visa $10000
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Message 22 of 29
LilNYC
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Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


tennisfan78 wrote:

 

Wow, that is crazy. I have been getting pre approved mail offers from Discover and I didnt apply as I have burned them in the past for $1000. This pretty much confirms that they would for sure not approve me too.

 


 

You might get approved if the Discover CO alrady fell off your EQ report. I had a $890 CO w/ Discover from 8 years ago (no longer on any of my reports) & was approved for $4,000 last week. When I called Discover to find out my CL the rep said "let be the first one to welcome you to Discover." I tried to recon the CL & 2 diff. reps told me that since I'm new to Discover they want to see 6 months of acct history with them before giving me a higher CL. So  apparently they have absolutely no record of my old CO. I received 2 "invited to apply" letters from them before apping, but I pulled all 3 of my reports & no SP at all from Discover. YMMV though. 

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Message 23 of 29
tennisfan78
Established Contributor

Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


@LilNYC wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

 

Wow, that is crazy. I have been getting pre approved mail offers from Discover and I didnt apply as I have burned them in the past for $1000. This pretty much confirms that they would for sure not approve me too.

 


 

You might get approved if the Discover CO alrady fell off your EQ report. I had a $890 CO w/ Discover from 8 years ago (no longer on any of my reports) & was approved for $4,000 last week. When I called Discover to find out my CL the rep said "let be the first one to welcome you to Discover." I tried to recon the CL & 2 diff. reps told me that since I'm new to Discover they want to see 6 months of acct history with them before giving me a higher CL. So  apparently they have absolutely no record of my old CO. I received 2 "invited to apply" letters from them before apping, but I pulled all 3 of my reports & no SP at all from Discover. YMMV though. 


Thanks. I did check and it did fall off all my three credit reports.  I will think a bit and might go for it.

 


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Message 24 of 29
ceejx
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Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


@Jutz wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

@seigex wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

Did you happen to have a Discover card before and it went to collections?

 

Or was it with a different company?

 

 


never hard a discover, the old chargeoff was an aafes card I had when I was in the military in the 90s


Wow, that is crazy. I have been getting pre approved mail offers from Discover and I didnt apply as I have burned them in the past for $1000. This pretty much confirms that they would for sure not approve me too.

 


I wouldn't assume that because OP got denied, other people with good profiles will also get denied.  I think Discover especially didn't like the look of 7 cards with average age of 7 months.  I think the rest of the profile looks great, I really can't imagine that a C/O that is several years old would cause the denial on its own.


for the record it was 5 cards 6 months ago, and 1 card 8 (almost 9) months ago

Message 25 of 29
youngandcreditwrthy
Senior Contributor

Re: Denied for Discover Card ..

Wow.. This seems odd to me. I just got approved with a $4000 limit and 688 EQ Fico. My revolving history is like six years though. In fact, the majority of my credit history is credit cards. The only other debt I have is student loans ($36k). Discover is a tough cookie to crack though lol
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Message 26 of 29
Jutz
Valued Contributor

Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


@seigex wrote:

@Jutz wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

@seigex wrote:

@tennisfan78 wrote:

Did you happen to have a Discover card before and it went to collections?

 

Or was it with a different company?

 

 


never hard a discover, the old chargeoff was an aafes card I had when I was in the military in the 90s


Wow, that is crazy. I have been getting pre approved mail offers from Discover and I didnt apply as I have burned them in the past for $1000. This pretty much confirms that they would for sure not approve me too.

 


I wouldn't assume that because OP got denied, other people with good profiles will also get denied.  I think Discover especially didn't like the look of 7 cards with average age of 7 months.  I think the rest of the profile looks great, I really can't imagine that a C/O that is several years old would cause the denial on its own.


for the record it was 5 cards 6 months ago, and 1 card 8 (almost 9) months ago


Oh yeah, not judging or anything, frankly I think it's a little ridiculous with your profile you couldn't even get a recon, but i think the new accounts played a larger role than the charge off.  At least I hope they did.  Since I want this card in Jan/Feb and am left with just an old charge off.

  • Current: EQ FICO 706, TU FICO 701, EX FICO 706 | Starting Score: 525 (05/2012)
  • Starting total revolving credit: $1100 | Current total revolving credit: $36,700
  • Inquiries (12 Months): EQ 2 TU 1 EX 1 | Most Recent: 1/21/2014
Chase Freedom $9500
DCU Visa $10000
Capital One QS $2000
AMEX BCE $3000
Lowe's CC $8500
WalMart CC $3100
BOA Platinum $600
AMEX Gold NPSL
Message 27 of 29
tennisfan78
Established Contributor

Re: Denied for Discover Card ..


@youngandcreditwrthy wrote:
Wow.. This seems odd to me. I just got approved with a $4000 limit and 688 EQ Fico. My revolving history is like six years though. In fact, the majority of my credit history is credit cards. The only other debt I have is student loans ($36k). Discover is a tough cookie to crack though lol

Did you get approved for Discover this month?


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Message 28 of 29
tennisfan78
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Re: Denied for Discover Card ..

Just wanted to update folks who are following this thread that I got instant approval from Discover for a CL of $4,500!!!!!

 

Thanks to Jutz, LilNYC for the suggestions and advice. I appreciate it!

 

OP: sorry for hijacking your thread.


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