GE max card amount??

[Scorpiion]

Does GE have a maximum on how many cards they will approve you for at a time? They approved me for AE and JC Penny but denied me for Toys R Us...what gives?? I know a couple months ago they approved me for an Old Navy Credit Card and I've had a Walmart card with them for a year now. Any thoughts? It appears that it may be two at a time or something...i really don't know.

[Shogun]

Good question.   I'd like to know the answer for this one.  Perhaps they won't approve because it's too many too fast. 

[09Lexie]

Some have posted success in getting more than 2 during a spree without any problems. However, some have also been approved for multiple ccs and when gong to activate the cc's they were all closed.

Personally, I have only gone the 2 at a time route.

[TrishN]

they approved 4 cards for me in 1 week. total 6 GE account

[CreditExpressNJ]

ive done 5 in a two day period...

[LS2982]

GE has been a little flaky lately the past yr on new accounts.

IMO I would go no more than 2 in a 6 month span.

[BearsAndTurtlesRtheBest]

Last year my sister got approved for 4 GE accts, and after 5th app the denials started to come up.

[atarvuzdar]

Yeah, I did 4 in a day last September. Had to call in to verify who I was after the 2nd approval and had some very personal questions to answer. Added a 5th GE account this past Spring with no issues and will probably try to add another after my 4 accounts from September age to 1 year.

[CreditCrusader]

I went on an app spree post-home closing in April and got the following GE cards in a two-day span:

Ashley Furniture - instant approval online

AE VISA - instant approval online

Toys R Us MC - had to call in for this one

TJ Maxx MC - instant approval online

Amazon - instant approval online

Shop NBC MC - they called me to verify this one...weird

Lowes - instant approval online

All $1,000+ limits...all still open with those limits to this day (Though to be fair, I have only used the Lowes card to date )

Edited to add:

For those interested in a Lowes card, whatever the initial limit they give you is, they day you want to make a significant purchase (lawnmower, lots of paint...whatever), call the backdoor number and ask them to bump up your limit...no matter how long you have had the card. They initially gave me $1,500. I called them telling them I had closed our house and was buying a riding lawn mower and needed an increase so as to not eat up all my available credit.

She asked me how much i needed. I said $5,000 would be ideal. She immediately upped it to $5,000. I had the card for maybe a month up to that point

[tryingagain62]

I was approved for a Chevron, Gap, Walmart, and Lowes card in two days with scores in the low 600's.