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Garden Thread - February 2015

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Anonymous
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

Morning GC! Smiley Happy I know these are FAKOS and mean next to nothing but Ive never gone above 700 on CK so this made me smile 😄 Enjoy your day

 

Superbowl time yay!!! QuickMemo+_2015-02-01-06-44-37-1.png

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sunkissed
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

Good morning fellow Gardeners.  Welcome to February and Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

 

January was a good month for me.  I got an auto-CLI on my Chase Freedom – from $7,500 to $9,000.  Target increased my line a whopping $200. (goodness gracious, I’ve got to just give this card the ax!).  I closed my Lord & Taylor card.  Although I shop there every now and then, there are no rewards so there was really no incentive to keep the card.

 

I don’t really have a firm plans for February.  I have a lot of other stuff going on in life, so I may just let the shortest month of the year pass me by without doing any “credit work”.

 

Garden Strong!

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elim
Senior Contributor

Re: Garden Thread - February 2015


@Anonymous wrote:

Morning GC! Smiley Happy I know these are FAKOS and mean next to nothing but Ive never gone above 700 on CK so this made me smile 😄 Enjoy your day

 

Superbowl time yay!!! QuickMemo+_2015-02-01-06-44-37-1.png


  me and you girl!   I love CK lol... checking in for Feb (month 4.... uhhhhg)

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Anonymous
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

Sweet! Smiley Very Happy Util will be 5% for this month. I might knock it down to 1% for March to see what kind of difference it makes. Nice job!
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_jb_
Frequent Contributor

Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

Checking in for February. On the 19th I'll pick up my Diamond Spade. Woohoo.

 

Still no plans to leave the Garden. Waiting on my last baddie to fall off (April) before I make any moves/check my scores. Really hoping to see some significant improvement across the board.



Starting Scores: myFICO EQ: 678, myFICO TU: 676, myFICO EX: 678 (01/2013)
Latest Scores: myFICO EQ: 789, myFICO TU: 782, myFICO EX: 788
My Wallet: American Express BCE, NFCU cashRewards, Capital One Quicksilver, Discover It, Chase Freedom, Chase Amazon Rewards
Gardening since 02/07/17
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Anonymous
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

Hello Fellow Ficonauts:

 

Checking in for February.  I've been gardening since mid-November, when I picked up a Barclays Rewards MC and a secured Discover.  Planning on staying here until July, waiting for a couple of baddies to fall off.  Goals right now are saving money and eventually adding a lower interest CC.      May be car shopping later this year so definitely keeping an eye on my scores. 

 

Thanks for all your advice and wisdom on these boards, and thanks to Lexie for adding my bronze siggy!

 

 

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NibblesTreats
Frequent Contributor

Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

I have recently been approved for AMEX Simply Cash for my business and I'm waiting on an answer for the BCE card - but HP was done yesterday so I'm jumping into the garden!  I have a couple baddies falling off early next year and then one later in the year. Once those are done, ALL baddies will have been removed from my reports.  SOOOO, I'm going to do my best to stay in the garden for at least a year.  If business needs change or if I'm actually able to go full time with the business, I may have to jump back out of the garden, but the goal is to stay in for at least a year! Wish me luck.


Starting Score: TU 607, EX 606, EQ 611
Current Score: TU 675, EX 671, EQ 654 - FAKO scores TU 744, EX 735, EQ 728 - I wish these were my real scores!
Goal Score: 750 across the board. Simulator says 806 if I stay on track for 24 months
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Anonymous
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015

If they did a second HP for BCE you will almost certainly be approved so yay!!! Smiley Happy Welcome to the garden! Good luck with your goals. Modification here and there may be needed depending on your circumstances but as long as your making consistent progress thats great 😄
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Imperfectfuture
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015


@DueDilligence wrote:

So in a sum, if you haven't had any hard or soft pulls/inquiries in the past twentyfour months, you qualify to join the club?


You can join any time.  Re read the first post, it's very helpful.

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Imperfectfuture
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Re: Garden Thread - February 2015


@happypill wrote:

Quick question about proper seedling/spade usage.  Should we advance the symbol according to calendar month, or after 30 actual days?  For example, I started gardening January 14th.  Do I move to bronze spade on 2/1 or 2/14?  Thanks.


Symbol advances are by month (so we get a short pass this month).

 

Edit: it is by the date of the month, if your last hp for trade line is the 9th (like mine), then anniversary is always the 9th (or until your next hp).  This month is short because only 28 days, but still goes by anniversary date. Smiley Tongue

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