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fungoman
Regular Contributor

Garden?

New to this site, and have been a lurker for a few days. This is a really stupid question, but what is gardening your credit cards? Thanks in advance.

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notfancy
Valued Contributor

Re: Garden?

HI there! If you read the first page of this topic, it will explain Gardening in detail http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Garden-Club-Meeting-February-2014/td-p/2781177

 

Basically it's a spot where we congregate in order to spend time with out new applications. This gives us time to let inquiries age on our credit reports, pursue soft pull credit line increases, and avoid new applications / hard pulls for a set amount of time. This leaves us in a position to make sure when we do app again, we are more likely to get the best terms, rates, aprs, and limits possible.

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fungoman
Regular Contributor

Re: Garden?

Thank you for the link and the writeup

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notfancy
Valued Contributor

Re: Garden?


@fungoman wrote:

Thank you for the link and the writeup


You're very welcome, and speaking of welcome...

 

Welcome to this forum! I hope we can help you on your credit journey!

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Goal Score: 700   Seedling again as of 07/29/14
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coldnmn
Mega Contributor

Re: Garden?

Welcome to the forum and your more then welcome to join us in the Garden Club!

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yudeology101
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Re: Garden?

Welcome to the forum!

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