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snowkitty
Posts: 636
Registered: ‎09-10-2012

How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

I am new to all of this and was approved last week for the walmart card and the amazon store credit card from GE. But then I was denied for the paypal card through them. I now have 2 major credit cards and the 2 GE cards so I am not applying for anything else but I was curious how many different cards you can have with them. I have noticed here in the forum that there is alot of love for them and that people have several accounts with them that seems to play a big role in the rebuilding process.

TU Fico 714 | Sesame 738 | Credit Karma 734 | Wal-Mart FICO 708 | EX FICO 695 (1/28/13) | EQ 740 (3-21-13)

Amex Blue Sky 7.2k | Amex BCE 5.5k | Citi Diamond Preferred 6k | Bofa Visa 500 | Discover More 1.5k | Wal-Mart 2.5k | Amazon 2.5k | Old Navy 1050 | Shell 600 | BP 400 | VS 500 | Sam's Discover 3.5k | FNBO Amex 6k | Chase Freedom 1k | Brylane Homes 600 | BML 821

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atarvuzdar
Posts: 307
Registered: ‎01-20-2012

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

I noticed the same thing and built my app spree last week around them since my myFICO TU score was 697 which is significantly higher than my EQ FICO and any EX FAKO I've ever seen for me. I was approved for 4--Walmart $1000, Lowe's $500, Amazon $800 and JCP $200--within a matter of 15 minutes. Clearly by the end of the spree they were getting tired of hearing from me since the JCP had a $200 limit, but I was more than content with the results. I chose cards I would use since it seems silly to me to get cards for stores I never shop at--I would have to go out of my way to show use on the card. So, at least 4 is possible, though I think the actual answer is several cards higher. I've heard that the total limit across all cards that they allow is somewhere over $100K, for what it's worth.

Current: EQ 660 March2013 / TU 696 April2013 (Walmart)
Start: EQ 584 Feb2012 / TU 629 July2012

Wallet: Discover It $1000 / CapOne NHRC $1500 / CapOne Platinum $1500 / eBay MC $2000 / Orchard $400 / Amex Zync $500 Autopay / Walmart $2000 / Amazon $1000 / Lowe's $1500 / JCP $2200
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jsucool76
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Registered: ‎12-11-2011

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

@SnowKitty ive seen aome people here with 8 or so GE cards.

Did you get the paypal smart connect offer after your paypal MC denial?

Also after a few apps around the same time they'll just begin flat out denying you. I've heard its around 3-4 but I would say it differs based on your own reports.
Wallet: Capital One Cash Rewards 3500CL, Wells Fargo Cash Back College Visa: 900CL, Paypal Smart Connect: 1286CL, Walmart: 1300CL, UPromise Mastercard: 1000CL, Chase Slate: 500CL, Discover IT: 1000CL, Citi Forward: 1500CL, Bank Of America Student Travel Rewards: 700CL
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snowkitty
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Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

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I don't remember seeing anything about a smart connect offer. When I was on my paypal account, it had a link to apply for the paypal mastercard and when I applied, it came up an instant denial and they said I should receive a reason within 4 days. I assume they email it to me? What is the smart connect?

 

 

 

* I have a bill me later account linked with my paypal account. I was approved for that a few days ago. Is that basically the same thing as the smart connect?

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CruzImperial
Posts: 860
Registered: ‎07-04-2012

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

I have 5 accs with them(I believe) and know someone with 7 and no problem. I no big limits though, 5k max for me with them.
Fico Scores: . Walmart TU 724 . App free since Aug 2012 .

Cap One Journey 500 | Discover IT 1k | GE Home Design 5.6k | GE HHGREGG 5k | Amex Zync NPSL | Amex BCP 6k | Citi Forward 3k | Citi Dividend 3k | GE BrandsMart 1k | GE Lowes 6k | Discover Walmart 4.9k | Barclays Apple 2.5k | BoA CR 800
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jamesdwi
Posts: 1,096
Registered: ‎09-16-2011

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

I have 4 GE accounts,  Amazon store (17 months,  2.5k) , Walmart store (10 months,  1.7k) , Sam's club(2 months, 800), paypal extras MC (1 month, 2k). They don't like it when you get more than a couple accounts a day. They are very friendly with CLI's every 4 months or so if you wait 6 months you usually get auto-cli's. Biggest problem with GE cards is that they are very addictive CLI's rock but how many cards do you need especially since most have no rewards beyond 0 percent financing deals. 

 

 

https://businesscenter.gogecapital.com/DealerLocator/DealerSearch.do#   Companies that offer GE financing

 

http://www.gecapital.com/en/our-company/retail-partners.html   GE Credit cards

 

Haven't really done anything with there financing products, But there are lots of local companies that offer GE Financing.  

 

 

Wallet: FNBO DISC 7.5k, , Chase Freedom 3.3k & Slate 3.3k, AMEX BCP 7.5k & AMEX Hilton Surpass 5.5k & AMEX Zync NPSL, Walmart 3.3k, CapOne AU 1.5k
Sockdrawer: Paypal Extras MC 3.2k, CapOne 2k, CapOne 750, Amazon 3.9k, Sams Club store 4.8k, and a nice stack of store cards.
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snowkitty
Posts: 636
Registered: ‎09-10-2012

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

I have not gotten the GE cards yet...they should arrive today or tomorrow. So is there a GE website where you can manage and pay all your accounts with them online? I see where I can set one up via amazon but I don't have any account numbers yet. I didn't know if they are all connected on the website or not.

TU Fico 714 | Sesame 738 | Credit Karma 734 | Wal-Mart FICO 708 | EX FICO 695 (1/28/13) | EQ 740 (3-21-13)

Amex Blue Sky 7.2k | Amex BCE 5.5k | Citi Diamond Preferred 6k | Bofa Visa 500 | Discover More 1.5k | Wal-Mart 2.5k | Amazon 2.5k | Old Navy 1050 | Shell 600 | BP 400 | VS 500 | Sam's Discover 3.5k | FNBO Amex 6k | Chase Freedom 1k | Brylane Homes 600 | BML 821

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texasman07
Posts: 363
Registered: ‎02-17-2011

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

Here is my crazy List:

 

Amazon 950.00 CL

American Eagle 1200 CL

Banana republic 1800 CL

Brooks Brothers 550 CL

Chevron 600 CL

Dillard 1800 CL

Gap 1450 CL

JcPenny 1800 CL

Lowes 1500 CL

PayPal SC 1450 CL

Old Navy 400 CL

Sams Club 1000 CL

Shop NBC 900 CL

TjXRewards 300 CL

Walmart 2200 CL

Walmart 900 CL

 

Amex ZYNC $500.00 CL; Discover $1000.00 CL; Gap Visa $2800.00 CL; AE Visa 3000.00 CL; Cap1 Rewards $1500.00


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Current Score: EQ 654TU 680 EX 660 (Thru CCC)
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snowkitty
Posts: 636
Registered: ‎09-10-2012

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?


texasman07 wrote:

Here is my crazy List:

 

Amazon 950.00 CL

American Eagle 1200 CL

Banana republic 1800 CL

Brooks Brothers 550 CL

Chevron 600 CL

Dillard 1800 CL

Gap 1450 CL

JcPenny 1800 CL

Lowes 1500 CL

PayPal SC 1450 CL

Old Navy 400 CL

Sams Club 1000 CL

Shop NBC 900 CL

TjXRewards 300 CL

Walmart 2200 CL

Walmart 900 CL

 


 

Wow! So did you apply for a few in the beginning and then they started offering you other cards or have you been at this a while and slowly applied for all of them? When I was filling out apps with them, most of the cards I would never use but I would have liked to get the Old Navy card. I saw that they are who backs carecredit and I may need that in the future beings I have no health insurance so I thought I should not apply for anything else with them. (especially since they declined the paypal app just a few days after they approved the walmart and amazon.

 

TU Fico 714 | Sesame 738 | Credit Karma 734 | Wal-Mart FICO 708 | EX FICO 695 (1/28/13) | EQ 740 (3-21-13)

Amex Blue Sky 7.2k | Amex BCE 5.5k | Citi Diamond Preferred 6k | Bofa Visa 500 | Discover More 1.5k | Wal-Mart 2.5k | Amazon 2.5k | Old Navy 1050 | Shell 600 | BP 400 | VS 500 | Sam's Discover 3.5k | FNBO Amex 6k | Chase Freedom 1k | Brylane Homes 600 | BML 821

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youngandcreditwrthy
Posts: 3,777
Registered: ‎08-16-2012

Re: How many GE Capital Retail Bank cards can/do you have?

Nice!
I love GECRB...
My list:
Lowe's @12k
Dillard's @7k
Paypal MC@7k
BR Visa @7k
Wmt Discvr @ 5k
JCP @4.9k
Amazon@3k
Chevron@1.5k

I think that's all of my GECRB backed accounts! Haha no more store cred for me! Unless there's a great deal! Haha
Paypal Extras Plat MC $25k | Lowe's $12k | Amex BCE $10.5K | WMT Discover $15k | Ban Repub Visa $14k | Dillard's $10k | Travelocity Amex $7.7k | JCP $6.5K | Smile Gen $6.25k | Freedom Visa $5k | Citi Dia Pref $5k | C1 No Hassle Cash Visa $5k | Discover IT $4.75k | Amazon Store $10k | ANFitch $2.95k | Express $3.05K | Chevron $2.1k | Orchard Gold $1.7k

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