@northface28 wrote:@If they close it, they close it. I wouldnt be worried about a store card, especially one @ $500 to a high end store like Nordstrom, I could get two pairs of jeans for $500, I wouldnt be concerned if I were you.
This. I get that it would suck if TD doesn't, since Nordies forgave but OP has plenty o other cards, no utility in hyper-focusing on AA with product- it won't change a situation. TD basically sucks anyway, so they may be doing you a favor if things go south after they acquire it...nothing to see here 
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@northface28 wrote:@If they close it, they close it. I wouldnt be worried about a store card, especially one @ $500 to a high end store like Nordstrom, I could get two pairs of jeans for $500, I wouldnt be concerned if I were you.
This. I get that it would suck if TD doesn't, since Nordies forgave but OP has plenty o other cards, no utility in hyper-focusing on AA with product- it won't change a situation. TD basically sucks anyway, so they may be doing you a favor if things go south after they acquire it...nothing to see here
While I agree with you guys on logic, OP has a strong emotional attachment to this card. I remember her being elated when they let her back in, and before that, she was hoping and praying to someday get this card again, so I get her concern. I think I would try for a CLI again before the merger, and then not bring it up for a couple of years. If you shop there, you'll build up the history, and *maybe* show that you shouldn't be blacklisted. After a couple years of payments, I think that they're less likely to CLD you or cancel the card, but I'm just speculating at this point.
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@score_building wrote:
@northface28 wrote:@If they close it, they close it. I wouldnt be worried about a store card, especially one @ $500 to a high end store like Nordstrom, I could get two pairs of jeans for $500, I wouldnt be concerned if I were you.
This. I get that it would suck if TD doesn't, since Nordies forgave but OP has plenty o other cards, no utility in hyper-focusing on AA with product- it won't change a situation. TD basically sucks anyway, so they may be doing you a favor if things go south after they acquire it...nothing to see here
While I agree with you guys on logic, OP has a strong emotional attachment to this card. I remember her being elated when they let her back in, and before that, she was hoping and praying to someday get this card again, so I get her concern. I think I would try for a CLI again before the merger, and then not bring it up for a couple of years. If you shop there, you'll build up the history, and *maybe* show that you shouldn't be blacklisted. After a couple years of payments, I think that they're less likely to CLD you or cancel the card, but I'm just speculating at this point.
Petro...
Youre are right about the emotional attachment, lol. I got the card originally back in 2006, and was never late, always had great history with them, till the day I filed. I know store cards are complete taboo here, and NF hates them, hahaha, but I shop Nordstroms monthly, and eat in their cafe a few times a month for lunch, (you can use your card in the cafe too)...
Im hoping by the time the official take over is in place, and they get around to "reviewing" accts, my acct would be at least 8 mo old then, and of course $0 bal/pif, and monthly usuage. So, hopefully the card will stay intact, and youre right, If i get to keep it, and they dont close it for past negative relationship with them on my old Target card, I will keep a very low profile with them for a few years, and not ask for a cli.
Pizza isn't 6/2 your day to hop aboard the Discover train??? Train's at the station ma'am!!
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@score_building wrote:
@northface28 wrote:@If they close it, they close it. I wouldnt be worried about a store card, especially one @ $500 to a high end store like Nordstrom, I could get two pairs of jeans for $500, I wouldnt be concerned if I were you.
This. I get that it would suck if TD doesn't, since Nordies forgave but OP has plenty o other cards, no utility in hyper-focusing on AA with product- it won't change a situation. TD basically sucks anyway, so they may be doing you a favor if things go south after they acquire it...nothing to see here
While I agree with you guys on logic, OP has a strong emotional attachment to this card. I remember her being elated when they let her back in, and before that, she was hoping and praying to someday get this card again, so I get her concern. I think I would try for a CLI again before the merger, and then not bring it up for a couple of years. If you shop there, you'll build up the history, and *maybe* show that you shouldn't be blacklisted. After a couple years of payments, I think that they're less likely to CLD you or cancel the card, but I'm just speculating at this point.
I pretty much agree with you, Petro. Also, from what I've seen, they can be pretty giving on this card with enough positive payment history and stuff. It's not one of those $250 limit toy limit cards that won't ever grow or anything like that and there are clear benefits for the OP. Always think about the context of these things. I'm hoping that they won't change the process too much for CLIs or anything if TD takes over and keep the rest of the stuff intact but who knows. I don't think they're gonna just close pizza's all of a sudden at all.
There's a lot of taboo around here over even topics like this where the minute the words "store" and "card" are brought up, immediately there's some negative connotation made and while I understand that way of thinking with a lot of the ones out there, I really don't feel that it makes as much sense to bring upon that same assumption in this specific situation. My dad just got a pretty nice increase on this card to $4k and he's been trying to get his credit in order and everything. He was working with a secured Discover card, a $500 CapOne Journey card and the previous highest limit he had was $1k from Chase so there definitely is a place for a card like this sometimes and on top of the fact that he goes to the store regularly to buy clothes there, the card obviously works in his situation. It's not all black and white and I've seen people who started out building credit with store cards and gradually maintained those well over the years and were able to get some great limit prime cards in the end anyway.
I'm sure we can all agree that the worst case scenario is getting stuck with Credit One and First Progress and First Premier esque cards with a jacked up AF and APRs in the 30s. At least Nordstrom you don't have to pay anything for per month to have.
Final point I want to make is that I've come to the conclusion that at the end of the day, none of us fully know someone's personal life to such an extent and that it's all up to the OP or anyone else that makes a topic here and asks for advice to evalulate what's being given and see if it makes sense for their situation, you know. It really doesn't affect me personally at all what so and so person decides to do with their own credit. What works for one peson might not necessarily work as well for another. That's up to them to decide.
I guess this means I'll need to shoot for the VISA upgrade for my $2500 card before the switch... from what I've read here the upgrade is quite easy to get after you've had the card for 6-12 months. I got mine in December.
At least it won't be like the CapOne/Citi switch with the Best Buy card... back in 2013 when I got mine they switched one month later and I got a new TL.
Super annoying.
