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My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

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laz98
Senior Contributor

My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Hooray!  Capital One came through for me.  As of yesterday, my new CL is $1000.  Smiley Happy

 

While I know for many of you, that's not terribly impressive, I have not had a non-store card CL of 1k or more since I first ruined my credit at the age of 18, after only about a year of having credit cards.  Smiley Sad  (Just to put that into perspective, I'm 29 now)

 

I didn't know anything about credit repair, so I thought I just had to wait out the 7 years until my credit would improve.  But I also didn't realize I had to try & rebuild credit in the meantime!  So for a long time, my credit was purely negative, with no indication that I was trying to improve it.  I really thought it would improve on its own!  How silly!

 

This year, I have closed almost all of my sub-prime credit cards, & am no longer so willing to pay ridiculous fees in order to improve my credit.  I have only $700 left of credit card debt, & then I will be in an entirely different place from when I found these forums.  I have learned so much about managing my credit cards & keeping my utilization low in order to keep my scores high.  Even though I still have baddies on my reports, I am no longer a scared little victim of them.  I am so proud of myself for making the changes needed to achieve better credit!

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haulingthescoreup
Moderator Emerita

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Great job! Congrats on the improvements.
* Credit is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. * Who's the boss --you or your credit?
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llecs
Moderator Emeritus

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Congrats!
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Anonymous
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Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Hooraah! Smiley Happy
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Scamp
Valued Contributor

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Woohoo, laz!  Good for you!!  Smiley Happy
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score_building
Senior Contributor

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

knowledge is power Smiley Happy really nice work laz98.  keep up the good work, things continue to get better from here!
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Akr_Chels
Valued Member

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Wow. That is terrific! Congratulations! How long have you had the Capital One card? I've had them for 2 years and my card limit is only 500.

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laz98
Senior Contributor

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

Thank you everyone!  I didn't know being more credit savvy would be so cool Smiley Very Happy

 

@ Akr_Chels:  I got my Capital One Card 9/30/08.  I guess your card was not in the Credit Steps program?

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Akr_Chels
Valued Member

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!

No LOL I wasn't aware of such a program. I guest I should give them a call perhaps or give their site a visit. Capital One usually tell me no, every time I ask for some then.
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laz98
Senior Contributor

Re: My Credit Steps are Complete!!!


@Akr_Chels wrote:
No LOL I wasn't aware of such a program. I guest I should give them a call perhaps or give their site a visit. Capital One usually tell me no, every time I ask for some then.

You can definitely call & ask.  I was under the impression that it's only something you can be enrolled in when you first apply & get approved for the card.  I'm not even sure what their criteria are for getting enrolled!  Just luck of the draw, I guess.

 

A lot of people here dislike Capital One, but so far, they have held up their end of the bargain, especially with this Credit Steps program.  I even got a CLI between my 1st & 2nd Credit Steps jumps!  I didn't have any problem with my balance transfers, either.  So I am very happy with them, especially compared to the UBER crappy subprime cards I used to have! Smiley Very Happy

Message Edited by laz98 on 04-19-2009 10:05 PM
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