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thankfulheart
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Registered: ‎09-26-2011

Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?

Just logged into my Lowe's account to prepare for making payments this week and saw that my CL went from $5000 to $5200 without my noticing!  Nice, small increase, but I'm getting ready to put in a fence and could use a little more wiggle room on the card (I have $4K in special financing that I don't want to move).  I've only had the card since last 10/12, is it too soon to ask for another CLI?

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ricefed
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Registered: ‎02-17-2011

Re: Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?

Just do it. I had an auto increase on my Walmart card from 1300 to 2600. I called the same day and got it increased to 8k. 1 month later got it raised to 10k. The worst they can do is say no. Also it's only a soft pull.
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calihlove75
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Registered: ‎05-16-2012

Re: Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?


thankfulheart wrote:

Just logged into my Lowe's account to prepare for making payments this week and saw that my CL went from $5000 to $5200 without my noticing!  Nice, small increase, but I'm getting ready to put in a fence and could use a little more wiggle room on the card (I have $4K in special financing that I don't want to move).  I've only had the card since last 10/12, is it too soon to ask for another CLI?


Just be honest with them and tell them you want more! My Walmart was bumped from $2000 to $5000 in one phone call before I even used the card.

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blazer00a
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Registered: ‎01-16-2013

Re: Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?

-The GECRB U/W number is 877-379-8173. There is a huge thread about calling this number for the majority of the GE cards. They'll verify your info and then ask you how much you want to increase limit to. Don't be afraid to ask for a lot. If they won't give you what you ask for, they will counter with a different number and you can choose to accept. This is a soft inquiry on your

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youngandcreditwrthy
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Registered: ‎08-16-2012

Re: Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?

Ask for $10k. Most of my high limit GE accts' clis were obtained via a similar # as the one posted here!!

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injustifiiable
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Registered: ‎03-30-2012

Re: Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?

What's the easiest GE card to get??? lol.



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chnceit
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Registered: ‎08-17-2008

Re: Small auto CLI on Lowe's, should I call and ask for more?

I think Walmart store card is the easiest GE card

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