"Then she said that also because the BK is still there, I wouldn't be eligible until it dropped off."
I applied for a Juniper card in Feb. 09 and was denied for BK. Called for recon, no go! They said they wanted to see more post-BK rebuilding. Of course they didn't say for how long.
I applied for this card yesterday too and was denied. Reasons given were utilization too high and high number of inquiries (which is not true). I only have 3 inquires (2 in July and 1 in August). I'll just give up on this card because I was denied twice in the past also. I applied for the OfficeMax Visa and was approved for $2k, no annual fee.
Starting Score: TU: 663 EQ: 632 EX: ?
@mross1080 wrote:
@crazysxycool wrote:I applied for this card yesterday too and was denied. Reasons given were utilization too high and high number of inquiries (which is not true). I only have 3 inquires (2 in July and 1 in August). I'll just give up on this card because I was denied twice in the past also. I applied for the OfficeMax Visa and was approved for $2k, no annual fee.
crazysxycool is you were denied try the backdoor number. You already took the hit for the inq. Might as well give it a try. There great about recons.
Yeah I called them via the backdoor number and they basically told me the same thing. That'd like to see my balances come down while not using the cards.
@mross1080 wrote:
@crazysxycool wrote:
@mross1080 wrote:
@crazysxycool wrote:I applied for this card yesterday too and was denied. Reasons given were utilization too high and high number of inquiries (which is not true). I only have 3 inquires (2 in July and 1 in August). I'll just give up on this card because I was denied twice in the past also. I applied for the OfficeMax Visa and was approved for $2k, no annual fee.
crazysxycool is you were denied try the backdoor number. You already took the hit for the inq. Might as well give it a try. There great about recons.
Yeah I called them via the backdoor number and they basically told me the same thing. That'd like to see my balances come down while not using the cards.
Sorry, Congrats on the Officemax Visa though!
Thank you MRoss.
Thanks for sharing all this information.
So basically, with the Barclays you have to have 6 months to 1 year of credit building before applying with no to low inquiries. And if you go through the backdoor number they use EX instead of TU. I think that I may just wait until the BK falls off considering they don't like it on there but that won't happen until 2013 
The part thats making me a little crazy is that I'm really doing everything right. No credit since the BK which was in 2003. I've cleaned up my reports (several times since they mix mine up constantly ...ugh!) no baddies since my BK, job with a good salary... and its really just frustrating. My scores are actually quite decent the last time I checked.
It just goes to show how important it is( especially these days ) to keep your credit clean.
Thanks for that list of credit unions. My town dosen't have any that I can go to but I can go to another town thats close by.
-CPP
@mross1080 wrote:Well from my recent experience they only pulled TU on recon. Checked reports and EX is frozen. I also have north of 20 inqs on TU. 3 from the last month. 1 from GEMB 2 from a new car loan.
Hi MRoss - I saw in another thread of yours you used a different number when you recon for this card. I used 866-408-4064(credit analyst) and you used 866-750-6031(corp offices). Do you think it made a difference in which number was called? If so, I might call the number you used and see if that works.
Wy