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I applied and was approved for a CapOne card at the end of December 2012 - still hasn't reported on my credit report! I have gotten my first bill and paid it before the due date - now I am in my second billing cycle.
How long did you have to wait to see it show up?
Bad call. Hard pulls are visible by all creditors.
Just keep in mind that app's ding your score too.
I'm hoping it won't hurt my score any more than the inquiry did - My oldest account is 13.5 years and then I have one from about 6 years ago and now this card, so it'll bring my AAoA down a little .. but hopefully the new revolving account will help more. One good thing I have going is that this is the only inquiry I have had in the last 6 years (I guess that's one benefit of having bad credit - I knew not to bother even applying for anything!)