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Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

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vish1
Valued Contributor

Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

I have a pre approved auto loan offer from my CU (they won't pull my CR for this). Its more like 'Capital One Blank Check' thing, I was wondering if I take the check and then give the check back (no charges for it).

 

Will it show up as a fully paid autoloan on my credit report?

How will it impact my history in short term and long term?

Is auto loan used in AAoA calculations?

 

I was not sure, if I should post it in auto loan section or here. If I have posted it in wrong section, my sincere apologies in advance for all the inconvenience.

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MrChairman
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

I believe you have to actually cash the check recieved in order for them to put it on your CR.


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brian2220
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

i am wondering the same about this as i got a pre approval letter from citi financial for a loan   

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guiness56
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???


@vish1 wrote:

I have a pre approved auto loan offer from my CU (they won't pull my CR for this). Its more like 'Capital One Blank Check' thing, I was wondering if I take the check and then give the check back (no charges for it).

 

Will it show up as a fully paid autoloan on my credit report?

How will it impact my history in short term and long term?

Is auto loan used in AAoA calculations?

 

I was not sure, if I should post it in auto loan section or here. If I have posted it in wrong section, my sincere apologies in advance for all the inconvenience.


 

Did you apply for the credit or they just offered it to you?

 

If they just offered it and you never endorsed the check, it should not show up on our CR if you return it.

 

Auto loans are not calculated in revolving utilization.

 

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brainysmurf
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

I don't know if it improved my credit or not, but NFCU did this with me.

 

I was approved for an auto loan, and they called to tell me to pick up the check.

I came in and told them I didn't want it, and that month it reported as paid/zero balance with 12k high balance.

 

This actually lowered my AAoA, so I don't know if it really helps anything. It's a positive TL that I'll have for 10 years.

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Anonymous
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???


@brian2220 wrote:

i am wondering the same about this as i got a pre approval letter from citi financial for a loan   


on another note and fyi - Citifinancial reports as a Consumer Finance Account.

That's a baddie. 

Folks debate how much of a negative impact a CFA has - but if you have the option to not open a CFA, I think it's better not to.

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DI
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

I did something similar back in year 2000, but not intentionally..  MBNA financed a Dell laptop for me.  I returned the laptop within 30 days, but MBNA had already posted the new tradeline to my credit reports.  Today, the tradeline is still appearing on my TU report.    I made a mistake and disupted the tradeline with EQ and EX back when I didn't know much about credit.  That was the dumbest move I ever made.   

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vish1
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

So I have not read anything bad about the idea yet.

 

I read that if I take the check and return it. It may or may not show up as a paid loan on my CR. If it does, it helps me, if it doesn't no harms.

 

Its not a consumer finance company or anything, its DCU (it was at number 10 in the list of biggest credit unions in the country).

 

Yes, its pre approved, I called and confirmed that they do not need to pull my CR for this.

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DI
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Re: Will opening and closing a autoloan improve credit or ???

 


@vish1 wrote:

So I have not read anything bad about the idea yet.

 

I read that if I take the check and return it. It may or may not show up as a paid loan on my CR. If it does, it helps me, if it doesn't no harms.

 

Its not a consumer finance company or anything, its DCU (it was at number 10 in the list of biggest credit unions in the country).

 

Yes, its pre approved, I called and confirmed that they do not need to pull my CR for this.


I have one more scenario.  Capital One sent me a pre-approval loan offer for up to $10,000 back in 2006.  I didn't need it.  But since I was trying to build my credit and add a mixture of credit, I took it.  I put the money in an online savings account and paid Capital One the minimum for 8 months.  The final 8th month, I paid them off.  Today, the account still shows as Paid.  That was a good move I made. It improved my credit greatly. 

 

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