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Are they with the OC or the CA? That will make a difference.
If the OC is showing a balance, faster they are paid down the better for a faster raise in your score.
With that said, even if you pay in payments, your score will still go up after the balance is 0.
Hopefully you don't mind me asking a stupid question. What exactly is a OC and CA?
OC - Original Creditor
CA - Collection Agency
Not a stupid question.
Look in my signature for Common Abbreviations. Unfortunately, we rely heavily on acronyms.
I'm looking forward to the score bump. I guess the SOL is either quickly approaching in CT or CA's are calling eachother because after I payed one I received calls in droves from the others.
I planned on paying everything off by March, but I am paying them sooner than I like (I'm about to vacation to Europe) so it's cutting into what I put aside to have, but grateful that when I come back now, my credit will be in a much better place!
Do you have PFD agreements? Might want to see if you can navagate some agreements to get these off your report alltogether... I might be stating the obvious