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NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

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IaBoy62
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NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

Discover         March 13       662  free score

BOA               March 21       662  free score

MyFico           March 25       702  purchased 3B

Walmart MC    April 1           705  activated card and signed up

CCT               April 2           710  monthly update

Walmart store  April 5          * 665   refreshed score with statement enrollment

BOA               April 9           714  HP for cli denial

Barclay's        April 21         * 664   notified April 23 of score change

MyFico          April 23           714  purchased April 23

Walmart MC   April 23           714  refreshed score with statement enrollment

 

When I saw my score increased on March 25 I applied and got Stash VISA, Ebates VISA, Walmart MC, and second Sam's store card and these accounts have all reported.

 

Why the different scores?

 

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NRB525
Super Contributor

Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings


@IaBoy62 wrote:

Discover         March 13       662  free score

BOA               March 21       662  free score

MyFico           March 25       702  purchased 3B

Walmart MC    April 1           705  activated card and signed up

CCT               April 2           710  monthly update

Walmart store  April 5          * 665   refreshed score with statement enrollment

BOA               April 9           714  HP for cli denial

Barclay's        April 21         * 664   notified April 23 of score change

MyFico          April 23           714  purchased April 23

Walmart MC   April 23           714  refreshed score with statement enrollment

 

When I saw my score increased on March 25 I applied and got Stash VISA, Ebates VISA, Walmart MC, and second Sam's store card and these accounts have all reported.

 

Why the different scores?

 


What is your latest Discover statement score?

I'm not sure the source of the Walmart, BofA or Barclays, so can't confirm their usefulness in this sequence.

It looks like you got a boost in late March, and consistent through April.

High Bal Jan 2009 $116k on $146k limits 80% Util.
Oct 2014 $46k on $127k 36% util EQ 722 TU 727 EX 727
April 2018 $18k on $344k 5% util EQ 806 TU 810 EX 812
Jan 2019 $7.6k on $360k EQ 832 TU 839 EX 831
March 2021 $33k on $312k EQ 796 TU 798 EX 801
May 2021 Paid all Installments and Mortgages, one new Mortgage EQ 761 TY 774 EX 777
April 2022 EQ=811 TU=807 EX=805 - TU VS 3.0 765
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IaBoy62
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

I changed due date of Discover card so I haven't had an update yet.

 

All the others are supposed to be FICO 08 scores.

 

I kinda wondered why Barclay's was 50 points lower.

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NRB525
Super Contributor

Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

Ok, like I said I can't vouch for the others, but you only have one Barclays score in the bunch. It could be that Barlay in the prior month was 650 or 655, which would keep it in line with the trend of the others.

 

With any scoring system, you want to track that scoring system to itself over time, not compare to other scores.

 

The exception is when baselining what you know to be TU 08, so myFICO TU 08, compare to Discover, fine, those are the same. CCT TU likely also. Step too far away from a known score, though, and you start getting into strange differences at any point in time.

High Bal Jan 2009 $116k on $146k limits 80% Util.
Oct 2014 $46k on $127k 36% util EQ 722 TU 727 EX 727
April 2018 $18k on $344k 5% util EQ 806 TU 810 EX 812
Jan 2019 $7.6k on $360k EQ 832 TU 839 EX 831
March 2021 $33k on $312k EQ 796 TU 798 EX 801
May 2021 Paid all Installments and Mortgages, one new Mortgage EQ 761 TY 774 EX 777
April 2022 EQ=811 TU=807 EX=805 - TU VS 3.0 765
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IaBoy62
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

I got the score bump at end of March I imagine because a joint car loan with ex wife fell off TU report and 18 30 day lates on the account....she got the car and finally paid it off last summer.

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IaBoy62
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

thanks for the input!! I will keep watching and I hope I am on the upward swing and no more 600's!

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Anonymous
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings

TU's reporting is screwy. My Barclays shows 749, and my actual score is 793. My Discover score also used to be wrong, but that recently got fixed somehow. In other words, don't worry about it.

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IaBoy62
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings


@Anonymous wrote:

TU's reporting is screwy. My Barclays shows 749, and my actual score is 793. My Discover score also used to be wrong, but that recently got fixed somehow. In other words, don't worry about it.


I will try not to worry but I want Barclay's to think highly of me! 

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Anonymous
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings


@IaBoy62 wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

TU's reporting is screwy. My Barclays shows 749, and my actual score is 793. My Discover score also used to be wrong, but that recently got fixed somehow. In other words, don't worry about it.


I will try not to worry but I want Barclay's to think highly of me! 


I'm not sure it matters. When my score was low by about 50 points with Discover I was still getting regular CLI's. It was almost as if, even though they were displaying the wrong score, the right score was being used for credit decisions.

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IaBoy62
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Re: NEED OPINIONS ! Wild TU FICO score swings


@Anonymous wrote:

@IaBoy62 wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

TU's reporting is screwy. My Barclays shows 749, and my actual score is 793. My Discover score also used to be wrong, but that recently got fixed somehow. In other words, don't worry about it.


I will try not to worry but I want Barclay's to think highly of me! 


I'm not sure it matters. When my score was low by about 50 points with Discover I was still getting regular CLI's. It was almost as if, even though they were displaying the wrong score, the right score was being used for credit decisions.


OK, thanks....I will rest easy and not stress!

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