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How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:39:20 GMT

I was just thinking to myself and started wondering how everyone found out about this forum so I thought I would post the question since there is no poll option

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:42:08 GMT

Trusty ole Google.

Thank goodness I found MyFico, my home away from home

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

visorboy1974 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:52:41 GMT

I needed a FICO score.

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Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:01:23 GMT

I always watch Suze Orman and she often refers to this site so I decided to check it out. Glad I did!

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

StartingOver10 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:22:31 GMT

From another credit board...

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

RockinRay — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:35:46 GMT

I found it when we were going through some hard times. I had lost my job and was looking at "options"...

Needless to say, we fortunatley never had to excersize any "option" though. Thanks goodness fo that!

Went away for a few years and came back. Great place to hang out for sure!

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

nuggets321 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:41:07 GMT

Google for me as well.... it was a year or so ago when I decided to get at figuring out where I stood with medical collections and to figure out where my credit was at. I followed a couple different links and landed (gratefully) here. My credit wasn't as bad as I had imagined and took ALL of the advice from here and put a plan into action. As you can see by my signature line, I have done fairly well thanks to the assistance of the members of this forum ! So I try and go back to the "rebuilding" portion of this site now and then and share some of what I have learned......

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:41:23 GMT

I needed my fico score so I found the community listed under myfico

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CS800 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:44:39 GMT

Found this site when i hit rock bottom in the credit world. I had no knowledge of anything in credit. But i was determine to fix my situation.

Like I always this is not just a place for great information but also great people willing to help.

I was googling 'rebuilding my credit'

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

jla84 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:06:17 GMT

Google! I had just pulled my reports about 6 months after getting a 30 day late on a closed credit card (my only card at the time) and was trying to figure out how to rebuild from that. It was uphill from there, thanks to these forums!

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:01:23 GMT

Google.

(ETA): I found other forums, too. But, I settled on this one because I appreciated the respectful, professional and adult tone here. Just felt like mentioning that.

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:11:30 GMT

Was googling around for thoughts/opinions when I started apping for new cards. Stumbled on a few forums but this one was way more active than all the others. Took a look around, became edumacated, and got hooked!

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

nomoore — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:31:36 GMT

A friend found myFICO when going through a rough part in his life. He told me about you guys.

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:38:30 GMT

I found this forum by a google search. Just apped and approved for a capital one card with the full intent of ditching that card ASAP for a travel rewards card after I built up some history. Been hooked ever since and was shocked at how well my score grew and I definitely love learning about all the ins and outs of the credit world here.

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

llecs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:43:45 GMT

I googled for repair advice and settled on a different forum. Their advice led me to believe there was better out there and someone on there suggested I come to myFICO.

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Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:59:54 GMT

While in "repair" mode, I surfed around to a few websites, but I kept coming back here due to the friendly atmosphere, and the more realistic advice from people who had a pay-it-forward attitude. I remember coming out of lurkdom at some other website to ask a question-- I got absolutely slammed because someone else had apparently asked a similar question before. The mean-spirited responses (all denoting that I hadn't used their somewhat complicated new search feature) were so shocking that I never went back. I resumed lurking here, taking in the advice, and putting it into practice. And then, one day I posted. I've never had cause to go looking for information, advice, or support on any credit-related issue since. I'll take tried & true any day!

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

MarineVietVet — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:23:40 GMT

My story is much like the one LilMirth told. I was just surfing around different financial forums looking at what advice there was out there. I joined one several years ago (no, not the "bad" ones) and it was ok but the spirit and level of support wasn't very good. One day I saw a reference to myFICO and decided to check it out.

I must be honest that at first I was not very impressed. It seemed like all anyone talked about was their (what I saw) obsession with FICO scores. Thread after thread was filled with how their scores went up 2 points this month and down 2 points the next month and I thought this is not the right place for me and so I went back to the "other site" for awhile.

But I would come back here from time to time to lurk and finally began to realize that this is so much more than talk of FICO scores. I started reading hundreds of older threads and began to pick up the pesonalities of different members and learned who was helpful, who was cranky, etc.

And since July of 2009 this is the only forum I participate in.

From a BK years ago to:
EX - 3/11 pulled by lender- 835, EQ - 2/11-816, TU - 2/11-782

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem".

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

namvet — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:26:12 GMT

Google refered me here!

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:16:20 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I needed my fico score so I found the community listed under myfico

Re: How did you find out about this forum?

learnin113 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:21:55 GMT

I honestly cannot remember...musta been googling info regarding a specific credit card.