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Comenity Bank / WFNNB -- Approved for all the "cart trick" websites. Are chances good for this card?

Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:38:50 GMT

Hi All,

I haven't app'd for anything for a good 2 years. I did the "cart trick" with Buckle, Victoria's Secret and Express. I was pre-approved for all three and given $250 for Buckle, $500 for VS and an unknown amount for Express. I haven't gotten the cards in the mail yet, so I won't know the express limit until then. There are several websites/businesses that are issued cards by Comenity Bank / WFNNB. They issue a Diamond Elite Credit Card for Samuels Jewlers (business on the list for cart tricks, but they don't offer pre approval according to several members testing. I think there are about five websites that almost always offer if your FICO is about 610 or higher), but apparently only a handful of their stores do the pre approval thing. Anyhow, there is one last card I want, did an application on their website and I got the "We are reviewing your application and will let you know our decision by mail in 7-10 days" :EEK:

My question is: do I have pretty high chances of getting this card since it is issued by the same bank that just gave me three cards on soft pulls only? This card I had to do a hard pull (Yes, I know....but I figure since I'm stopping now and got the other cards with only soft pulls and need this card to possibly propose in future, what the heck). I would assume they will all pull from EX (best scores are on EX and TU...my EQ needs CPR lol). What do you all think? Has anyone had any luck with multiple cards from this bank (assuming not all of them are from the cart trick)?

Any input appreciated!

Thanks,

Brandon

Re: Comenity Bank / WFNNB -- Approved for all the "cart trick" websites. Are chances good

09Lexie — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:36:47 GMT

Usually it's not a good idea to do an app spree with the same bank. GE has been known to approve and then shut down the cc's. the most I would ever do is 2 from the same bank.

Good luck!

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Anonymous — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:42:33 GMT

Very interesting to find out! I am asking because I believe several people have gone flat out wild with the cart trick and ended up with 5 or 6 cards on here and I guess they aren't as strict as others are. I am curious to find out if I will be getting two VS cards in the mail. Funny story, first time I did the "cart trick" I entered my old address since I didn't think it was updated and got a 7-10 days message (I heard this is to verify information) and then did it again with my new address and was instantly approved. Hopefully I don't get two VS cards in the mail and they pick up on this.

Anyhow...anyone else have any interesting input on multiple cards from this bank and sucess rates with one meaning good chances with other?

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new_earth — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:32:04 GMT

I know a lot of people have gotten 6 or 7 with no problems. They will some times call to verify with some security questions, or like what happened to me, put a security freeze on the cards and you have to mail in ID (I answered some of my own security questions wrong LOL). That process is complete though, I have all my cards available to use and they did not close any I got 6

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dobirdsmommy — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:15:28 GMT

I have 5-6 cards by them no issues either

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Rhaeny — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:23:23 GMT

I have 4 or 5 CC's with them using the shopping cart trick, but they were done over a span of time and no more than 2 on the same day. I think that those that have had their CC's shutdown was because of an app spree and getting like 5 or 6 or more (just guessing on the number) cards in one day. You should be fine now with what you have from GE, but maybe you should let some time pass before you get anymore.

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roshan21 — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:22:31 GMT

Does the cart trick work for Torrid?

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Anonymous — Sat, 04 May 2013 05:36:45 GMT

Thanks for all the great replies! Hopefully I will get approved for the Samuels WFNNB Jewelry card. I am excited to see the auto CLI after 9 months with these guys

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fembrist — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:16:59 GMT

I have a whopping 14 cards with Comenity Bank. I started out with one that I've had for over three years now, never missed a payment. A couple months ago, I got a pre-approval for a OneStopPlus card and it all went downhill from there. I became an appaholic. The 14 are mostly attributed to the Redcats family cards all pre-ing off of each other. They haven't shut me down, yet (fingers crossed, tiptoeing into the garden).

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RickyRay — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:47:29 GMT

I got 10 of them all in one week of each other, My scores were all low 500s at the time and I was trying to get things cleaned up on my credit reports. In Jan 2013, I got them all by doing the shopping trick....1. One Stop Plus, 2. Womenwithin,3. Roamans, 4. KingSize, 5. BrylaneHome, 6. Jessica London,all $250 CL, 7. Blair $200 CL 8. Haband $200, 9. The Buckle $250, and 10. Express started at $250 CL now $740, My scores dropped for 2 month to almost only 400 then they jumped up to 619, now 720.

I only had one good account showing from a catalog called Grandpointe at the time, and over 20 derogs all from ID theft. That was a BIG MESS. But now all cleared up.

Those store/catalog cards brought me back from extinction. Now I got a capital 1 card and doing some serious rebuilding in the garden. NO MORE APPS til Jan 2014. Maybe a good Chase Card or something. All of those comenity bank store/catalogs are due for credit limit increases by oct so I should in very good condition with my scores by then. (By the way all the comenity bank cards were soft pulls on experian). THANK YOU COMENITY BANK!!!

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RickyRay — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:50:32 GMT

Capital One Let you have more than One account with them? Just woundering.

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Anonymous — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:32:07 GMT

Yes I have 3
@RickyRay wrote:
Capital One Let you have more than One account with them? Just woundering.

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Anonymous — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:16:34 GMT

I have a question, guys.

How do you see your preapproved credit limit? I get the popup, but I don't want to fill in my ssn, etc.

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shane82388 — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 01:18:51 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I have a question, guys.

How do you see your preapproved credit limit? I get the popup, but I don't want to fill in my ssn, etc.

Only some of the shopping cart trick cards actually show the limit when the pop up happens...Victoria Secret & Buckle are the only ones i can think of of the top of my head...

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burghpa — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 04:11:17 GMT

In my case, JCrew showed a limit of $300 right way, Express didn't. so only a few shows up right away.

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shane82388 — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 04:30:14 GMT

@burghpa wrote:
In my case, JCrew showed a limit of $300 right way, Express didn't. so only a few shows up right away.

Yeah, J. Crew showed a limit of $750 right after I was approved.

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burghpa — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 05:27:57 GMT

@shane82388 wrote:

Yeah, J. Crew showed a limit of $750 right after I was approved.

Congrats on your new card, SP cards with good balance is always a bonus.

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SunriseEarth — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 06:45:44 GMT

@roshan21 wrote:
Does the cart trick work for Torrid?

I don't recall seeing a Torrid thread, but it's a Comenity card, so it's probably worth a try (out of sheer curiousity, I tried, but got nothing).

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Anonymous — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:49:36 GMT

I was pre-approved in an actual Torrid store on 9/18. She only took the last 4 of my social and my ID. Bingo. $250 CL, which I'm hoping will grow over time. Funny thing is, I applied online for a Torrid credit card on 8/29 and received the 7-10 day message, got the denial letter, called to recon, was told to wait 30 days and apply again. So, it was really strange that less than 30 days later I was pre-approved in-store.
I applied for the Lane Bryant card the same day I was approved for Torrid and got the 7-10 day message, but I'm wondering if they'll give it to me bc they gave me a Torrid card. I'll have to wait and see.

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dobirdsmommy — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:48:52 GMT

I just tried the Torrid. no pre-approval but I got the Roamans shop cart trick last night instant 500