topic Re: samsung financing in General Credit Topics

samsung financing

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:37:11 GMT

I just applied for samsung financing and I was approved for $ 2,000 but I have been reading that this financing is seriously damaging the credit. Does anyone know if this is true?

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Brian_Earl_Spilner — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:55:24 GMT

If it's labeled a Consumer Finance Account (CFA), then it could possibly hurt you. There are some people on here that swear by it.

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Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:30:37 GMT

It’s a store card issued by TD Bank, these cards negatively affect insurance scores but that’s it.

Revolving accounts can’t be designated as consumer finance accounts so no worries on the FICO end of things except for the normal age factors such as AoYA and AAoA, inquiries, and utilization.

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Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:00:51 GMT

It hurts for me to investigate after making the application😖

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Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:02:47 GMT

thanks for the reply. I was shocked to read that adding the samsung financing account was lost on average 40 points which for me is very much since I am in full reconstruction I was scared so much that in the end I did not make the purchase but I do not think it matters whether I buy or not since I will have that account opened in my credit

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Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:03:10 GMT

Correct. If the account has been opened whether or not you make a purchase doesn't matter, as the account will show up on your CR regardless. May as well make whatever purchase you were planning on at this point so that it's not a complete waste.

It all comes down to how the account is coded. If it's a revolver, no harm no foul. If it's a CFA, it could adversely impact your scores for up to 10 years from the time the account is closed. The impact of a CFA isn't well known and it can hurt certain profiles and certain scores more than others.

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Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 03:18:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
thanks for the reply. I was shocked to read that adding the samsung financing account was lost on average 40 points which for me is very much since I am in full reconstruction I was scared so much that in the end I did not make the purchase but I do not think it matters whether I buy or not since I will have that account opened in my credit

People who talk about credit score impact are almost always referring to their Credit Karma scores. Those are useless. FICO scores are what you need to worry about and FICO will treat this the same way as any other credit card. If you max out the limit with your purchase, you’ll take the penalty like a maxed out credit card. There is nothing special about the reporting otherwise and TD Bank is not a peer to peer or last chance lender so even if it was an installment and not a revolving account, it wouldn’t be tagged as a CFA.

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Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:30:59 GMT

oh 'thanks for the valuable information

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jetsfan2013 — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 21:27:21 GMT

I opened this as well a few months back and just paid off the balance. It has reported as a credit card, however I am closing the card as I will have no other use for it and I do believe my score was impacted by the account being open.

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Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:47:13 GMT

Was there a hard pull when you applied?

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Remedios — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:13:20 GMT

@jetsfan2013 wrote:
I opened this as well a few months back and just paid off the balance. It has reported as a credit card, however I am closing the card as I will have no other use for it and I do believe my score was impacted by the account being open.

If they are/were affected, they will remain that way till it drops off you CR, usually around 10 years after closing, but can happen sooner

You did not specify what makes you think there was "damage" from CFA versus normal dings that happen for many whenever new accounts are opened.

In any case, closing a card will not "fix" it.

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Anonymous — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:59:04 GMT

Why would you not source what you read? You're either making things up or gossiping

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