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Home Depot vs. Lowes

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skigirl916
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Home Depot vs. Lowes

Which is the easier card to get, with high limits, in your opinion?

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Anonymous
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes


@skigirl916 wrote:

Which is the easier card to get, with high limits, in your opinion?


Lowes - you may get a low starting CL but very easy to immediately bump it up quite a bit

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Anonymous
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@skigirl916 wrote:

Which is the easier card to get, with high limits, in your opinion?


Lowe's definitely. HD is citi backed.

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Anonymous
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes

Synchrony backs Lowe's and their fairly liberal with CLI's, Citi, well, isn't. 

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skigirl916
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes

Ahhhh! I HATE CITI!

 

So, Lowe's it is! Eventually, anyway. Gotta close first. Smiley Happy

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Anonymous
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes

Lowes is the best by FAR! I opened both accounts at the same time in mid November 2014. Lowes gave $600 initial limit and HD $500. When I got both cards I requested a CLI, with Lowes I used the chat method and got it increased to $5,000. I tried HD and they HP me and denied the CLI.

 

Now 1 1/2 months after my Lowes CLI I requested another one I asked for $25,000 I didn't get the full amount but was increased to $12,000!!! with only a SP making it my first $10k plus card! Smiley Very Happy

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chalupaman
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes

Lowes beats HD to a pulp. Apping for the HD card led to all my accounts with Citi getting shut down and I only got a $1k limit from that. With lowes I seriously had $17k.

Tradelines: Macy’s - $18k, Penfed Power Cash Rewards - $10k, Ethan Allen (TD Bank) - $5.7k, Kay Jewelers - $5.5k, Appliances Connection - $5.3k, Jared - $5.25k, Best Buy (Citi) - $5k, Dell Preferred Account - $3.5k, Samsung - $3.2k, Firestone CFNA - $3.2k, Capital One Platinum - $3k, Mercury MC - $2.25k, Williams Sonoma - $2.1k, Wayfair (Fortiva) - $2k, Amazon Store Card - $1.8k, Apple Card - $1.7k, NFCU cashRewards - $1.5k, CareCredit - $1.5k, B&H Photo - $1.5k, Adorama - $1.25k, Ebay MC - $1k, Sam’s Club MC - $1k, American Eagle - $1k, Ollo MC - $600, Mission Lane Visa - $500, NY & Company - $500, Walgreens - $500, Home Depot - $500, Target RED Card - $500, CapOne Secured MC 0 AF - $500, Penfed Overdraft LOC - $500

Current FICOS: Mid 640s-50s on all reports, Ch 7 BK D/C Aug 2019
Starting scores: EX - 534, EQ - 574, TU - 516 | Total TLs: $91k approx | Total Utilization: 17%, getting this back down
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Anonymous
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes

Lowes gave me $300 on CL upon approval and I was about to tell them where to stick their card.  CreditAddict convinced me to wait and ask for a CLI on chat once I got the card.  He told me to ask for the max, $25,000.  I figured there was no way in hell that they were going to raise my limit from $300 to $25,000.  Sure enough two minutes on chat and bam, new limit of $25,000.

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Anonymous
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes


@Anonymous wrote:

Lowes gave me $300 on CL upon approval and I was about to tell them where to stick their card.  CreditAddict convinced me to wait and ask for a CLI on chat once I got the card.  He told me to ask for the max, $25,000.  I figured there was no way in hell that they were going to raise my limit from $300 to $25,000.  Sure enough two minutes on chat and bam, new limit of $25,000.


Seriously? Should have asked for $50,000.

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stagefoursurvivor
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Re: Home Depot vs. Lowes

Definitly Lowe's

Instant approval for $700, called immediately and bumped to $5K.

Citi? Losers, just like CitiField and the Mets. They shouldn't have been bailed out by taxpayers. Ebenezar Scrooge would be proud

11/14/14 Total CL $1,100; 6/30/15 Total CL $180K
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