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America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

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4sallypat
Valued Contributor

America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Synchrony - America's Tire card I have had for over 20 years just did a credit line decrease.

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Used to be $4000 and always paid off the account with their 0% offers.

 

I don't use the account much except when I need tires or rims.

 

Should I be worried it dropped to $2500 ?

Is this a sign to expect more CLD ?

 

All my other Synchrony accounts have not dropped or decreased:

MC $5000

Amazon Prime $5000

eBay MC $5000

DX Engineering $3000

Mattress Firm $6000

PayPal MC $6000

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JoeRockhead
Senior Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Synchrony is an odd bird known to CLD and/or simply shut down cards with no notice. I don't know that anyone can predict what they might do with any kind of accuracy. You might consider contacting them and ask for your limit back. There was this thread recently by @AverageJoesCredit which you might find useful. 

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CreditCuriosity
Moderator Emeritus

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Just ask for CLI online and likely will get it all back.  Guessing you havent used it for awhile.

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AverageJoesCredit
Legendary Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?


@JoeRockhead wrote:

Synchrony is an odd bird known to CLD and/or simply shut down cards with no notice. I don't know that anyone can predict what they might do with any kind of accuracy. You might consider contacting them and ask for your limit back. There was this thread recently by @AverageJoesCredit which you might find useful. 


Yes, you should be ok. Just request a cli , I'd put $10k to maximize it just in case but hopefully they restore it exactly or at least give you back some. My guess is non usage so after submitting your request and approved  use the card once and then just try to make a small purchase every couple months. Good luckSmiley Happy

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4sallypat
Valued Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Yes, it hasn't been used in a while.

 

Only time I use it is for tires between 3 vehicles.

 

Last time I used it was 2 years ago and paid it off in 12 months with 0% interest.

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ptatohed
Valued Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Lack of use.  It's gonna happen.

 

My America's Tire was closed for lack of use.  

[ Signature in dire need of updates. It's on my to-do list. Smiley Wink ]


5% CB rotating: ;
Everyday 3% CB: ;
Everyday 5%: ;
Companion Card: ;
Everyday 2.2% CB: ;
Retired to sock drawer after AOD (kept alive w/ 1 purchase every 6 mo): ;
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FlaDude
Valued Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Sync seems to pull the trigger on lack of use a lot quicker than most issuers. My wife's JCP was CLD'ed from 20k to 500 after one year of no use, and closed after another year. OTOH, I have at least one Amex card that hasn't seen use in at least a couple of years and they don't seem to care.

Scores: March 21 FICO 8: EX 810, TU 808, EQ 813
AoOA: closed: 40 years, open: 30 years; AAoA: 14 years
Amex Gold, Amex Blue, Amex ED, Amex Delta Blue, Amex Hilton Surpass, BoA Platinum Plus, Chase Freedom Unlimited, Chase Amazon, Chase CSP, Chase United Explorer, Citi AA, Sync Lowes, total CL 203k
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MrDuck
Valued Member

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

I wouldn't worry to much. It's happened to me and I called them a week or so before buying new tires and told them I needed a increase to $$$$ for new tires. I was givin the increase I needed. Granted that was years ago and I now use other cards that give me cash/points back at a better rate.

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Gregory1776
Valued Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?


@JoeRockhead wrote:

Synchrony is an odd bird known to CLD and/or simply shut down cards with no notice. I don't know that anyone can predict what they might do with any kind of accuracy. You might consider contacting them and ask for your limit back. There was this thread recently by @AverageJoesCredit which you might find useful. 


I had a 18,000 limit on my care credit card, 4-5 years ago. They reduced it to 6K randomly, and then closed it a while after that. I used 6 k and had it paid off within 6 months, then stopped using it.

 

I wouldn't worry about it, but that's up to you.

Save up the cash for your tires, buy insurance for them incase you have a blowout,  then you won't need to finance these relatively low cost expenses. 

reason why I closed my Home Depot card dispite no harm coming to me leaving it open. I cannot stand the deferred interest crap, the threat of it. 

AmEx BCP 30k
EveryDay 11.5K
Discover 29k
Wells Fargo AC 25k
Chase Amazon 23.5k
US Bank Cash+ 20K
Cash+#2 14.4K
Citi Simplicity 13.6K
Smartly Visa 17k SL
BILT 18k SL
PenFed Loan 2.3k/8k
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4sallypat
Valued Contributor

Re: America's Tire (Synchrony) lowered CL ? Should I be worried about CLD ?

Yes, thanks for all your support!

 

I'll use other cards if Sync closes my tire card.

 

Helps to have over $250K of credit lines elsewhere.

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