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LesWH
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Amex reconsiders themselves?

I applied for the Amex Green October 11, 2012. I was denied and a letter was sent to me listing inquiries and 2 paid collections as the reason for the denial. Last week, the collections were removed. This morning, I saw that American Express pulled my Experian report again. I thought that was strange, since I didn't apply again. Later in the day I got an email saying that my application had been approved! Has anyone had this happen before? it was 20 days between the application, which resulted in a denial and then an approval from a second hard pull that I didn't authorize.


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twelfthjoe2
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Re: Amex reconsiders themselves?


@LesWH wrote:

I applied for the Amex Green October 11, 2012. I was denied and a letter was sent to me listing inquiries and 2 paid collections as the reason for the denial. Last week, the collections were removed. This morning, I saw that American Express pulled my Experian report again. I thought that was strange, since I didn't apply again. Later in the day I got an email saying that my application had been approved! Has anyone had this happen before? it was 20 days between the application, which resulted in a denial and then an approval from a second hard pull that I didn't authorize.


That's odd. Did you ask for a recon? Smiley Happy

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migliogiorni
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congrats, never heard of this though.

 

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bettercreditguy1
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Re: Amex reconsiders themselves?

Are you sure it was a Hard Pull and not a soft inquiry? Amex soft pulls/inquires a lot,

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LesWH
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@bettercreditguy1 wrote:

Are you sure it was a Hard Pull and not a soft inquiry? Amex soft pulls/inquires a lot,


It was definitely a hard pull on Experian. There are now 2 hard pulls from American Express on my Experian report. One from October 11, 2012 and one from October 31, 2012.


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Epcot
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That is very strange. I would definitely call in and ask what happened.


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alboto
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I would definitely call and try to get one of them inquiries recoded.

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LesWH
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@alboto wrote:

I would definitely call and try to get one of them inquiries recoded.


How do I do that? Call Amex or Experian?


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Wahoo
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Maybe when the collections were removed they notified those that had pulled your credit recently and Amex got the new report.  I know when I have successfully disputed items in the past I get this message from the CRA that they will notify anyone who has recently received my CR but I never thought it actually worked.

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Wahoo
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BTW twelfthjoe2, love the siggy.  How did you do it?

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