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CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

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youngandcreditwrthy
Senior Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

Well, Citi does have a rep of screwing things up haha I know that's right!
Well, for the record- I did, in fact, dispute an "unauthorized" inquiry off of my EQ report from CBNA.
I say check the fax nums provided here for the CRA and fax over a copy of your ID and letter.
It worked for me!
Citi can also have the Credit Reporting Bureau Department investigate it- but they will prob deny your claim. They sent me so many rediculous, poorly written letters! They violated the law imo as well when they did NOT provide me with the score/CRA info used to deny my initial app.
Good luck op!
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cashnocredit
Valued Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

When Citi unsecures apparently they do two pulls if the first one is marginal but they always do one pull.

 

Another thing is that Citi, unlike WF, keeps the account as a "Classic Mastercard" with the same AF, APR, and other terms. They also do not change the card number.

 

There is an upside. I was able to PC to an AA World Elite MC and that didn't involve a hard pull.


I have reestablished credit over the last couple years
so my moniker is, well, rather out of date.

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LS2982
Mega Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

And this is exactly why freezing reports is so awesome other than protecting from ID theft!! Smiley Happy




EQ FICO 548 3/3/16
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youngandcreditwrthy
Senior Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

Lol @LS!
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cashnocredit
Valued Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?


@LS2982 wrote:

And this is exactly why freezing reports is so awesome other than protecting from ID theft!! Smiley Happy



I don't think freezing reports works if they are already a creditor.


I have reestablished credit over the last couple years
so my moniker is, well, rather out of date.

WM Discover $1800, WF Plat 12k, Chase Freedom Siggy18k, Amex Plat (60k H/B), Citi AA EWMC 25k
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LS2982
Mega Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?


@cashnocredit wrote:

@LS2982 wrote:

And this is exactly why freezing reports is so awesome other than protecting from ID theft!! Smiley Happy



I don't think freezing reports works if they are already a creditor.


Yes it does, no one can HP against your file AFAIK. All of my creditors have tried to for CLI purposes and could not without lifting freeze.




EQ FICO 548 3/3/16
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enharu
Super Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

I think they still can. Collection agencies can still do HPs and add stuff onto your CR as well if I'm not wrong.
It stops creditors from pulling reports for credit seeking purposes, but it doesn't stop them from doing hard inquiries to make adjustments or account reviews for existing accounts. Not exactly 100% sure though.
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BearsAndTurtlesRtheBest
Senior Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

True^ But my mom had frozed her EQ CR via EQ.com but when we to enroll myself at a college they pulled her CR and the nxt day saw an ALERT about an inquiry on EQ. Logged in and saw that it is locked so dont undersatnd how they obtained her report.

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CBTS
Frequent Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?

enharu suggests it'd be wise to live with the INQs, and according to young, it's still possible get one of the useless INQs removed. I'm still undecided as to what I should do, although, I do admit disputing the INQ sounds like a lengthy and exhausting process, time and money-wise...

Question for cashnocredit: Did they give you the same CL of the secured card when CITI graduated it? I'm planning on doing the PC soon as I get this "Classic" card.

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cashnocredit
Valued Contributor

Re: CITI pulled my CR without informing me?


@Anonymous- wrote:

enharu suggests it'd be wise to live with the INQs, and according to young, it's still possible get one of the useless INQs removed. I'm still undecided as to what I should do, although, I do admit disputing the INQ sounds like a lengthy and exhausting process, time and money-wise...

Question for cashnocredit: Did they give you the same CL of the secured card when CITI graduated it? I'm planning on doing the PC soon as I get this "Classic" card.


Yes, they did give me the same CL which was 25k even though the max on secured cards had been lowered to 5k about 6 months earlier. I was expecting them to drop the CL to 5k especially since I had serious baddies but they didn't.  My fondest hope was that they would just extend the secured card another 1.5 years with the same 4.07% APR on the deposit but they didn't. Just wishful thinking on my part.

 

I didn't PC to the AA card until a year after it had unsecured. The CSR pretty much said I could PC it to any of their cards but I don't know if that would have been the case earlier since my credit had no negatives when I PCed. At least there was no hard pull when I PCed.

 

As for the CL, they have had the "luv" button ever since it unsecured but I never tried it. OTOH, they haven't auto-CLIed me either. Since It's a NPSL card and i use Amex for the larger charges, I'm not eager to go there. I pretty much have what I need now with enough redundancy to take care of things like Amex FRs or whatnot should they occur.


I have reestablished credit over the last couple years
so my moniker is, well, rather out of date.

WM Discover $1800, WF Plat 12k, Chase Freedom Siggy18k, Amex Plat (60k H/B), Citi AA EWMC 25k
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