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Can't understand how I was approved ..

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joltdude
Senior Contributor

Re: Can't understand how I was approved ..

Depending on the product those might not be FICO scores.. but FAKO scores.....

That said.. id entertain the discover... secured in a few months....  Id also get a monthly free FICO score from Discover while you wait....

Sign up for Discovers Creditscorecard ... Also might save you one HP on app... not guarenteed though....

 

Oh BTW Credit Karmas scores are Krap... Use CK for the reports but not for the scores....

 

-J

 

 

Message 11 of 16
Anonymous
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Re: Can't understand how I was approved ..


@Anonymous wrote:
For a capital one platinum with a $1k limit.

On credit karma they showed my score as 640 & suggested this card as a good chance at approval.

I signed up for experian credit product for $5 trial & I got all 3 credit reports/fico scores. They're all around 540 not 640!
The only one around 640 was my auto loan score.

Does anyone have any idea how this works? I'm wondering if I should try for another unsecured capital one card now , since this approval gives me only 1 card and I'm reading 3 is ideal. And Experian is only suggesting that I'm a likely candidate for secured cards from sketchy companies like creditone.
Also important to note that one of my collections is a capital one card that went into collections in 2015 so I'm super lost now lol.

That specific card is a card that is easy for approval. One of the easiest non predatory cards that isnt secured. Still very surprised you got it. Congrats. But don’t take that as a sign you can go applying like crazy. Use it for six months. PIF every month, and you may be able to eventually PC it to a quicksilver. Let it work for you. Put some good history on your profile. Before you know it you’ll edge above 600 and can think about getting another card. Or you can just get a couple secured cards now and you’ll have the three starter cards to do AZERO to help your score. 

Message 12 of 16
Anonymous
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Re: Can't understand how I was approved ..

I did think of tackling the collections but I'm just weighing the pros and cons.
On Experian it says "two items in collections" and they're both reporting a $0 balance and they fall off in 2019. If I pay it off I know it probably wouldn't restart my reporting time but the SOL is way past due. Also my student loans are in collections but I'm just letting them garnish my wages until the final $7k is paid.

The Macy's card is the main problem because it's giving me over 100% utilization ... but I think once they confirm the debt I'm gonna offer them 35% and ask them to report it paid just to end it. I heard that they are very difficult to get them to agree to a PFD so I figure if I settle and they take 35% that should boost my score.

The other ones are so old they probably don't have a huge effect on my credit anymore right?
Message 13 of 16
Anonymous
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Re: Can't understand how I was approved ..

Update y’all!!!! Now $4,000 limit. Will make a new post Smiley Happy
Message 14 of 16
stonedog23
Frequent Contributor

Re: Can't understand how I was approved ..

Wow, everyone thought you were in the credit steps program, but this is another animal. Congrats, they will not give me an increase. 

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Message 15 of 16
Brian_Earl_Spilner
Credit Mentor

Re: Can't understand how I was approved ..

you should pay your collections with cap1. If it happened in 2015, it will stay on your report until 2022, not 2019. Also, cap1 could sue you before the statute of limitations us up. They sued me.

    
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