Credit First - Firestone account

[Anonymous]

I opened this account a little over 4 years ago.  Apparently when you receive the card, you are supposed to take it to a Firestone location to have it activated.  I never did this and it is showing on my credit reports as a $0 limit with no balance of course.  I did try a few months ago to activate the card but Credit First said no because of my scores.  If I were to have this "closed" would this help or hurt my score?  Will it hurt my AAoA to close it even with the $0 balance?  My AAoA at this point is 4 1/2 years.  Any help on this is appreciated.

[Anonymous]

It won't hurt your AAoA, though some take age of open accounts into consideration. Have you tried going in and using it to make an oil change purchase? FWIW, I was accepted online, used it in store, and they forgot to note they verified ID. I had to go back and have them verify ID to have them report. Plan on getting an oil change with it to keep it active.

[Anonymous]

I did try that a few months ago but to no avail.  I find it strange that it is an open account with a $0 limit and they won't give me any increase.

[texasman07]

I applied for this card online and got a 1200.00 limit.  I went in today to get my back tire and a spare. very good service. they didnt have my tires on hand so a rep drove down to another firestone for me and picked them up. got a free oil change also.  back to the card----> i went online to see my credit limit while i was at the store it said 0$! i freaked out and called cs. they said i had to activeate it with the service tech to "open" my credit line.  good thing i got my tires right away since i apped for the card this past week

[Anonymous]

Tires Plus treated me pretty well when I pulled out my card. Guy came out and said there was a nail in the tire (because I had complained of air leaking while we were talking about the oil change).  I went to pay and he saw the card and said he'd do this plug for free. I'm sure it was only $5 or something, but it was nice.

[OnTheRebound]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Tires Plus treated me pretty well when I pulled out my card. Guy came out and said there was a nail in the tire (because I had complained of air leaking while we were talking about the oil change).  I went to pay and he saw the card and said he'd do this plug for free. I'm sure it was only $5 or something, but it was nice.

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I don't know how much Tires Plus charges for a plug but I once paid $18 at a local Shell station for a simple plug and I know Pep Boys here charges $25. Just an FYI.