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for some reason I am terrified of hard pulls, I have 1 on TU 2 on exp and 1 on eq within the last year and im scared to app for anything until those fall off.
but since being on these forums lately I have noticed people with 5-10 HP's and still getting approved for cards, so maybe a HP is not as bad as I think.
PenFed smacked me in the face yesterday with a "No". Not a "7-10" or even a "Needs more time to review". I regret that very much.
@slap_happy wrote:for some reason I am terrified of hard pulls, I have 1 on TU 2 on exp and 1 on eq within the last year and im scared to app for anything until those fall off.
but since being on these forums lately I have noticed people with 5-10 HP's and still getting approved for cards, so maybe a HP is not as bad as I think.
I think most of the posters here have more INQs than that. I for one have 3 on EQ, 10 on EX, and 18 on TU (I know!!). Most people here garden for a year at most so the INQs can stop hurting them, but I've rarely seen anyone waiting for INQs to completely fall off before they app for another shiny new plastic.
I regret my HP with Barclays for the initial CL recon. For some reason, they wouldn't use the HP from approval. A complete and utter waste of an INQ, but I didn't know any better at that time.
ok, like I said, seems like a hp is not as bad as I thought, I am going for my 3x61 amex cli in about a month so I will not be getting any more hps until at least I get the CLI, I dont want amex to decline me and say "to many HP's" lol, I know YMMV but my mileage doesnt work to well.
I think im going for the barclays arrival next or maybe the cap one venture, I love the 2x uncapped on all purchases
Yes I have regrets about all the hard pulls I have done this year. I was back in the garden as of August 1st and plan on staying there for a long time.
I have decided I'm not asking for a CLI due to the hard pulls. If the CC companies want to do soft pull for CLI's, I'm fine with that.
@Guyatthebeach wrote:Yes I have regrets about all the hard pulls I have done this year. I was back in the garden as of August 1st and plan on staying there for a long time.
I have decided I'm not asking for a CLI due to the hard pulls. If the CC companies want to do soft pull for CLI's, I'm fine with that.
Right, just depends on your goals. For those with "enough" CL (and so CLIs are just for "Mine is bigger than yours" type stuff) it makes more sense to use HPs to get cards with sign-up bonuses. And while soft-CLIs are possible with many lenders, you don't really get new cards via SP, so reserving HP for those is a good strategy.