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Anonymous
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Re: Target lowered limit

If they CLD me for responsible behavior I'll probably just close the card. I have the debit card too so the 5% off is available anyway and if I ever did carry a balance, the interest rate on that card sucks. There are better options.

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sxa001
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Wow that is frustrating!  What is the point of having these credit lines if you can't use them.  Hopefully they can restore it for you!  


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Anonymous
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Survived it, limit intact. OP and others, I feel bad that they whacked your limits. Hopefully they will be reinstated in the future.

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blindambition
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@Anonymous wrote:

Survived it, limit intact. OP and others, I feel bad that they whacked your limits. Hopefully they will be reinstated in the future.


I think there's other factors. My statement closed on the 22nd, I was upgraded in March. My 9k is still intact with average $150 spend. I'm also low income.

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Anonymous
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@blindambition I agree, there usually are. With the banking climate now though I'm willing to believe that in some cases it's simply the bank's risk assessment policy changing. Sadly it could also be a knee-jerk reaction to actions of other lenders. Not sure I'm even ready to stomach the chances of preemptive AA from having Wayfair show up as Closed by Creditor. I may close it myself before they do, just in case.

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NoMoreE46
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@Anonymous wrote:

Updated my income with Target (from 40k to 50k), made a $307 purchase, then when statement generated my credit limit was decreased from $800 to $400

 

was opened 11/2018

 

Is this common now? Wonder if they are going to close my account? Kinda sucks it's my oldest account since my bk 


That Sucks.

Think you are the first to post a CLD from TD on the RedCard so not common per se for this issuer but CLD are very common across the board now.

 

Wondering if the CLDs from TD are going to be on the Storecard as well as the MC version???

 

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MeN5
Regular Contributor

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Survived another month but I'm disappointed that I haven't had any increase in over a year! Guess I'll use it less no since in putting spend on a card thats refusing to grow any more same with Discover which is on the chopping block. Sorry op for your loss hope it's gained elsewhere

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pizza1
Community Leader
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Re: Target lowered limit


@Anonymous wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

Updated my income with Target (from 40k to 50k), made a $307 purchase, then when statement generated my credit limit was decreased from $800 to $400

 

was opened 11/2018

 

Is this common now? Wonder if they are going to close my account? Kinda sucks it's my oldest account since my bk 


If there are no other "alarms" on your credit file - and the $307 purchase is noteworthy in this environment - then I would consider the decrease in limit as part of the industry phenomenon to manage risk during the pandemic.  A lot of issuers are doing this because of what is happening with layoffs etc.  Some are flatout suspending increases, not offering pre-approvals etc.

 

Without knowing anything else outstanding, putting $307 on a $800 card puts you at 38% utilization and now, with a $400 limit you're at about 77% (almost considered maxed out!). As the one responder noted, give them a call and see if they will reconsider.  Nowadays, algorithms do mostly everything.  I am concerned - and you alluded to this - that now at 77% util there could be more risk of lower limits and possibly closure unless you pay it down to below 10%.  (always pay before statement close as you know).

 

Keep us posted and good luck!


@Anonymous ...can you please change your color font back to black like the rest of us? The blue is very hard on the eyes  to several people on computers, plus there's no need to make your posts "stand out", they do get read.  Thanks

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Anonymous
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Re: Target lowered limit

They dropped my limit from $3400 to $2200 today. Customer service said they didn't know why since I show frequent spending and no missed payments. 

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GApeachy
Super Contributor

Re: Target lowered limit


@Anonymous wrote:

They dropped my limit from $3400 to $2200 today. Customer service said they didn't know why since I show frequent spending and no missed payments. 


Did CS say whether or not you'd get some kind of letter or anything explaining the cld? Or is that just how it goes....drop limit (nothing said)?

 

 

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