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recoveringfrombk7
Established Contributor

Re: Target lowered limit

My limit is 2k and I post a balance of around $100/mo.  So far still intact.  I really would like the MC upgrade eventually, but realistically I burned them in my BK and I rarely post a balance.  I did one time at 700 just to show use, but PIF when the statement cut.  I'll update if anything changes.

 











Desired BK recovery line up complete 7/12/2021. Planning to garden until 8/2023 and potentially try for AMEX.
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Guyatthebeach
Valued Contributor

Re: Target lowered limit

I just checked mine and my CL is the same for the moment. My statement closes next week, so I will let you know if it changes then.  


I do have a question to the OP and others that saw a CLD, do you ask for any COVID payment relief on your Target card or any other credit card or loan? I'm not judging anyone, I'm just curious.  

Guyatthebeach

 

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Anonymous
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Re: Target lowered limit

Just paid down a bunch of balances with Target being one of them. They decided to decrease my CL to $700 from $2600. Not very happy. I'll just pay it the rest of the way off and cut up the card and not shop at Target going forward. 

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Namaste7
Established Contributor

Re: Target lowered limit


@Guyatthebeach wrote:

I just checked mine and my CL is the same for the moment. My statement closes next week, so I will let you know if it changes then.  

 

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Guyatthebeach


My CL is intact. I always PIF on the account but stop allowing a balance to report earlier this year. I'll report back when my statement closes later in the month.

 

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mercedesc
New Visitor

Re: Target lowered limit

I bumped into this post while searching why Target was decreasing its credit limit. My limit was just decreased from $7000 to $3500. There has been no changes on my spending with any of my accounts, I make my payments on time, and keep my spending at less than 30%. The only change is that, since the pandemic, I haven't been shopping at Target as much. The most current spending percentage was 14%, now at 15%. I didn't receive any notification or letter from Target. I realized the change when I got the warning from my Chase fico score system. The interesting thing is that, like others have mentioned, my credit score went up by 10 points. I will be calling customer service tomorrow to find out why the drop when nothing has changed in my habits. 

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Anonymous
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Re: Target lowered limit

I wanted use tangent off of this, and I apologize if I'm hijacking. Let's say someone detects a lender balance chasing and calls to recon the CLD/chasing. 

 

*** IF UNSUCCESSFUL *** 

 

Is there a minimum amount of time that must pass between account closure and a realistic chance of a lender opening another line of credit, when closed by the borrower? Not asking about lender closures in this particular question, but if anyone has data, feel free to provide. If we're not talking about low scores due to payment history, something like high UTIL can be addressed in months with a windfall, tax return, bonus, etc. or INQ falling off... could raise score tens of points in a very short amount of time. 

 

To explain further, my logic is this, there may be a blackout period for CLI after last CLD, if the account is not closed altogether. CLI, when they do come, will likely not restore the original SL. So I figure close it out and reapply later, as a more favorable candidate. 

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lonnyphillips
Valued Member

Re: Target lowered limit

This Enviroment!! It's Christmas 

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lonnyphillips
Valued Member

Re: Target lowered limit

Yea kinda ridiculous, let's lower everyone's limit just at Christmas shopping time

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Anonymous
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Re: Target lowered limit

I didnt see this thread but i have a 1% credit usage throughout and they upped mine to 5k from 2600. I dont know why they lowered so many but i doubt its just because of covid. I worked in the covid unit at a care facility and still do. I made 1 payment late to carecredit since i actually had covid. I was hardly able to get out of bed but they said i didnt have to pay that month and took the late fee away etc. I paid dbl anyways and didnt see anything on my report about having filed for covid help after the fact.

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Repairman
Established Contributor

Re: Target lowered limit


@Anonymous wrote:

Same thing happened to me - I had a $750 limit and paid my bill down to $0 and they lowered it to $300. I called and talked to a supervisor who said there was nothing they could do. Funny thing is, my FICO credit score increased over 50 points this month. From 633 to 690. This has to be a covid thing - Comenity did it to my overstock card in July. I asked for a CLI yesterday and they raised it back to where it was. There's still hope!


Makes me scared to even pay some of my cards completely down to 0.

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