So against my better judgement, I went and applied for the card before I went to go buy groceries in the electronics department. I made up some bogus story to the cashier that I wanted to buy a TV and wanted to take advantage of the 0% for 18 months promotion. About two-thirds of the way through the application process, I began to have doubts as to whether this a was a good idea and if it was worth it with the inquiry on my report if I got declined; all for a free TU score every month. To make matters worse, a line was forming behind me and was about 7 people deep. This would be an epic fail if I got declined. I heard a gentleman in the back mumble something about how he got declined a few weeks ago for one when he tried to buy a laptop and I immediately started sweating for some reason. When the receipt popped out the cashier had a weird look on his face and I thought to myself, oh great I'm gonna hear I got denied in front of a bunch of people. Then I heard him say that I got approved and showed me the receipt and provided me with some pamphlets and mentioned something about how the temporary limit could only be used at this store and was only good for 2 days. I walked away as quick as could to see what kind of ridiculous toy limit I got approved for. When I looked at the receipt my eyes only saw a 100 and I thought... what the hell did I just do. But upon closer inspection, there was a 2 in front of the 100 and the credit limit was $2100!!!! I nearly soiled myself. I wonder if I can recon a higher limit in the morning. That is the strangest number I've ever been approved for. I'm wondering if the fact that I told the cashier the bogus story of how I wanted to buy a 1900 dollar tv played a part in the credit limit. Oh well, I'll take it. This is my first GE card. I'm still in shock.
