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What Was The First Credit Card In Your Name?

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fused
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What Was The First Credit Card In Your Name?

Mine was a regular Sears card (at least I think it was a regular card) back in 95'. My first purchase was a brand new Compaq desktop.
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Anonymous
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Long Long go and Far far away (1980)  I had a Visa.  First card while in the military back when they would ask your parents name on the app.  Got married and let my files go dormant...Smiley Sad  Coulda used that 7 years ago.
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coachhenson
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The summer of '92 right before college I got an Associates Visa in the mail with a $500 limit.  That was when they still sent you cards in the mail without applying.  I had no idea what it was and my older sister found out and asked for a loan...what a mistake.  The only cash advance I have or will EVER take off of a credit card.
 
I was so excited the first time I used it on a date with my future wife that I didn't even sign the slip at Applebee's, either.  Those were the days.


Message Edited by coachhenson on 12-09-2007 05:59 PM
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Anonymous
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My very first card was Macy's, it had a $100 limit and I maxed it out on a pair of shoes right on the spot.Smiley Very Happy This was in 97.
 
Hmmm....maybe I should reopen that.
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Anonymous
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I think this card was issued by Citi.  I really believe that, back then they would run your parents credit report because they would ask for names nd adresses.  Even though I was emancipated by way of being active duty military, no way did I deserve a 3k limit at 17...lol!!!  Especially back when money was worth something.  Can't tell you how many chow hall meals I ate to pay that off.  Soured me on any kind of credit for a looong time!
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CreditJunkie
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I worked for Macy's back in 2002 when I was 18, they gave me a 1500 store card which I still have.
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haulingthescoreup
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Texaco gas card opened in 1987; closed like idiots in 2004 (stuff gets stolen from our mail box.) This was joint.

First card in only my name: Profitt's department store card, 2000. I only shop dept stores at Christmas, so I never bothered to use it, and closed it in 2002.
* Credit is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. * Who's the boss --you or your credit?
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moonman
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back in 1985 while shopping at Montgomery wards(a family tradition store) a lady at a table asked me to apply for credit(life was very simple back then) and i said what the heck. i got approved for 800.00 limit and what did i do next? bought a casio keyboard my girlfriend at the time chewed me out for buying(thanks to her i got educated really fast about credit).
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Anonymous
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fused wrote:
Mine was a regular Sears card (at least I think it was a regular card) back in 95'. My first purchase was a brand new Compaq desktop.


Wow, mine was Strawbridge and Clothier wayyyyy back in 1986 when I was 20!!!
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coachhenson
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I would like to ask my parents this question...they both used to have the original credit card wallet back in the late seventies/early eighties when I was a kid and they both looked like accordians when they pulled them out.  I remember the old credit card machine that carbon copied everything.
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