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knight1
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CC reporting negative balance

If my CC reports a credit for overpayment. So instead of a balance of $0 it will report -$20?

Is this bad?

 

I guess it will mess up my AZEO

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Jeffster1
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Re: CC reporting negative balance

I frequently carry a credit balance, and not once have I seen it report as anything other than zero.

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knight1
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Re: CC reporting negative balance

What I meant is this, I PIF every month, but I ended up returning a product after my PIF date. The price of the product, is now showing as a negative balance on my Credit card balance. 

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Jeffster1
Valued Contributor

Re: CC reporting negative balance


@knight1 wrote:

What I meant is this, I PIF every month, but I ended up returning a product after my PIF date. The price of the product, is now showing as a negative balance on my Credit card balance. 


Yes...that is one of the reasons someone might have a credit balance. Another might be if you overpay your credit card bill. Again, I have never seen a cc company report a CREDIT BALANCE (a balance they owe to you) on the credit report. 

FICO 8 (3/1/24) EX 805 EQ 824 TU 844
FICO 9 (2/17/24) EX 821 EQ 778TU 850
I practice AZEO - NEVER above 1% utilization across all cards.

Current lineup as of 9/23
American Express Gold | American Express Blue Cash Everyday 11K | American Express Blue Cash Preferred 10K I American Express Marriott Bonvoy Bevy 5K I American Express Hilton Honors Surpass 3K I Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Visa 20K | Kinecta MyPerks Rewards MC 35K | TD Bank Double Up Visa 4K | USBank Platinum Visa 5K | BMO Harris Cash Back MasterCard 12K | Capital One SavorOne MC 3K | Capital One Walmart MC 2K | NFCU Amex 15K | NFCU CashRewards Visa 15K I Citi Best Buy Visa 10K I Macy’s Amex 1.5K I Bread Financial American Express 8K l AAA Daily Advantage Visa Signature 6K I Wells Fargo BILT World Elite MC 30K I BCU Cash Rewards Visa 8K I Chevron Techron Advantage Visa 2.5K I JCPenney Mastercard $6K I UCLA Wescom CU Rewards Visa 7K I
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FinStar
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Re: CC reporting negative balance


@knight1 wrote:

What I meant is this, I PIF every month, but I ended up returning a product after my PIF date. The price of the product, is now showing as a negative balance on my Credit card balance. 


Credit balances are not reported to the CRAs. The account will simply report as a $0 balance as long as the credit balance remains on the account. Only balances in the positive are reported. Therefore, no adverse effects to worry about. 

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knight1
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Re: CC reporting negative balance

Cool. Thank you both.

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OniStringer
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Re: CC reporting negative balance


@knight1 wrote:

If my CC reports a credit for overpayment. So instead of a balance of $0 it will report -$20?

Is this bad?

 

I guess it will mess up my AZEO


I think it would just show as 0 on report. I have these overpayment balances all the time cuz of a returned item or something. I just then simply use it as a credit. 

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