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Anonymous
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Re: Credit Card Utilization

sorry I didn't see your response before I replied. that makes sense! 

Message 11 of 12
Sloedough
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Re: Credit Card Utilization


@Anonymous wrote:

@Sloedough wrote:

I have been playing around with leaving a small balance on a single card vs. no balance. I have not seen a difference in my FICO scores. If it does affect it is no more than ~1 point. I do find it more satisfying to have $0 statement balances.

 


Are you sure about this?   Almost everybody loses 10-20 points when  all cards report a zero balance.    When you played with leaving a small balance on a single card, what kind of card did you use?  Charge card? Authorized user card ? Store card?   Those cards often do  not prevent the "all-zero" penalty.


I was using my CSR.



Message 12 of 12
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