Grrr... Ashley did a hard pull, what are my options?

[PippiLongstockingWannabe]

Happy to report that I received a letter from Synchrony saying that they found it to be fraudulent after an investigation. 

They reiterated that I'm not responsible for anything regarding that account. 

I never did see the fake account on my reports. 

[Vinjints]

That's awesome news. I don't think you stated you pursued this further, so even better they figured it out in their end. Hopefully Bill and his higher ups are officially informed of this. 

[1lifeisworthit]

I'm so sorry, OP.

I'm glad Synchrony made this better. A little surprised, but glad for you.

I blame the stores which are pushing their employees to open accounts no matter what.

Meineke pushed me like that. I ended up going ahead and getting (and using) the account but I could tell it was a hard sell.

Best Buy tried it, too. Even to the point of changing my info. I was alert though, and shut that stuff down.

In neither case did I really blame the employee. Late stage capitalism had got hold of the chains and the employees were just trying to survive and succeed at their jobs.

I have 2 Synchrony accounts, one of which is the aforementioned Meineke card. Either one could be closed tomorrow without a tear of regret from me.

You've let me know I don't want to buy from Ashley, hahahaha.