Phone, Internet and Direct TV

[LisaJ]

Guys, please tell me there is a way around hard pulls.  I am so upset right now it isn't funny.

If I do have to resort to this...are the hard pulls counted in the same way as credit cards?

[Anonymous]

It will not have an impact on your score. Credit checks made by businesses to offer you goods or services do not count toward your score. Hope that helps!

[MidnightVoice]

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@Anonymous wrote:
It will not have an impact on your score. Credit checks made by businesses to offer you goods or services do not count toward your score. Hope that helps!

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The only one I know about is AT&T - that is a hard pull, and I assume it counts against my score

[LisaJ]

Midnight, it is for land line, not wireless.  

[Scamp]

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LisaJ wrote:
Midnight, it is for land line, not wireless.  

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LisaJ, my DirecTV pull last month appears to have been a soft, but there's no way to know if yours would be the same.

If they pull a hard, it'll affect your score like any other hard inquiry.  If a soft, then ChopBrocoli is correct - no effect.

When I changed long-distance providers for my landline a year ago, that was a hard.

[cobaltnv]

I got DirectTV a year or so ago. I noticed they did a hard pull on my EQ account. I was not terribly happy about this. I disputed with EQ since DirectTV had not asked my permission.  EQ deleted the inquiry.