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Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

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belle6m2k
Regular Contributor

Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

Over the last couple weeks Sychrony has begun to lower limits on a few of my accounts. I never pay late, in fact I have no balance on any card with them. Back in early February I had an emergency with my dog and opened a care credit account. Was approved for 7000 which was the estimate. Unfortunately my dog passed after I had only used 1500 which I subsequently paid off only a week after the charge. On my other bank cards I'm only at 1% utilization on one card all others are at zero. My FICO scores are all in the 780's. It's really not impacting anything I'm just curious as to what they are seeing that I'm not. 

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dragontears
Senior Contributor

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

Lack of use?

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

Have they decreased them to numbers ending in 24? 1024, 3024, etc? When they do that, its for low usage. If you go on the website they'll usually restore at least some of it but you want to put some spend on them ASAP.

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belle6m2k
Regular Contributor

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

Yep, the last numbers are 24. Makes sense I haven't used most of them for at least 2 years. Thanks for the info. 

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M_Smart007
Legendary Contributor

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.


@belle6m2k wrote:

Yep, the last numbers are 24. Makes sense I haven't used most of them for at least 2 years. Thanks for the info. 


Use them or lose them.

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AverageJoesCredit
Legendary Contributor

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.


@belle6m2k wrote:

Yep, the last numbers are 24. Makes sense I haven't used most of them for at least 2 years. Thanks for the info. 


Receipe for cld then closure.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

Impressive that they haven't already closed them. Sync has been in the habit lately of coming after some people's cards in as little as 6 months!

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ladybug2016
Regular Contributor

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

I'm very sorry you lost your dog.

 

Good luck getting your limits back!

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NoMoreE46
Community Leader
Senior Contributor

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.

 


@belle6m2k wrote:

Yep, the last numbers are 24. Makes sense I haven't used most of them for at least 2 years. Thanks for the info. 


@Anonymous ,

 

Is it coincidental that Sync decreases the limits of these accounts (that have been inactive for  about 24 Months)  to an amount specfically ending as  $ ##24  ???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Reason for synchrony lowering limits.


@NoMoreE46 wrote:

 


@belle6m2k wrote:

Yep, the last numbers are 24. Makes sense I haven't used most of them for at least 2 years. Thanks for the info. 


@Anonymous ,

 

Is it coincidental that Sync decreases the limits of these accounts (that have been inactive for  about 24 Months)  to an amount specfically ending as  $ ##24  ???

 


Seems to be a common theme with that type of CLD that they reduce it to an amount ending in 24. Don't know why though, it's not like the average person will know that info. 

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