I hope posting this before I get my new card doesn't jinx me. 
I had an account that I opened in 1999 but due to stupid life choices, I got behind on payments etc and it was closed I believe in 2004. The history prior to that of course is a nightmare, but it's my 2nd oldest tradeline as I mentioned in another post. Since I had good luck with gwing other errors on my account, I decided to call corporate and see if any decision makers could reopen and retain my same history. The first person I talked to said to go to the store and apply and they'd combine. That sounded fishy so I called the store, talked to a manager and found out that that wasn't correct. He gave me another number to call.
I had an account that I opened in 1999 but due to stupid life choices, I got behind on payments etc and it was closed I believe in 2004. The history prior to that of course is a nightmare, but it's my 2nd oldest tradeline as I mentioned in another post. Since I had good luck with gwing other errors on my account, I decided to call corporate and see if any decision makers could reopen and retain my same history. The first person I talked to said to go to the store and apply and they'd combine. That sounded fishy so I called the store, talked to a manager and found out that that wasn't correct. He gave me another number to call.The lady there said that they'd have to pull my credit to see if I was able to reopen. I said sure, figuring I had more to lose by the negative account remaining the way it was than the few points the inq would bring. I got approved for a $500 cl!
Today I called the 800 number and put my SSN in. It said the same thing. I wanted to verify with CS that the history of account opening in 1997 would be kept. She looked over the account and had to call a sup over. I don't know what the issue was but there was a note in the account. They got rid of it and ended up giving me a $1000 CL instead, on the old account with the old history. I know store cards don't carry a lot of weight, but if I just put no more than $50-$100 on to reactivate it and then pay a good part before the statement cuts, then all but another $10-15 before the due date, then PIF next month, will that help me scorewise?
Also, after several months of good history, I want to try and gw them for the crappy history in 2003-2004. I don't need much often at Kohls and am trying to cut back on extras, is it better to show several months of using then paying off before I approach with gw or is one month of using and then taking 2 cycles to pay off the balance and having a 0 balance after that ok?
Thanks so much! I love these forums!
Message Edited by Kareninaz on 07-24-2008 12:26 PM