SCORE DROP, PLEASE HELP

[Anonymous]

I got a credit card deleted and some paid collection changes. check my score today, it droped. I don't know why or what to do. Should I still write a GW to CA. Will my score drop more. Please help.

2/09   TU 642  EQ 587 EX 557

3/09   TU 633  EQ 615 EX 538

[Anonymous]

If the CC account was opened a long time ago, you lost the age with it.

If those were your only collections, you might have been rebucketed.

Do you have other CC accounts? When was this one opened?

[Anonymous]

Sorry to ask, but I am trying to learn..... what is rebucketed???

[Anonymous]

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joeh05 wrote:
Sorry to ask, but I am trying to learn..... what is rebucketed???

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You'll get better and more complete answers by searching the forums for terms like "rebucketed", "rebucketing", or "score buckets".

[Anonymous]

My unpaid collections that I will do pfd are

CONSERVE    $286           10/08

PROGRESSIVE $352        11/11/03

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO $258      open 9/15/05

paid collection will do GW are

DEBT RECOVERY    OPENED 7/2005

MIDLAND                 4/06

RENTDEBT             5/06

CAP ONE               4/03

NCO FIN22              12/06

I have no new cc or i have no cc. should i open one, will that help.

I have student loan no late payments.

thank you for all your help

[Anonymous]

If the CC you got deleted was your only CC reporting, you lost age plus you lost that mix of credit.

Having the collections removed likely didn't help much at all because you have other collections remaining.

I would not try opening a new account until you get done PFD'ing and GW'ing.

[moondog7324]

Manage your debt, not your score. you are on the right path........ That is why I reccommend checking your score no sooner than every 6 months. I would not open new credit- but i would be putting a little savings away each month in a CU in order to get a secured card (after you cleaned up your report to the best of your ability) See this post- adjust it for your needs.

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/fico/board/message?board.id=creditcard&message.id=144356#M144356

Sidewinder- can you please school me in posting links to threads? 

Message Edited by moondog7324 on 03-26-2009 04:31 PM

Message Edited by moondog7324 on 03-26-2009 04:32 PM