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TIP: ALWAYS ALWAYS CALL FOR RECON ON DENIALS!!...

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bella1013
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TIP: ALWAYS ALWAYS CALL FOR RECON ON DENIALS!!...

I applied for a Bank of America Secured Credit Card for $1,000.00.  Today, I got a denial in the mail!  What? Denial? For a secured credit card?  I called and the woman I spoke to stated that because of prior late payments and charge offs, they cannot give me a card.  Excuse me? Isn't this the purpose of a "secured" credit card to build and rebuild credit?  All my prior bad debts were paid in full and I have two opened cards that I've been doing right by for the past 6 months.  I only have a $50.00 balance on each of my opened credit cards.  My yearly salary is more that $50k.  I can obviously afford to pay.  How in the world can you deny me for a secured cc.  After going back and forth, I asked to speak with someone else.  He looked at my report and approved me right away.  He had no idea why I was denied.  Thank god I called and then asked to speak with someone else because if not I would have had a hard pull for nothing.

 

So Tip: ALWAYS CALL FOR RECON..DON'T GIVE UP TOO EASY!

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Shogun
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Re: TIP: ALWAYS ALWAYS CALL FOR RECON ON DENIALS!!...

Nice work. Congrats!

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deadbishop
Regular Contributor

Re: TIP: ALWAYS ALWAYS CALL FOR RECON ON DENIALS!!...

Great work! I agree 100% what you said.
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CreditHammer
New Member

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A recon isnt over until you're approved!! Keep calling until you get what you want! Good for you

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lae_lae
Regular Contributor

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congrats!!!

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tdrjustus3
Regular Contributor

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Congrats


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bella1013
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THANKS!

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