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Anish Asokan
@RevivedWarrior (3853)
• India
26 Sep 24
Credit scores are used in most countries as a measure of individual’s past financial behaviour especially around the repaying the debts. It does give some insight to person’s past credit use.
However, I am not sure if credit score...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Apr 22
I feel so silly.
I am now in arrears with my one clothes credit card. I paid my last month's installment payment and was waiting to see it go through my bank. Never happened. Then yesterday I get a phone call from the company...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Feb 22
Have you checked your credit score recently? I subscribe to Credit Karma which gives you insight into your finances and ideas to help you get the score up and shows you what it is presently. Things that affect your credit are such...
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Teresa Trotter
@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
6 Jun 21
Oh my goodness... I just checked my FICO 9 score with Navy Federal and it is 726!!
Up until now it always ran lower than the FICO 8 score. Sometimes up to 40 to 60 points lower, depending upon the month. Now... It just shot up 82...
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Teresa Trotter
@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
24 Mar 21
Credit scores are weird. I had a balance on one of my cards for only $28...and my score drops 2 points. 2 points for that little amount.
Then i pay $1.000 off two credit cards, and it goes up only 12 points.
You charge a...
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Ruthie J Cassettari
@DearAphrodite (194)
8 Oct 20
The advice I'm giving is from experience. I'm not a licensed financial advisor. I'm sharing what has worked for me.
First of all, stop focusing on your credit score. I know that sounds odd, but you need to do a brutally honest...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
10 Jul 17
You may remember a month ago, when I tried to get a new lease, and how the car dealer tried to tell me that $259 + $100 = $407. Well, there's a new wrinkle in this.
Last week they sent me a lettter rejecting my application....
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goingeagle3
@eagletrek2 (5514)
• Kingston, New York
1 Dec 16
Credit Karma, future wife to come soon.
How do I know. When I was checking on my credit score I seen I have a account with a jewelry store. So I stop by that store and my credit limited is $4000.us. So that mean so were down the...
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Ms Rae
@carebear29 (32002)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
28 Oct 16
I did not know when you use your credit card that your credit score will go up and down lol. I went up 94 points and now down 14 points. Funny thing about that too is that in my credit score report it shows credit card Walmart...
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Ms Rae
@carebear29 (32002)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
I found out the other day that my credit score went up which is really good. I went from "very poor" to "poor." My credit score has never come out of "very poor" in a very long time. Well, I use Credit Karma which is totally FREE....
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Oct 16
Credit. Isn't it grand? I've had my credit score go up and down. I checked my credit score tonight and it has gone up 40 points in two weeks! Has yours changed recently?
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
4 Apr 16
As we are in a new month.The bills will be coming in.
When the bills come in,do you pay it when you received it.
Or do you pay it with the date that they say.
As for me.I always pay my bills when the come in.
I remember that I...
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RK Finnell
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
23 Mar 16
Today is stock up day so my son and I will be going club shopping. I decided to use my credit card and then put the money I have towards paying for it when it comes due. This is in part to help raise my credit score which is...
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kingparker
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
29 Jan 13
When I read this article from a magazine, I found it pretty absurd, but when I was curious, and willing to read it more and more. Maybe good credit score might represent a person with responsible financial lifestyle, while bad...
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scorpiobabes
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
22 Dec 12
I'm so frustrated! My boyfriend Jim wants to marry me, but he has no idea what I need. I want to feel secure. Right now, I'm not working and we're living entirely on Jim's salary. While it's not much, we can make due. With some...
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