Posts Tagged ‘credit card companies’

How long until my credit score can be considered "good"?

Monday, March 15th, 2010

I’m on a mission to straighten my credit situation out. My score right now is a 592. I recently just applied for and got accepted for a credit card that I’m going to make prompt payments on every month (paying in full) in order to establish a good credit history. I made [...]

How much time in jail would someone serve for identity theft?

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

I live with my father in a small apartment with my sister. Credit card companies have been calling my cell phone up and stating that I owe them money. Credit cards that I never opened up. They claimed to have sent me statements but my dad was the only one with the mailbox key. Eventually [...]

How do debt collectors get my family’s phone number? Is it legal?

Monday, September 28th, 2009

I lost my job and have had a hard time finding a new one. I have been looking non-stop and finally have an interview Tuesday. I have called my credit card companies a few times to set up smaller payment plans, and most have accepted. Well I have a card through G.E. and they [...]

How far can credit card company reps go as far as hassling you about personal information?

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

I mean nothing too big but if you choose to switch jobs, don’t have one currently, feel like using the card more for cash advances/balance transfers over just regular purchases, or change your email adress, phone numbers, and what not… we all go through different chances, but do you always have to keep updating everything [...]

credit card help please!!!?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I want to get a credit card because I am soo freaking tired of not having credit. Ex: if I want to hook up electricity or even something as small as getting a cell phone in my own name I have to pay this huge deposit..because of not having enough credit….so I wanted to get [...]