Re: secured cards look bad? why chat?

Posted by TM (209.94.128.83) on March 07, 2003 at 10:11:34:

In Reply to: secured cards look bad? why chat? posted by captain crunch on March 07, 2003 at 08:14:05:

before letting my things fall off CR i did obtain 3 secured cards aboout three(or 4) years ago now. Capital one, FCNB, Cross country Bank
My CR was crappy but i did it anyways. Observations when doing this:
I received no more/no less collections calls
since getting the cards. I actually kinda remmeber receiving less calls.

2. Over the past few years it has rebuilt my credit and I now have these good standing accounts
on my report while the majority of things are standing on the edge to fall off ( this + next year)

So for me it has been positive..Now that everything is coming off these accounts are already there and established as good standing.

The cards themselves do not appear as "secured credit" or anything of that nature on my report
they appear as normal credit lines/cards.

hope this helps.
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Also. Yes they charge astronomical fees but i decided to start doing it before hand based on the idea that I needed to know at that time if i could control my debt and spending
Three years later I have proved myself that I can.
. I plan on canceling these accounts as soon as my report
comes clean.

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