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Sub Prime Credit Thread Part II

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  • sutton111
    sutton111 Posts: 6,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    cifpower wrote: »
    addy = address
    Okay will do.
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    E-mail sent
  • sutton111
    sutton111 Posts: 6,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Thanks for the conformation.
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    allthingsconsidered2009 wrote: »
    Empire Stores:

    We can confirm your Credit Account has now been set up.

    Your Account Number is: XXXXXX and you have £340.00 to spend today.
    Why are you applying for so many things?
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    sutton111 wrote: »
    Thanks for the conformation.
    Did you get accepted?
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    allthingsconsidered2009 wrote: »
    I've got Applicationitis
    Thats what happened to me and now I can get nothing at all.
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    allthingsconsidered2009 wrote: »
    Damn! Really? How many searches did you rack up? You really can't get ANYTHING?
    At my max I had 140 on Experian. I have stopped applying for anything so the searches can drop off
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    allthingsconsidered2009 wrote: »
    You have to be kidding? Or were the vast majority of those just from you checking your own credit. I have approx 15 on each of Equifax and Experian which is bad but clearly not bad enough to stop me continuing to get credit. lol
    If you believe it to be bad currently why make it worse?
  • Bluerover
    Bluerover Posts: 124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well tried for a littlewoods...and got an £800 credit limit.....oh got the bug now what else could I apply for not applied for anything for a while. I am aiming to build up a good dsolid row of green zero's. For when my two defaults fall off in 2010 .....so I have an excellent credit rating I am building up a solid bank of them now but want more.


    Someone suggest something to apply for I have 2 defaults off in 2010 both settled.
  • cifpower
    cifpower Posts: 6,502 Forumite
    Bluerover wrote: »
    Well tried for a littlewoods...and got an £800 credit limit.....oh got the bug now what else could I apply for not applied for anything for a while. I am aiming to build up a good dsolid row of green zero's. For when my two defaults fall off in 2010 .....so I have an excellent credit rating I am building up a solid bank of them now but want more.


    Someone suggest something to apply for I have 2 defaults off in 2010 both settled.
    I could refer you to Next. That way you get a £15 credit when you spend £50
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