The Sub Prime Credit Thread - Part IV

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The Sub Prime Credit Thread - Part IV

Welcome to the 4th edition of the fantastic Sub Prime Credit Thread, originally created by Proliant and followed up by CifPower. This thread contains all previous versions of the threads and all the Sub Prime deals available right now!

Last Updated: 15 January 2010

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Credit Cards

Catalogue Accounts

Basic Bank Accounts

CHANGEyourMP

Finally got control eh! Hope you were polite and asked Proliant and Cif first!:o

doelani

I'm here, oh the pink vanquis card is fancy lol

Agent_Scully_2

Thank you for the very fancy thread. I just looked at my experian and equifax. I have about 9 credit accounts showing, all green and the only big one is the car showing at £8k. I think it must be the ccj that is stopping me from getting a card, but if thats the case why have I got two mobile contracts and endless catalogues?
The ccj shows it was put on in jan 2006 - does anyoone know how long they take to go off the file?

plumber2009

Agent_Scully wrote: »

Thank you for the very fancy thread. I just looked at my experian and equifax. I have about 9 credit accounts showing, all green and the only big one is the car showing at £8k. I think it must be the ccj that is stopping me from getting a card, but if thats the case why have I got two mobile contracts and endless catalogues?
The ccj shows it was put on in jan 2006 - does anyoone know how long they take to go off the file?

CCJ's stay 6 yrs from date of entry onto your credit file.

Apparantly some lenders only go back 4 yrs when credit checking provided there are no late/missed payments or adverse data within that time, otherwise they go back the whole 6 yrs.

hope this helps.

christhesparky_2

On checking my credit file last night my defaults have now been removed,

this just leaves me with the one ccj (now settled) from july 07,
can anyone recommend a card to apply for

At the minute i have:-

Barclays current account
vanquis card
capital one classic
orange mobile contract
Three mobile contract

All full of green 0's

looking to try to move towards mainstream

izools

TBH until that CCJ is older you may still have difficulty getting mainstream. The other one you could add to your list of sub prime cards is the Aqua card, unfortunately even Barclaycard Initial is unlikely with the CCJ there, but you could always use the Barclaycard pre-application checker to see if it's viable:

https://letmechoose.barclaycard.co.uk/

Good luck, and keep us posted

TheEffect

The CapitalOne Progress card hasn't been mentioned on here much. It seems sub-prime. It starts off at the same interest rate as the classic, however the longer you have the card, the lower the interest rate goes, to the lowest being 19.9%.

It seas you need a good credit history with no CCJ's or Defaults within the last 12 months.

I would apply, but I already have a classic card and am on a 'no search' sabbatical.

cifpower

What a pretty thread

never-in-doubt

cifpower wrote: »

What a pretty thread

Thanks cif, I did email Proliant, obviously, cos he started the whole thing (its his baby)...... Just needed sprucing up a bit as old one was too big

ElkyElky

How strict is the Diners card? (http://www.dinersclub.co.uk/#en/what-we-offer/our-cards/diners-club-card.html)