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Best way to build credit when you cant get it?

Recently I took out payday loans, changed bank account and my DDs werent moved over as promised so I missed payments and my score has dropped from low to very low.

I cant get a card like a vanquis card my score is that bad...

Whats the best way for me to start building it besides paying off the loans i have? Are the credit builder cards worthwhile?

Getting a guarantor on a credit card and using it to spend little and pay each month a bad idea if i would only use it for petrol and always pay it?

Or theres credit builder loans... not sure which option is best and quickest. I need my score up fast

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  • John_Jones
    John_Jones Posts: 208 Forumite
    Have you paid your loans off yet? If you do not do that then anything else you do is not going to be of much use.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 35,242 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    It's not your fictional score which is the problem. It's your missed payments and PDLs.

    Pay them off and then in time, get a sub prime card. Use it and clear in full each month.
  • Ben8282
    Ben8282 Posts: 4,821 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Newshound!
    PM1090 wrote: »
    Getting a guarantor on a credit card
    Never heard of this before.
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