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Does this mean Ive been accepted and will get a credit card?
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Whitebeast
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in Credit cards
Sorry to sound dumb, but does this mean I have been approved? I signed up via the link on here when I put my details in to check eligibility and was approved with only Virgin, which I'm surprised about, as I have a poor credit score. Abit surprised I got approved still, Is this just a pre-approval before another check?

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Reads as an acceptance to me.1
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Third tick - when your cards will arrive. Sounds like acceptance. Read the pre-contract and sign (or not)1
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Yes, that reads as having being accepted.Do make sure that you read and understand your T&Cs carefully. I say "your" T&Cs because they are often tailored to each individual customer, depending on your credit history and financial status. Particularly the credit limit, APR and any promotional offers - the advertised rates only have to be given to 51% of successful applicants. It's quite possible that you may have been offered less favourable conditions than the "headline" offers.Not that it's a problem - but do make sure you check your particular offer carefully, don't just assume it'll be the headline offer(s) advertised.1
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Looks like it. Virgin tend to use hippy type language, which can come across as vague and annoying, si you might want to get used to that.I consider myself to be a male feminist. Is that allowed?0
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Why are you surprised you got approved? Do you not think you’re in a position to have a CC?0
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Desmond_Hume said:Why are you surprised you got approved? Do you not think you’re in a position to have a CC?0
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Whitebeast said:Desmond_Hume said:Why are you surprised you got approved? Do you not think you’re in a position to have a CC?As is repeated on these forums ad nauseam, the score dished out by the CRAs is utterly meaningless - indeed, it's not even visible to a lender. A lender looks purely at the raw data contained in your file, runs it through their internal algorithms, and comes up with their own internal score.Since each lender will have different lending criteria, different risk appetites and different target customer bases, one lender may very well reject an application whilst another will accept it.Crucially, since neither the CRAs (nor anyone else) are party to a particular lender's confidential criteria, there cannot possibly be a one-size-fits-all score. The CRA score is, at best, a very rough guesstimate as to how most lenders might view you.
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Which card did you get accepted for?.0
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tomxlisa said:Which card did you get accepted for?.
Use a credit checker for your own eligibility
Also in case it wasn't obvious, it was Virgin per the first postSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Nope I was just being nosey and making conversation as to what card they applied for that’s all, and yes I know it was virgin but I’m sure they probably do different cards etc.0
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