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- From: boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Boaz Ben-Zvi)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: How to improve credit ratings ?
- Message-ID: <BOAZ.93Jan21193412@concerto.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:34:12 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.190756.13874@informix.com>
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- Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
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- In-Reply-To: vemuri@informix.com's message of 18 Jan 93 19:07:56 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan18.190756.13874@informix.com> vemuri@informix.com (Sudhakar Vemuri) writes:
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- Having come to this country about 6 months back, I don't have any credit
- history. Couple of months back, I got Citibank Secured Card.
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- Now, my question is :
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- TO build and improve my credit history, which of the following is best :
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- 1. To pay the full amount due , thereby not incurring any financial charges
- 2. To leave some amount due (after paying the minimun due ) and incur the
- high finance cahrges
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- I prefer 1 above, but some of my friends say 2 is a necessary evil I have to
- carry till I build my credit history .
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- A. I came to this country 6 years ago.
- B. I have more credit cards than I can count. (all without annual fee).
- C. I ALWAYS paid the full balance on time, and often overpaid (I usually
- round to the next dollar; takes less writing on the check :-).
- D. I disputed some charge once (note that when disputing, the card company
- reports it immediately to the credit record companies) and was
- eventually proven right (i.e., the merchant could not provide a proof).
- D. My credit rating (as of last month) is A+ (Is this the highest ?).
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- Hope that the above answers all your questions ....
-
- -- Boaz
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