Bad Credit Credit Cards
Bad credit credit cards can cause you worries.But that problem can be solved if you plan your financial dealings properly.Usually, a credit card is issued with a limit, beyond which one cannot purchase anything.As per the agreement, you would have to make a minimum monthly payment and if you fail to make the minimum payment, interest will be charged for the amount unpaid.
If it is a prepaid credit card,you can make purchases with it and you can add the credit value by furthering your deposit any time and the bad credit status of your credit card can be improved. In that case, there may not be any interest, but there may be fee for activation, transactions, etc.If it is a secured credit card, you have to make an advance deposit and your payments can be adjusted against this initial deposit.There may be an annual fee for the service and that may be higher than the usual interest.In unsecured credit cards, there is no initial deposit and you will have a second chance and the limit can be increased if it is satisfied that you are reliable.
Your bad credit may limit the scope of your credit card. Most of the financial institutions are offering credit card facilities to their clients. Even though your credit status is low they may offer you a credit card with very low limit.If your credit status is very low,you may have to wait for 6 months to accumulate credit value.Some shopping and commercial establishments offer credit card facility.But such cards can be used only at such stores.Also such establishments charge a higher rate of interest.
Bad credit credit card holders can sign up with another person to increase his credit value.If the credit value of the other party is good,you will be easily accepted. This is because the liability under the card collectively and individually rests upon both the parties.If your credit value is below the limit, your co-signer is liable to pay the amount.Thus the service provider liability is minimized.In a secured credit card,credit accounts are guaranteed by the deposit of the holders.In most countries, your application for a credit card will be referred to the credit bureaus.Hence, too many credit applications to different agencies will adversely affect your chance of getting a credit facility because that will decrease your credit score.
Bad credit credit card holders may face many inconveniences and complications.A bad credit score will adversely affect your financial reputation.That will affect your future rating of a financial credit application with any financial institution. Therefore,it is better to control your expenditures and ensure a flawless credit score.If you plan your income and expenditure properly, and discipline your spending nature, you can perfectly maintain a good credit score and you will not have to bother about any bad credit credit card.
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Does a prepaid credit card help improove your credit?i have bad credit so i bought a prepaid card does it help at all or waist or time and money?
May 5th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Major credit card issuers like Discover, American Express and Chase offer a credit card for bad credit holders. A 'shopping' card offers you an unsecured line of credit from specific sellers. Use these cards to increase your credit rating, since the credit bureaus will be informed about your timely payments.
Take care to ensure your credit is good by making intelligent credit choices. Keep low balances, do not be extravagant and take care to pay off your balances promptly every month.
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May 5th, 2010 at 10:23 am
What about cards for people with an 800+ credit score?
Three things such people, who are just 13% of the population, want in a card:
1. Convenience. We use a card because it's easier than cash. Don't bother with a card that doesn't have a completely automated pay system. If the card only allows you to schedule a payment online manually, apply for a different card. You want a card that allows you to sign up once and have all future payments automated without your having to intervene manually.
Look for ease of tax accounting and business expense accounting. Find one that gives a periodic summary by purchase category and/or vendor, so that it's easy to use during tax or expense reimbursement time. Business cards are better at this than personal cards.
2. Protection. When inadequate service or defective product is purchased, it's easier to reverse payment from a credit card than from a debit card or other payment vehicle. You're also limited in the amount of theft or fraud that can be charged up.
3. Rewards: The best rewards for you are those that reward you for routine, necessary behavior. For many, that's for gasoline, grocery and utilities purchases. For others, it's travel purchases. The cost is that you have to pick the right specialty rewards card out of your wallet, or sign up the utility to be paid by credit card.
These incentives come at a risk: loss of privacy, and outright identity theft. Read your cards' Privacy Notices and act. Read your credit reports regularly. Each of the three major Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) offers you one free report per year. Savvy credit users will space out their requests: every 4 months, ask for a free credit report from a different CRA.
Why aren't they advertised?
Point 1: The most money is made off people who are lazy, complacent, ignorant or addicted. Thus, there is little incentive for credit card companies to advertise competitive products and services that reduce their revenue streams. Credit cards are demand inelastic: people will keep using them even as rates rise steeply. That is, it's tough to break a dependency on them. Why advertise much for something people already want?
Point 2: The treasures await you, but you MUST take action to get them. The users who are complainers or are assertive dealers get the very best deals: they've made the efforts that produce the best results. They use the phone to play off one card company against others until one of the companies budges. Because I never pay finance charges, I had to learn and practice this behavior before I could train others to do it. The companies have regular customer service reps as well as Customer Retention Departments, backup departments hired to keep you happy and loyal.
Point 3: If you've opted out of prescreened credit card offers (see opt-out link, below), you may not be receiving the offers. Or do you toss your junk mail without reading it?
Solutions:
1. Avail yourself. Try picking up the phone and in a pleasant, cheerful, polite tone, telling your creditor, "I'm thinking of closing my account unless you lower my rates and improve my rewards. What can you do for me today?" If the front-line rep doesn't satisfy, ask for his/her direct supervisor. Then move over to customer retention. If you don't use your trump card of offering to abandon them unless they actively compete for you, they have no incentive to compete for you. It's sad that many customers don't act because of their unrealistic fear of being seen as a troublemaker by an authority figure like a credit card company: the top (unrealistic) barriers in people when phoning creditors: fear of retribution and a sense of shame and undeservedness. The big discovery awaiting such people: entire departments are hired to keep customers happy, delighted.
2. Entire web sites are devoted to comparing the terms and rewards of credit cards. Comparisons are by category: secured, rewards, etc. Moreover, the marketing departments of credit card companies spend about $200 to capture another user successfully, and part of that expense is designing cards that have innovative and competitive terms and conditions. Put the following 3 words into a browser:
compare credit cards
and start comparing based on your personal needs. Mark your calendar to do another check up in about 2 years, after new products have arrived. And if you're wondering whether an offer is really a good deal or has catches, know that other web sites are specialized message boards in which people discuss the details of such offers and people's experiences with them. Browse on:
message boards credit card
The cost of getting a card with better rewards? 10% of your FICO score is about hard inquiries into your credit history when you apply for credit. You'll lose a few FICO points for each credit card company's inquiry, but you'll get the points back over the following two years.
And don't close your unwanted old cc accounts if they've been open longer than any of your open cc accounts. 15% of your FICO score is about length of credit history. Close a card that was opened long ago and it could hurt your FICO score. Check your credit report under Date Opened to be sure. Closing a cc account can never improve your score, but it can hurt your score.
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May 5th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Check out Capital One. I was approved four months out of chapter 7. The link will show you all that they have to offer, is set to "credit needs improvement", check the other tabs if you think you might qualify. If you are approved it will be no less than $300, and when you make your first 3 payments on time they bump it to $500. Has a fee of $19, billed at close of first monthly cycle, then yearly.
Those "load as you go" cards are secured cards, and you have to have absolutely horrible credit to go that route. If I had $300-$500 to set aside as a deposit and sit on it for a year, plus pay the fees associated with opening an account, just in hopes of getting a un-secured card for $300-$500 a year from now, I would go open a CD at the bank and let it build interest. The bank would be more apt to give you a loan in a month or two, especially if you pledge the CD, and let the lender know you are trying to build your credit – with their services.
May 5th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Each card you apply for lowers the score 7-11 points. Have 3, THREE, good trade accounts, never run them to the limits but keep the balance below 30% of the available credit on all of them, and pay them off when the bill comes in.
That builds your credit.
Inquiries by credit card companies stays on your record for TWO years, the credit history stays MANY years if it is good and 7.5 if it is bad.
You do not need 20 or 30 charge accounts, each has a limit on it and potential from a creditors point of view that could at any given time be your total debt if you ran them all up.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:09 am
If you want a good credit card with bad credit, you will just have to be patient.
The best thing that you can do is work on repairing your credit, in addition to rebuilding. My guess is that you have issues with which you have not dealt.
Work on these, while you set-up new accounts.
Secured accounts suck, but the are one way to re-establish. You have other options, but my guess is that you don't have any handy cash.
Let me know if you need more help.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Im not sure this is the best option for you. Even if you get a "bad credit" credit card there is many fees associated with it. If you insist on doing this read the fine print carefully. Many of the "bad credit" credit cards have monthly fees for being part of their program or a huge annual membership fee that is broken down into monthly fees. So even if you don't use the card they will still be charging you a monthly fee. Even if you get a credit card your score will not rise that quickly. The only thing that will make it go up is time, time that is passing making the bad items on your report get old. I implore you not to get one of these "bad credit" credit cards. Too many people have come to me for help and I have often seen these types of cards making their bad credit worse. Best of luck!
May 8th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Get one there : http://index-go.com/prepaid-credit-cards.asp
May 8th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Get a credit card from local bank and pay it in time. You also can use this service to avoid common mistakes while buiding credit and pre-estimate future scores for different scenarios of payments – credit-report-free.totalh.com
May 8th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Well, since you have 10 credit cards, you already have 10 trade lines. Now while, adding a new tradeline brings down your score, it will rise again once an adequate payment history has been established.