• taiyang@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Key word is “a”, as in one.

    Although you generally are solid in 2 to 4 range, the more important thing as it turns out is (aside from prompt payments) to make sure the credit limit is high. Those store cards with 300 limits are looked down upon.

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      5 months ago

      A big ding to your credit score itself is actually a low amount of lines of credit, I think 10+ is considered “good” which is ridiculous

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        5 months ago

        Credit scores don’t measure how responsible with your money you are. They measure how much you’re willing to pay lenders.

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      5 months ago

      I have about 10 of them because cancelling is considered bad. I product change to another card when the annual fee hits to avoid it, and generally get a few cards a year to take advantage of bonuses.

      They still keep giving me 5 figure credit limits on every one, for reasons I can’t explain