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My Very First Credit Card

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I got my very first credit card today!! :thumbs: It is a Chase card that I got through Amazon...

it came a bit to late though because the reason I applied for it was because you got a $30 credit the first time you use it and that would have paid for the things I ordered as gifts from Amazon which I of course have already bought :P but maybe I can order something for hubby from there... not sure if it would get here for Christmas though...

This is the second card I have tried applying for and I thought for sure that they wouldn't give it to me... The other card I tried was from Walmart but they denied me :P

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Congratulations Marilyn,

I know you are so happy and as Rebeccajo said each step is wonderful and puts you over the moon. :thumbs:

Everything I respond to is from personal knowledge, research or experience and I am in no means a lawyer or do I claim to be one. Everyone should read, research and be responsible for your own journey.

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Chase Amazon are pretty generous. I applied for that last year and got $40. Once I spent the money I closed it immediately. Then I applied for it again this year and they gave me another $30. Then I applied for the business card and they gave me another $25. I will close them all once they are spent with the free cash. The ole man did exactly the same thing. I wonder if they will let us do it a 3rd year running. Crazy stuff. :whistle:

Anyway, congrats on your card. :thumbs:

Met the ole man in January 1998

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Marilyn. Grand Master

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Woo Woo What are you buying me for Christmas :blink:

NUTTIN! :whistle:

Chase Amazon are pretty generous. I applied for that last year and got $40. Once I spent the money I closed it immediately. Then I applied for it again this year and they gave me another $30. Then I applied for the business card and they gave me another $25. I will close them all once they are spent with the free cash. The ole man did exactly the same thing. I wonder if they will let us do it a 3rd year running. Crazy stuff. :whistle:

Anyway, congrats on your card. :thumbs:

I have already spent the 30 dollars on Hubby's Christmas present :D

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Woo Woo What are you buying me for Christmas :blink:

NUTTIN! :whistle:

Chase Amazon are pretty generous. I applied for that last year and got $40. Once I spent the money I closed it immediately. Then I applied for it again this year and they gave me another $30. Then I applied for the business card and they gave me another $25. I will close them all once they are spent with the free cash. The ole man did exactly the same thing. I wonder if they will let us do it a 3rd year running. Crazy stuff. :whistle:

Anyway, congrats on your card. :thumbs:

I have already spent the 30 dollars on Hubby's Christmas present :D

Nuttin! :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

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I'm kinda hesitant with doing stuff like this (opening and closing accounts soon after), since we are pressing ahead to get our house next year, and I have a funny feeling this impacts negatively on my credit re. mortgage financing. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please. Then I can go splurge :whistle:

*Karen -- Jamaica ....... Courtney -- New Jersey*

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03-24-09 - 10-year card arrives!

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I don't know whether to congratulate you or give condolences. They can be a useful tool in everyday life or the rope which will eventually hang you. I've seen it turn out both ways. One thing is sure...they allow you to buy stuff you don't need with money you don't have. Welcome to the American consumer economy. ;)

Good luck!

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"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

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Testimony to the House Immigration Subcommittee, February 24, 1995

Marilyn. Grand Master

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mmmm :unsure:

I was checking my new credit card account online today and it shows that my credit limit went up to $800.... when I first got it about a week ago it was $500 :unsure: .....

Also they still haven't taken off the $30 credit I was supposed to get.... :unsure:

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