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goodnatured



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Subject: Soft Inquiries
 
 Posted on Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:42 am  
I read on here somewhere that soft inquires and hard inquires drop your score, is there anyway to get them removed from your report. I don't think this should be part of the reporting system, you have no control over it at all sometimes.
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 Posted on Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:32 am  
Soft inquiries do not affect your score.

All inquiries drop off after two years, but after one year, there is minimal to zero affect on your FICO.
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 Posted on Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:10 am  
Do the soft inquiries that you don't have any control over affect your score at all?
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 Posted on Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:34 pm  
What are soft and hard inquires goodnatured? I have honestly never heard of neither.
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 Posted on Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:36 pm  
I myself have never heard of soft or hard inquires. I would like to know what they are myself.
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 Posted on Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:26 pm  
Soft: inquiries performed by you, or a creditor (for advertising/solicitation)

Hard: inquiries related to a credit transaction
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 Posted on Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:46 pm  
Soft inquiries are not seen by anyone who pulls your credit. These are pulled when creditors are looking to extend to you preapproved offers. You can opt out from having these pulled. Hard inquiries can only be pulled with your permission when applying for credit.
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 Posted on Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:04 pm  
Good info Morningstar as I didn't know that after 2 years the inquires drop. I did know the difference but it's interesting to know that the 2 year status is in affect. cool!
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 Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:03 am  
Well thst clears that up..Amazing to be this old and still learning.
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 Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:03 am  
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Amazing to be this old and still learning.


Take a minute and think about the number of different companies in whose interest it is that consumers remain uninformed.

Anyways...learning is, or should be, a lifelong process.
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Subject: cr
 
 Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:12 am  
'Pre-approval offers' are ( I believe) are 'soft' inquiries. If you apply for credit somewhere ( loan, credit card, etc) are 'hard' inquiries. 'Hard' inquiries are on your credit.
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 Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:45 am  
How can preapprovals be able to do anything to your credit? Are you talking about all those offers that come in the mail stating "you are preapproved for x amount of dollars)? If so you don't ask them for a card they are the one trying to get you to take one. I always file 13 these offers.
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 Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:36 am  
I have seen soft inquire getting knocked off as well. This happens with time and the increasing number of soft inquiries. As the list increases the earlier inquiries drop off and do not get a proper place in the report.

Anyone has faced this situation?This is true however.
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 Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:35 pm  
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How can preapprovals be able to do anything to your credit? Are you talking about all those offers that come in the mail stating "you are preapproved for x amount of dollars)?


These are soft inquiries and do not affect your score.
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 Posted on Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:30 am  
thats good.

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