Wanted: A Good No-fee Secure Credit Card that Reports to Credit Agencies?

Discussion in 'Credit Talk' started by Luckyword, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. Luckyword

    Luckyword Member

    I had a Chapter 7 discharged in January and have applied for and been denied two credit cards. I'm going to get a Secured card and deposit $1500 on it. My credit score is 642 as of mid-March. I'd like to find a no-fee card that reports to the credit agencies. I've been looking online, and it's been quite a maze. Can anyone recommend any cards? Thanks. David
     
  2. Hedwig

    Hedwig Well-Known Member

    I seriously doubt that you'll find a no-fee secured card.

    You might check the credit card section of this site and see if you can find anything.
     
  3. JoshuaHeckathorn

    JoshuaHeckathorn Administrator

    Public Savings Bank just released a new secured Visa card a couple of weeks ago. So far the reviews have been pretty good, and there is no annual fee. There is a setup fee of $79, but this is the only good secured card we know of that doesn't have an annual fee at the moment. Not a bad deal.

    Check out the terms and conditions in our Secured Credit Card section and apply securely online.

    If it works out well for you, please come back and post a review of the card and their services for the rest of the community. Best of luck!
     
  4. apexcrsrv

    apexcrsrv Well-Known Member

    You'd honestly be better off asking a friend or relative to add you to an older credit card as an authorized user. This would far improve your score over opening a brand new account with only a $1,500.00 limit. In fact, doing so may actually decrease your credit score insofar as the account would shorten your history overall.

    If the above isn't feasible, there are corporations such as Apex Credit Services, LLC, which offers this service. Be careful who you go with if indeed you do opt for such a service. I can tell you now that even a 10 year old line with a 18k limit would be far cheaper than opening a secured account.
     
  5. shawnee

    shawnee Banned

    is creditnet the craigslist for aged tradelines? how about a little integrity?
     
  6. jjgross

    jjgross Well-Known Member

    Yes Shawnee how about intergrity,and what is your question about secured cards.And aged tradelines,we would be more than welcome to help you with your problems.
     
  7. shawnee

    shawnee Banned

    I'll move on to a different forum that doesn't have a hidden agenda. One that has some oversight and that can be trusted.
     
  8. Luckyword

    Luckyword Member

    I opened a secured credit card with a limit of $700 this month. To reiterate, in January, I had a Chapter 7 discharged. I could ask my mom to let me piggy back onto her account, but I'd rather not. If I re-establish my own credit versus piggy backing, will it take exponentially longer?

    Also, Shawnee, why are you questioning their integrity? Please enunciate...
     
  9. jjgross

    jjgross Well-Known Member

    As your bankruptcy ages it will be easier to get credit piggybacking will make it quicker but you can do better in a year than your are now,with an older history its a quicker short time fix.Only time will get you a high fico score.
     
  10. shawnee

    shawnee Banned

    They are allowing someone to advertise and promote the purchase of aged tradelines here. This practice is unheard of on forums that are actually created to help consumers. It appears the forum is simply a storefront to sell dubious credit products.
     
  11. jjgross

    jjgross Well-Known Member

    When you say hidden agenda what do you mean?Because other forums talk about piggy banking and other products that you say are dubious.And in there headers they also front the same products that are here.
     
  12. ccbob

    ccbob Well-Known Member

    Seems to me if you have a problem with the content of a post, you should inform the moderator.

    If you have a problem with the site, you should go to another site.

    If, on the other hand, you have some ax to grind, then you should bump all the old posts you can dig up and start slinging mud.

    Do what you need to do.
     
  13. woofer

    woofer Well-Known Member

    Well good bye and good luck. You definitely missed the boat on this... Woofer
     
  14. Creditnet

    Creditnet Administrator

    We provide a forum where people can help each other and receive help. Some people happen to be professionals whose services can help in certain circumstances. We do, however, warn and ban members whose sole purpose on this board is to advertise. Likewise, we warn and ban those whose sole purpose on this board is to criticize and attack others without warrant.

    Also, we do not receive any kickbacks whatsoever from any members of this board. Members of this board have a genuine interest in giving or receiving help, with no price tag attached.

    If any member has an issue with the content of posts, please report these posts to the admins of this board by clicking on the red and white triangular icon at the top of each post box.
     
  15. cap1sucks

    cap1sucks Well-Known Member

    Well, Apex, I'm counting on you to tell me the right answer to a question I have which came to mind as a result of your post above.

    You say that an AU arrangement would be better than using a secured card to establish credit. I'm not about to dispute that statement but what about using the secured card(s) to help establish credit for a brand new corporation where the owner doesn't want to get his personal credit involved. In fact, the owner would rather do without credit than to put up any personal guarantees whatever. Speed isn't the consideration here as the corporation has more than sufficient operating capital for what it was formed to do. So what would be the better of the two avenues of approach in the above given situation? AU or secured card?
     
  16. apexcrsrv

    apexcrsrv Well-Known Member

    Secured card. No question about it.

    However, I don't know if their are secured business cards.

    Also, thanks for the backup guys. Seems another troll is leaving. An aside, we also post on infinitecredit and all experts. They have no issue with it b/c the overwhelming amount of our posts do not elude to our services per se. This post did thus, we mentioned our services.

    To the OP, yes, the AU route is expotentially quicker insofar as we can add age, payment history, and large sums of avaliable credit in a very short length of time (typically 30 to 45 days). You cannot acheive this with a secured card.
     
  17. Luckyword

    Luckyword Member

    Thanks for the headsup

    As the original author of the post, I appreciate all the free advice here. Sincerely. And I don't understand why that guy got mad. But hey, he's gone.

    So, the question remains...

    I have a secured card now and want to improve my credit quickly. So I'm going to ask my mom if I can piggy back on her card. She has excellent credit. Tell me if I'm wrong, but all I need to do is have her add me as an authorized user on her credit card, correct? Also, by doing so, that doesn't open her up to any liability issues, does it? That is, assuming I don't actually use her card, which I won't be doing.
     
  18. cap1sucks

    cap1sucks Well-Known Member

    Thanks for your quick reply. Your answer is about what I suspected it would be but I'd rather have your opinion than my guesswork on that subject.
     
  19. Luckyword

    Luckyword Member

    Another question

    If my mom were to add me as an authorized user, what's the downside for her, if anything? Is it as simple as her calling Visa to add me? Would they need to reauthorize the card? Would it negatively affect her credit?
     
  20. apexcrsrv

    apexcrsrv Well-Known Member

    No, it wouldn't effect her credit in the least.

    Cap, tell me what you want me to expound upon and I will. Keep in my that my purview of business credit is that it is largely a scam. That is too say on needs a good personal score/report to really obtain anything. Almost everyone requires a PG, so getting a PayDex and Intelliscore is really pointless. If one can obtain business credit, even net 30's, DnB and Experian builds the file. That simple. These companies that say they can get BLOC are full of it.
     

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