I have been in Iraq now for about 8 months- slowly getting my scores up into the 600's. Many disputes and letters later, I applied for 4 credit cards in 2 days and got approved for all 4, thanks to this board. And I want to tell you guys, if i can doing sitting in the middle of the freaking desert, anybody can who puts their mind and time to it. My scores (all FAKO) since i have fraud alerts and cannot pull FICO0 are: EX-680, EQ-610, TU-640. Here are the cards:

name of institution :American Express Starwood
approved/denied:approved
score:641 Fako
credit limit: $2000
cra(s) pulled : TU

name of institution :MBNA Worldpoints
approved/denied :App
score :680
credit limit :$5000
cra(s) pulled :EX (denied but called credit manager, reconsidered )

name of institution :Patelco Credit Union Visa
approved/denied :app
score :680
credit limit :$1500
cra(s) pulled :EX

name of institution Providian PayPal Visa
approved/denied :app
score :680
credit limit :$500
cra(s) pulled :EX

Like I said in the title, I did all this from Bagdad, Iraq. I want to thank everybody who has ever posted here for the good of the group, God knows ive read enough of them in the past 4 days- research is the key!

Anyway heres my story- happy hunting!

Congratulations, nice work!

First off, thanks for protecting our great nation. Second, Huge Congrats on the cards!

but where you gonna spend it over there

Congrats!!!

thanks for all you do an be careful over there!!

Congrats!!!!

And definately echo the above sentiments about THANKING YOU for what you do over there.

That's amazing. Nice work!

I wanted to say congrats on your cards...



and THANK YOU SO MUCH for protecting us.
Please be careful over there!

From an ex-Ranger that served in Afghanistan hunting Al-Qaeda.....

CONGRATS!!!

And thank you for carrying the torch of freedom to a part of the world that needs it desperately.

Thank you for your service!

And congrats on the cards!

Thank you!!



Oh, and congrats on your credit repair and the new cards!

Congratulations on improving your credit, but T H A N K Y O U for serving and defending our GREAT country.

I wonder if Innovis could find Mr. Bin Laden. I know, wrong country, but ...

CK

i dont know about innovis, but im sure NCO Financial could harass him so much that he turns himself in!

From a former Marine THANKS for your sacrifices. Here's wishing you a safe, successful tour - and congrats on the great work!

Thank you!

And Congrats!

Original Poster,

God Bless You. Thank You. And congrats on your improvement.

CS

Congratulations! I'm in Baghdad also and I've recently begun on my journey to credit repair. I still have a long way to go but I'm finally starting to see some results. Maybe by the time I leave here, my scores will be exactly where I want them to be.

When I was working for Geico, bin Laden applied for a lot of car insurance policies. He was at U Miami at the time.

Great work on the credit!

God bless and bring you home safely.

congrats! God Bless you! My husband just came back about a week ago, and I know you must be counting the days till you come home!

legaleagle, we have a forum for political posts, they are not allowed on this board. Your comments are completely inappropriate in this thread. Your post has been disapproved, no formal warning, since you are very new and may not have known.

you can make all the political comments you want at http://www.politicsfirst.com

Sorry breeze, I'll tone it down, as CB is certainly a valuable resource for all of us and I don't want to negatively affect that! Best to you and all that are getting help here.

Great!

We tried it here - ended up with a separate forum for it. P-First is unmoderated, feel free to speak out there.

Sorry breeze, I'll tone it down, as CB is certainly a valuable resource for all of us and I don't want to negatively affect that! Best to you and all that are getting help here.

GREAT DEFENDER OF OUR COUNTRY. CONGRATULATIONS MAN!!!

Congrats and Thank YOU for what you do for US!!

as an ex military man all I can say is come home soon and safe , and congrats on the credit

Great job!

I want to know how do you guys do it! i just finished reading Blazzers story ... i really need help with my credit.... i have 4 negative showing and my credit score is 579... this 4 negative was for being 30 and 60 days late from a lender.... and all 4 of them were dated around 1999-2004. Right now all my credit information is current, however, i have a lot of credit cards...i'm assuming my score is low because of it.... can someone please help me... I'd very much appreciate it

God Bless you BLAZZER hope you come home soon!

Rache0116

Great Job!!! You are a huge motivation to all of us!

Great job on the new cards!

Also can't leave out the fact that I appreciate all that you do for our country! Stay safe!

Congratulations. My son-law-was over there in Army intelligence. He applied for a card and was approved for a Chase product. He’s very happy also.

CONGRATS and thank you for your service

Well? I wouldn't be surprised if you're still there, but I hope you aren't.

I appreciate your intention to do right by your country, and applaud the sentiment.

If ever you feel that maybe this war wasn't all it was cracked up to be, I won't blame you, and would hear you without judgment.
If you're back home, know that I know it's hard, very hard, to readjust.
I applaud you mightily for trying.
You only wanted to do the right thing.
(Hugs)

And MAJOR congrats on what you've done for your credit, so many thousands of miles away!!!! Kudos!!!!

Aint this board amazing?

Congrats man!! I did mine from Iraq also in 2005!! At the end of tour i stopped. But well, here i am in Afghanistan, and i have started again, i hit my goal of 700 on TU, but going for it on all 3 while here!! Check out my siggy link for my story!

Congrats from a former Marine and Thank You for Serving. Get Home Safe!

You are one of a kind. Thank you very much for serving our country, may god bless you and your family.

congratulations!

Congratulations and thanks!

Thank you for your service. It is greatly appreciated.
Also congrats on your new scores.

lu

Citi Platinum Select MasterCard
CRA Pulled = Experian
My Experian Score = 748

As a brother in arm, congrats! I understand the waiting game for the postal service in trying to get your credit corrected in another country. Good Luck with everything!

Semper Fidelis