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I find it hard to believe that your FICO score could be that high, based on knowing what mine is, what my age is, and that the only negative I have against me is the shortness of my credit history.
 
Originally posted by: Scouzer
my supervisor snuck it from my HR file...they checked as a condition of employment

i have my own CC and i pay for car insurance. thats all ive got for credit

our system (canadian) = 0-900
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I don't know about your system, but I don't think FICO would score you that high, based on those qualifications, even if you made $200K a year.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I find it hard to believe that your FICO score could be that high, based on knowing what mine is, what my age is, and that the only negative I have against me is the shortness of my credit history.
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it's not a f-ucking FICO, he's Canadian
 
Originally posted by: Engineer
I'm 36 and nearly out of debt! 🙂

You've got 18 years to beat that! 😉
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At my current state...I'll be out of debt @ 44!!!

Only 20 years to go!! haha. 😀

 
Not possible unless you have accounts other than your own reporting, increasing your age of accounts.

No one with at most 11 months of reporting history can have a 785.


If mommy put you on the mercedes loan or 20 year old american express account though, it''s possible.
 
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: Engineer
I'm 36 and nearly out of debt! 🙂
You've got 18 years to beat that! 😉
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I'm 26 and have been completely out of debt for almost one year.
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Home, cars, etc? Wife? Kids? NICE 401k nest egg? 😉
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Home? Yes.
Cars. One.
Wife and kids? HELLL NOOO!
I know better. My idea of being smart is to not get into that crap. Kids are overrated and 60% of American marriages end in divorce. I dont need to make that mistake to learn it. I learn by others mistakes.
401K? Not even. Navy Thrift Savings Plan. They match dollar for dollar up to 100% of my base pay. Currently putting away 50%, which is easy since I have no debt. Have about 100 grand right now. I know people keep saying 1 million for retirement is nice, but by the time I want to retire a million bucks really wont be that much money. I know better. I started planning at age 17. I want several million. If I'm really slick I can collect my first pension at age 38, and my second pension at 58, which is much better than all the 60 year olds I know. Most of them dont even have a small egg.
 
my fvckin parents have nothing to do with my score so fvck right off about that

i have my name on NOTHING but my credit card, one rejected CC app, and my car insurance

i make $22k a year
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: Engineer
I'm 36 and nearly out of debt! 🙂
You've got 18 years to beat that! 😉
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I'm 26 and have been completely out of debt for almost one year.
Click to expand...

Home, cars, etc? Wife? Kids? NICE 401k nest egg? 😉
Click to expand...

Home? Yes.
Cars. One.
Wife and kids? HELLL NOOO!
I know better. My idea of being smart is to not get into that crap. Kids are overrated and 60% of American marriages end in divorce. I dont need to make that mistake to learn it. I learn by others mistakes.
401K? Not even. Navy Thrift Savings Plan. They match dollar for dollar up to 100% of my base pay. Currently putting away 50%, which is easy since I have no debt. Have about 100 grand right now. I know people keep saying 1 million for retirement is nice, but by the time I want to retire a million bucks really wont be that much money. I know better. I started planning at age 17. I want several million. If I'm really slick I can collect my first pension at age 38, and my second pension at 58, which is much better than all the 60 year olds I know. Most of them dont even have a small egg.
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you only live once. Why spend your entire life making money which you are likely to not enjoy?
 
Originally posted by: shortspanishguy
shens
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It's totally possible that he has a credit score that high, IF his mommy and daddy were rich and put his name as an approved user on their credit cards a few years ago. If they never missed a payment, he'd already have a great credit history for the FICO folks to look at.

I doubt that he'd be able to get a score that high on his own by 18, though.
 
im 20 and my credit score was 793 as of 3 weeks ago...

history:

worked for a year after HS to save $ for college, made ~36,000 and saved 64% of that
1.5 years ago - applied for a CC at BOA, the bank with all of my money, was given a financial rewards card and 8,500 limit
3 months ago - got an american express and a gas credit card at exxon and shell

never paid a cent in interest, never had a late payment, and i dont always have a very big revolving balance.
 
Originally posted by: Scouzer
my fvckin parents have nothing to do with my score so fvck right off about that

i have my name on NOTHING but my credit card, one rejected CC app, and my car insurance

i make $22k a year
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You can OBVIOUSLY tell he's 18
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: Engineer
I'm 36 and nearly out of debt! 🙂
You've got 18 years to beat that! 😉
Click to expand...
I'm 26 and have been completely out of debt for almost one year.
Click to expand...

Home, cars, etc? Wife? Kids? NICE 401k nest egg? 😉
Click to expand...

Home? Yes.
Cars. One.
Wife and kids? HELLL NOOO!
I know better. My idea of being smart is to not get into that crap. Kids are overrated and 60% of American marriages end in divorce. I dont need to make that mistake to learn it. I learn by others mistakes.
401K? Not even. Navy Thrift Savings Plan. They match dollar for dollar up to 100% of my base pay. Currently putting away 50%, which is easy since I have no debt. Have about 100 grand right now. I know people keep saying 1 million for retirement is nice, but by the time I want to retire a million bucks really wont be that much money. I know better. I started planning at age 17. I want several million. If I'm really slick I can collect my first pension at age 38, and my second pension at 58, which is much better than all the 60 year olds I know. Most of them dont even have a small egg.
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You are a man among boys! 🙂
 
both of my parents have phenomenal credit, but again i will stress i am not an approved user on their cards, nor am i on their credit in anyway or theirs on mine.

but i have had my own bank acct since i was 11 years old. so maybe thats helps, lol.
 
Originally posted by: Scouzer
both of my parents have phenomenal credit, but again i will stress i am not an approved user on their cards, nor am i on their credit in anyway or theirs on mine.

but i have had my own bank acct since i was 11 years old. so maybe thats helps, lol.
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Your the one thats bragging so why don't you sit and bask in your blazing glory?
 
I was at a 740 or so before I took out a car loan and student loans. Never had a late payment (on anything) and I'm paying off both loans ASAP.
 
Originally posted by: Scouzer
both of my parents have phenomenal credit, but again i will stress i am not an approved user on their cards, nor am i on their credit in anyway or theirs on mine.

but i have had my own bank acct since i was 11 years old. so maybe thats helps, lol.
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You have an artificially inflated credit score. You don't have any negatives to count against you (besides it being brief), but if you try applying for a respectable loan, you will be denied based on having no credit history.

A bank account has nothing to do with credit history.
 
I just found out my parents have a credit rating of over 800 😱
I fail. Of course, I don't ever recall them missing a payment...
oh well
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Scouzer
both of my parents have phenomenal credit, but again i will stress i am not an approved user on their cards, nor am i on their credit in anyway or theirs on mine.

but i have had my own bank acct since i was 11 years old. so maybe thats helps, lol.
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You have an artificially inflated credit score. You don't have any negatives to count against you (besides it being brief), but if you try applying for a respectable loan, you will be denied based on having no credit history.

A bank account has nothing to do with credit history.
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this i can believe! 🙂
 
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