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Re:The careless errors of credit reporting agencies by ThomPete on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:10PM (#12476574)
First of all. Yes you can have an excellent credit score without paying a penny of interest, but the second you use it you are by definition in debt. Whether there is interest is besides the point. You can't just decide not to pay it back. And most people don't use it like that which is why it's such a good business.

Second it's a fairly know issue that the way creditscore is established is pretty flawed. You can have 10mio on your account, but if you have no job or own your own company it will actually affect your credit score. This whole thread is started because of some of the issues.

With regards to the debit card the point is that the kind of purchases you did before you got a credit card, aren't going to change dramatically or fundamentally after you get one.

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Re:The careless errors of credit reporting agencies by twblalock on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:48PM (#12476698)
> You can have 10mio on your account, but if you have no job or own your own company it will actually affect your credit score.

That's not true. Your FICO score does not take into account your employment status, nor your income.

> With regards to the debit card the point is that the kind of purchases you did before you got a credit card, aren't going to change dramatically or fundamentally after you get one.

If that were true, it would contradict your earlier argument that "most people don't use it like that which is why it's such a good business." Your statements cannot both be true.

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