Posts Tagged ‘Credit Application’

 

What will happen to my credit score if my wife gets into trouble with a credit account?

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
antoniusb asked:


My wife has no income or credit history. She received a credit card application in the mail. The application does not require me to put in any of my personal information but it does ask to state household income.

If she gets into trouble with her card, will it affect my credit or will the damage be limited to her credit score?

Chester

 

How is a credit card considered a written contract instead of an open account?

Friday, April 24th, 2009
rich61969 asked:


I am being sued by a collection agency for an old (over 3 years) Visa credit card debt. I live in Alabama and the Statue of Limitations on Open Accounts is 3 years. I hired an attorney but he says that I probably will have to settle because it is not an open account but a written contract account which has a SOL of 6 years. He says this because the collection agency produced a piece of paper that I signed when I opened the account (basically it’s the credit card application). I researched on my own and most information that I found says that credit cards are always open accounts. I did find one place (Wiki Answers) where someone said that credit cards could be written contracts. Is my attorney wrong or can this indeed be a written contract in some way. I really need to know before I go to court. Please give me some type of solid backup to your answer and not just your opinion.

Eddie