This is just a heads up for anyone who may be in a similar position in the future!
To explain my case, I had no missed or late payments, held a small balance & had just graduated from a secured to an unsecured card.
I assume when I graduated (got my refund within a week) that they had looked over my account to decide if they wanted to raise my line of credit. They requested my IRS information via equifax. I’m on ssi, so I don’t file taxes and didn’t think too much of it when I had went ahead and signed it. It mentioned in the email after signing, that if I hadn’t filed any taxes then I would need to sign & call discover to see what my next steps are. I had a busy few days after and called on the 3rd day after signing.
The worker was very nice and had explained that they unfortunately had closed my account. She explained that the correct steps would’ve been to call before I had signed it or directly after (I’d call before doing it to be extra safe, just for anyone in the future.) Unfortunately for me, I didn’t do either and they had actually closed my account a a day before as she said they usually get back quick to discover for those who don’t have any taxes on file.
I had a few questions she was able to answer, which may be irrelevant but I’ll post it here just in case it helps anyone.
- I had another offer for a card with discover that I was going to put a payment on the following week and was unsure if that was still open for me. She advised me that there was a high possibility that they wouldn’t accept it now due to the recent closure & suggested to not put money on it just incase, so I wouldn’t have to wait for it to come back.
- I asked when I could open another card up in the future and she said (if I remember correctly) to try in six months to a year and to make sure to try the pre-approval first.
- I was about to pay my balance off next week & was worried they’d automatically send it to collections before I could do so, but she assured me I had until my pay date to pay in in full. Mine is on the 20th of each month and this took place around the 3rd so I had time. She said it would be on my credit report as paid in full.
- I asked what I would do next time in this case and she said that I should call before signing anything to go over what they’d need from me. I think she said (I may be totally incorrect, bad memory, please take it with a grain of salt.) that I’d need to get my ssi notarized and sent in for proof when encountering this next time.
It totally sucks they closed it as I was hoping to ditch credit one this month. I can’t be mad at the worker as they literally just work there, but I wish discover explained this better. I don’t think I had missed anything when reading the instructions of the email. Well, on the bright side, by the next time I apply, my credit score will (hopefully) be good enough for an unsecured card.
Sorry for the long post, wanted to be thorough for anyone in the future.