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Old Jul 3, 2013 | 12:27 am
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Originally Posted by gloreglabert
Not likely with Citi. Assume it'll be a hard pull.
Yeah, if it was Barclays I'd just be impressed they figured out how to do a pull, and just one.

If I had credit monitoring I'd try this just for funzies, but I don't have it anymore...hopefully someone with monitoring can try it.

Originally Posted by metallo
Assuming their initial offer wasn't a flat-out lie, how could they claim "a credit bureau is not required," yet still do a hard pull? I suppose, technically, "not required" could mean "we still do it for everyone anyway, even though it isn't required." That would seem to be pretty disingenuous, though, even for a credit card company.
This is also the company that will automatically process purchases of Amex GC as a cash advance, just because they can. Regardless, they said not required, even a soft pull is a lie...
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