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Old Mar 17, 2014 | 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by whynotgo
First, confirm Capital One reported the late payment. In my experience, just because I was late making payments, did not result in the creditors reporting to the credit reporting agencies that I made a late payment. My credit scores are very high. Granted this is not a scientific study, but I have multiple instances of this occurring.
Just being late does not get you a derogatory mark, you need to be 30 days late, which it sounds like the OP was.
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