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.