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Old Feb 8, 2017 | 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by patpatpatme
...when i close the account it will have a large impact on my credit score since there was a higher limit...
I don't follow the reasoning.

Let's say your aggregate credit limits are $100,000 and you receive a pair of unsolicited increases to $110,000. If you rollback those increases it will have exactly the same impact on your Utilization as if you had closed an account with a $10,000 limit. There may be good reasons to decline an increased limit, but it won't change the effect of closing those accounts.
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