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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by broadwayblue
How much does it hurt your credit score to cancel cards? I have a few cards that I probably haven't used in 10 years. And considering they offer no benefits of any kind (that I'm aware of anyway) I'll most likely never use them. Is it really such a bad idea for me to dump them? My credit score is currently over 800.
Then you should not have much to worry about, escpecially if you are not carrying balances on your other cards.
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