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{snip} but for those of us who applied and got accepted, it’s a bit of a catch 22 as we already have the hard search on our credit files. I would say it’s worth trying to persevere in that case. {snip}
This. To be fair, I am sure it will be worth the wait for me, it allows me to start the 24month clock on Amex and it has a cracking credit limit. Just seems like such an unnecessarily crappy start, right from the very outset.
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