Question about creditkarma.com

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Question about creditkarma.com
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Mon, 01-19-2009 - 6:58pm

Someone posted a link to it the other day so I signed up for it. It's coming up with a credit score of 649 for me - not great, but it could be worse. Anyway, it has a credit simulator so you can see how different actions will affect your score. The thing I don't understand is why my score would drop when I select on time payments. You can pick the amount of time for 3 months to 24 months. No matter what I select it drops my score to 636. If I select pay of $1000 of debt it increases it to 657, but if I also select anything in on time payments it drops back to 636. If I select pay of $5000 of debt it increases my score to 671, but if I add on time payments it drops it to 645.

I know paying on time is important for a good credit score, so why would I be getting this result? Is it just a glitch in the software? Just curious.


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-20-2009 - 9:16am
I had the same problem. Either my score did not change or it went down for stuff like paying down debt or paying on time. It didn't make a lot of sense to me, either!

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