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		thatthatis on Nov 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15m of Americans... Call your credit card company and offer 50% as paid in full, they'll probably accept 70%. It'll absolutely kill your credit score, but its an option.

davidu on Nov 12, 2013 [–]

There are folks who negotiate the terms of the credit reporting. Paid-in-full is paid-in-full if you make it so, regardless of the terms of your repayment.

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