As many people may already know, missing or being late on a card payment can result in some of
the biggest damage to your credit score.
Not exact matches
Just ignore the low introductory rate when you're picking a card unless you're planning
to transfer a balance from another card so you can pay it off rather quickly (but transferring balances from one
credit card
to another on a regular basis can
damage your
credit score and cost you
big in the long term).
That's a lot of spending and it's the
biggest time of year for consumers
to rack up
credit card debt which can severely
damage your
credit score if you aren't maintaining a good debt
to credit ratio.
Being hounded by a collector isn't the
big thing
to worry about — the longer an account stays in collections, the more
damage it does
to your
credit score.