Credit Requirements
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Not sure exactly which one they use, but Customer Service would be the people to ask. When I worked with Cingular, we would do the application in the computer and it would tell us whether or not the customer was clear or whether they needed a deposit. The deposit could be as much as $800 for someone with shaky credit, but they get that back after a year of paying their bill on time.
Well worse case I am looking at about a 600 on Experian depending on how much progresss my attorney has made with them. The other two are fine at around 700. What deposit should I expect if they do in fact pull Experian ?
Does anyone know if there is a way to check your credit status, to see if they will let me sign up for cell service? Is there a way to do this through AT&T without actually purchasing service yet? I ask because I would hate to get all worked up about the iPhone, wait in line for it, and not be able to get one.
you can go to any AT&T/cingular corporate store, and they will run your credit for you to see if you have to pay a deposit. you can do this anytime without purchasing anything. they will keep your information in their system for 3 months. thats a good thing for you, because if your score changes for the worst you will atleast be good for 3 months. but i was having the same issue. so i went in there the other day, and they told me i had good credit and didn't need a deposit. so im happy nothing showed up on my report, and im happy they have that in their system for 3 months just incase something changes. and also you can go to any AT&T/cingular corporate store anywhere and they will have your information in their system.
I'm trying to find this out too or at least what score they want I got approved with tmobile in the past with no problem but due to some identity theft issues I now have a bad experian report. I have heard they use equifax and I have also heard they use all 3, no one knows 
Wow, that is wonderful news! Thank you so much for the info, I will definitely be visiting my local store to check that out this week.
what if you are porting your number from another company, do they still run your credit?
Last time I switched carriers, not much of a credit check was done and at that time my credit was shot to sh*t ( damn credit cards...capital one is evil..lol)
When I first got my verizon phone, I had to put down about 100 beans. 2 months later I signed up Automatic Payment online and I got a check for the 100$ back.
That's because they know that if you skip out on your bill, they can just take it anyway. LOL