I was offered a Pre-Approval for a personal loan at a very good interest rate by Lightstream, this was loan request originally started at Experian.com who in turn showed me many offers from various partners they work with, Lightstream had the best & most competitive rates is why I chose to attempt this with them.The application process itself was Not at all as easy as they claim, human emotions such as envy came into play.My income is straight forward with Zero surprises, also I have very little debt as I Own my home & cars outright & have less than $1000 in credit card debt, I Recieve Two US Government Retirements, Military & Social Security. And my Credit is straightforward as well, i have very well established credit for over 25 years and my score at the time was 761 (a Very Good Score). With a debt to income ratio at Under 7% (including the personal loan I would be paying off with proceeds from the new personal loan). My new Debt to income including New Loan would have gone to a Whopping 9%!The problem came down to The Underwriter apparently Not Liking my answers to her repeated questions as to "What I Was Going to Do with The Money"! I told her I was going to pay off an Open Personal Loan that is on my credit report with a bulk of the money, but she kept asking what was I going to do with the rest or the remaining funds...I told her that money would Sit in my Savings until when & if I needed it, and that "it's Personal" which by the way is the definition of what a personal loan means, For Personal Useage!Like I say, she didn't like this answer at which point she tried to tell me she would not give me a Personal Loan in order for me to use a bulk of it "On or for Personal Reasons" and I told her to get outta the "Personal Loan Business"...Needless to say, this was a Huge Waste of my time as well as a Waste of a Hard Inquiry being placed on my Credit, I Refused to Take Some Bait & Switch Loan & Lightstream Received Nothing!I in turn Called my Bank, Navy Federal and Recieved a New Personal Loan with No Questions Asked other than What day of month is a good payment date for me, And the 35k was in my savings account in Lightstream type Speed within 5 Minutes!Did I Mention I have Very Good Credit with good income & No Debts???When you play games be prepared for those of us Who Don't Need & are Not Desperate to Walk Away on the Drop of a Dime!Be Careful with Lightstream, they have large fees that are not part of the APR, Just be Careful at what you sign, there are Many Different Options in today's Highly Advanced Day & Age, Options that are Honest & without Games!
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