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"Signing up for a credit card" means that you signed some form of contact to open a credit account. This contract (most likely) authorized the credit issuer to make an inquiry into your credit report and to charge you fees for activation and account set up.

An inquiry is an indication that you might be opening up new accounts. New accounts also cause deductions because there is no history yet as to how you have paid on the account. If you don't pay any fees or charges (those are usually the first charges on a credit card account) this will negatively impact your credit as late payments and then a collection or charged off account. Those will show for 7 years, plus 180 days.

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