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Working up a credit score for Walter Cavanagh has got to be a mathematical nightmare \u2013 the man has nearly 1,500 valid credit cards to his name and holds the Guinness record\u00a0for the most credit cards.\u00a0\u2018Mr. Plastic Fantastic\u2019 \u2013 a title conferred on him by Guinness World Records \u2013 is also the proud owner of the world\u2019s longest wallet. It stretches 250 feet, weighs 38 pounds, and can hold 800 cards. But he uses it only to carry a few cards, while the rest are safely stowed in bank safe-deposit boxes.<\/p>\n
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Cavanagh started collecting credit cards in the late 1960s. \u201cMe and a buddy in Santa Clara, Calif., made a silly bet: the guy who could collect the most credit cards by the end of the year would win dinner,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI was fresh from the Peace Corps and I got 143 cards by the end of the year. My friend gathered 138.\u201d<\/p>\n
After winning that bet, Cavanagh decided to simply keep going with his bizarre collection. He got credit cards from gas stations, airlines, bars, and even a Texas ice cream store \u2013 all with varying limits, some as low as $50. He\u2019s got a few antique cards back from when credit cards were made of paper and aluminum and he recently inherited a sterling silver card from the Mapes Hotel, Reno\u2019s first hotel-casino. It\u2019s a collector\u2019s item with \u201cunlimited credit privileges.\u201d<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s one card missing from Cavanagh\u2019s epic collection, it\u2019s that from the long defunct J.J. Newberry Co. They denied him a card in the early 1970s, even though he\u2019d collected over 100 by then. \u201cThey said I had too much credit. And to this day I don\u2019t have a Newberry card in my collection,\u201d he said.\u00a0Cavanagh hasn\u2019t stopped applying for new cards \u2013 he\u2019s held the Guinness Record since 1971 and has no intention of letting go of it. He copies whole pages from a U.S. directory of businesses and keeps sending applications. If he receives a rejection, he now writes back to the company explaining his goal and intentions. But he doesn\u2019t count expired cards in his total collection.<\/p>\n
Thanks to all the cards to his name, Cavanagh has access to about $1.7 million at any moment. Despite this privilege, he has managed to maintain an excellent credit score. \u201cIt\u2019s nearly perfect,\u201d he said, proudly. \u201cI use only one card and I pay it off at the end of the month. But you should see the length of my credit report \u2013 wow!\u201d<\/p>\n
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