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Icyedge said:
Oh, and another thing, you can ask your parents to apply for it and pay them back. They can cancel the card a month after if they want. I remember doing that when I was 16 because I wanted to order something online.

Now that will definitely screw up your credit.  Opening cards for the sake of one not-so-great deal is bad enough but opening a card, making a single purchase and immediately paying it, and then closing the card is definitely a bad idea.