I have been a customer of Best Buy for at least 20 years and still have a Best Buy Credit Card in my name only in my possession. Around XX/XX/XXXX I helped my daughter, XXXX, then a XXXX Student at the University XXXX, purchase a XXXX Laptop. In order to help her establish credit, Best Buy initiated a Joint Credit Account. I paid {$250.00} down and the Account was established in her name, with her Statements sent to her Mother 's ( my ex-wife ) address in XXXX, Texas. She paid this off in a timely manner. 
Fast forward to XX/XX/XXXX when I decided to buy myself an XXXX Present ( HP Laptop for around {$450.00} ). Best Buy was regularly sending me emails stating I had Best Buy Rewards of {$30.00} I could use if I purchased a Product from them. I believe the condition was I could not use this Discount unless I put it on credit, so I did so even though I can provide proof that I had approximately {$4500.00} in my Bank Account at that time. 
Herein lies the problem. At the checkout in XXXX XXXX, Texas, I furnished my info, Driver 's License, email, phone number, etc., after stating I had an Individual Account ( I did not have my Best Buy Credit Card on hand at that time ). My daughter was in XXXX, Texas, was not mentioned, consequently, I had no idea that she would be involved in this transaction in any way whatsoever. 
I went about my business and enjoyed the Holidays. Sometime in XX/XX/XXXX, I found out that my ex had gotten mail for my Daughter from Best Buy ( they lived XXXX miles from each other ). My Daughter told her it must be Junk Mail because she had not had any dealings with them. Consequently, I have the email and picture of the Credit Card Bill from my Daughter on XXXX/XXXX/XXXX which states " Sorry, I wished I 'd opened it sooner ". Shortly after I contacted the Credit Card Account, described what happened, got them to write off the Late Charge Penalty and paid the Amount in Full. The Rep read back my explanation to me and agreed to include this in my file. 
Happy Ending? Not quite. This is the only serious negative on my Credit Report and I believe I would have an XXXX Score without it and has been detrimental to my finances. What makes me feel terrible is that my Daughter ( XXXX ) and is buying a House has this on her Credit Report and has cost her also while she had absolutely nothing to do with the transaction. 
Finally, during this time Best Buy was sending me emails describing their products and that I was eligible for additional Rewards! I believe if you will look at my situation you will feel as I do, that if Best Buy had correctly billed me as I had intended this would never had been an issue and affected my Daughter and I so negatively. 
