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Scams - no refund on credit card!!!!
Barclaycard are refusing to acknowledge and refund a fraudulent scam on my account for a holiday, that I paid with them and transferred via Transferwise. I have seen numerous examples of the same issue elsewhere yet the credit card companies continue to allow this, even though they say it voids my protection. We are told…
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Vanquis Credit Card
I have a Vanquis credit card (big mistake) that is killing me, I am at the credit limit and the minimum payments are around £150 a month so i'm finding it to pay more than the minimum ( though I do when I can). I thought it would be good to get a loan for the same amount but at a better rate to pay off the credit card then…
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Your old credit card after transfer
Hello. I'm new to using credit cards but I've needed to get two out in order to solve a one off financial problem. Both cards have long 0% interest free period but I'm worried about what happens when these run out. Once I have found other cards to transfer my balances to what happens to the original cards? Are they…
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MBNA 5 Credit Card
While having a check for any promotional offers on my MBNA card (none), I noticed the MBNA 5 card. It's not a 0% card but 0.5% fee for Money Transfers looks like it might be quite useful for topping up 0% BT card balances as you'd pay very minimal interest, if any, by transferring the balance away immediately. Anyone using…
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0% Credit card for Overdrafts?
Hi all, I imagine there are many threads about this but I can't seem to find them.... Got a total debt of £5000 (£1800 Credit card, £3200 overdraft). I'm paying a combined total of £166 a month in minimum payments and interest combined - This is obviously not getting me anywhere! My question is: Is it possible to use a 0%…
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MBNA money transfers
I recently applied and got an MBNA 4.9% card to use for money transfers. I did one initial transfer for around £8K into my bank account but because it was a new bank account (and the details were different to the one in my application form), it seemed to trip up on their fraud indicators. It took quite a few calls to sort…
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balance transfer explanation please
I need some clarification please... I'm in a process of buying a car... cost is 11k I can spread this across my 2 cards with 0% for another 2 years. but won't be able to repay everything in those 2 years... I'm estimating that there will be a 2-3k outstanding balance on those cards. would I then need to find a free balance…
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Best time to apply for multiple cards
Hi all, As the title says, when is the best time to apply for multiple cards in succession? evening, weekend? What have been your experiences? Thanks,
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Transferring positive balance to bank account
Hi all, I recently got a 0% 0 fee balance transfer credit card. I transferred the maximum permissible amount (95% of the credit limit) from that credit card onto my MBNA card which I normally don't use, so the MBNA card is now in a positive balance. I will be calling up MBNA & requesting them to transfer the entire…
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Halifax Clarity Card
For a long time the Halifax Clarity Card has been top of the Moneysavingxperts list for foreign currency rates on the Travel Money Max link. For some reason it seems to have completely dropped out of the list altogether. Does anybody know why?
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M&S Credit Card - what's the % cashback to compare
Hi there, Ive just joined this forum and wonder if you can help. My M&S credit card has almost expired so have been sent a new one. However I'm not happy with the benefits since the gov changed legislation. At the moment, the only one that would be good for me is the Acqua Mastercard as I dont need another Amex and dont…
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Barclaycard BT/MT Offers
Hi, I have three Barclaycards. 2 are Visa Platinum (one previously egg) and the other is a Cashback card. All have high limits. One has a hefty balance on it that was a decent BT a few months ago. The other two have no balance on them. For as long as I can remember whenever I logged in to the website or app it showed…
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Quickest way of building up a balance?
I have recently got into stoozing (jumping on the bandwagon late). What's the quickest way of building up a balance? I'm putting all my normal day-to-day expenditure on there. Are there any quick routes to an effective cash advance, without paying a cash advance fee?
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Feedback wanted on my stoozing plan ...
I wanted to outline my plans for stoozing below for feedback in case I've missed something (I've tried to put as much detail as I can think of so apologies for the wall of text!) Background Info I've recently re-mortgaged , and already have a couple of cashback credit cards for day-to-day spending so I'm not overly…
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Stoozing and share save
I've currently got a sharesave type scheme on the go through work (£150 a month), due to mature next year. After we moved house, I decided to effectively 'draw-down' on this in advance, by taking out the Virgin money transfer credit card offer (worked out to be about £80 to borrow £6000 over a near-three year period). The…
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Creation Credit Card
After having bad experiences using credit cards abroad I looked at this web site for help and decided to give a Creation credit card a go. It has been fantastic I have now used it in America and Vietnam with no problems what so ever. Sending them emails to say I will be away is really easy as is paying the balance. If you…
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credit balance to cash ?
Hi, Any advice would be appreciated on the following - I need to turn my remaining £2750 balance on my credit card into cash in the next fortnight from my barclaycard ? 1.MAX CASH ALLOWED IS £600. 2. NO OFFERS/OPTIONS OFFERED FOR BALANCE TRANSFER TO MY BARCLAYS CURRENT ACCOUNT. 3.I HOLD A VANQUIS C.C WITH £1000…
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Multiple Applications Advice Please
After reading some excellent posts on here regarding some impressive amounts obtained in avaliable credit I am looking to catch up with the pros on here. Advice would be gratefully recieved on the following plan of action. I am looking to make multiple applications in a day to gain the most avaliable credit (some to stooze…
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0% on purchases and cheap abroad??
Evening, Could any recommend a card which has a good 0% offer but is also cheap to use abroad. I already have a Halifax clarity card but don't want to use that card abroad as it is cleared monthly whereas this new card is going to have a balance on which i can chip away at over the period of the 0%. Thanks in advance
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Mis selling of credit cards
After the PPI mis advice payouts, is there going to be a claim for being bullied into the use of credit cards and the way banks base credit ratings on the use of credit cards?. I never have wanted one but had to with the pressure from constant letter saying how easy it was to sign up and being one of thousands who have…
