Argos card and saving interest 10 October 2005 at 2:33PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Credit Cards 6 replies 1.3K views

dj0586

Got an argos card to buy furniture for a new place and later got a credit card to pay the balance. Have a card which has 0% balance and 0% purchases till july. Tried to pay argos but they dont take credit cards, anyone got any ideas.

omega27

SBT from the card to your bank account, pay Argos from there? Balance Transfer from your new card to Argos card?

YorkshireBoy

dj0586 wrote:

Got an argos card to buy furniture for a new place and later got a credit card to pay the balance. Have a card which has 0% balance and 0% purchases till july. Tried to pay argos but they dont take credit cards, anyone got any ideas.

See this thread...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=76271

Does your new 0% credit card give credit card cheques as 0% as well?

Which card have you got? If it's 0% until next July it sounds like it's either Barclaycard or Mint. If it's Mint I think you have an easy solution to your problem.

Post more details, including amounts and other credit cards you hold, and someone will be able to offer more detailed advice.

YorkshireBoy

rjlawson wrote:

Balance Transfer from your new card to Argos card?

Not possible with the Argos storecard - see the linked thread in my post #3 above.

omega27

Are other store-cards like that too? Eg Debenhams?

smiggers

Yes - you cannot transfer a balance from a store card to a credit card - they are two completely different products.

YorkshireBoy

smiggers wrote:

Yes - you cannot transfer a balance from a store card to a credit card - they are two completely different products.

You can transfer balances from storecards to credit cards. It's just that the Argos storecard has a different card number format - from memory, something to do with it not having the standard 16 digits.