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Argos card and saving interest

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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.

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  • omega27
    omega27 Posts: 260 Forumite
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    SBT from the card to your bank account, pay Argos from there? Balance Transfer from your new card to Argos card?
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    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
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    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
    omega27 Posts: 260 Forumite
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    Are other store-cards like that too? Eg Debenhams?
  • smiggers
    smiggers Posts: 119 Forumite
    Yes - you cannot transfer a balance from a store card to a credit card - they are two completely different products.
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    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.
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