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Looking for Balance Transfer but Unemployed

Hi, this is my first ever post here so hope I've got the right board :)

I owe more or less £9,700 on a credit card and want to transfer the balance over to a different card as I can no longer afford the monthly repayments. I phoned Virgin Credit Card this morning and was turned down on the grounds that I am unemployed and was told that this will probably be the case for most credit cards.

Is there any credit card companies that will take on someone that is unemployed?

Comments

  • You wont get one at 0% or one with a very high credit limit, you may be able to get one of the sub-prime ones (vanquis,capital one) but the credit limit will be tiny.

    You are probably better entering a DMP, you shoul go to the "debt free wannabee" board they will be able to help you more.

    Kaiser
  • I do not think you will be able to transfer your debt to a different lender becasuse what is in it for them?
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  • Moggles_2
    Moggles_2 Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    You may be able to reduce your costs using credit cards you already hold. For details, see Martin's *Credit Card Shuffle*article. ;)

    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/car...-card-interest
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