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Pillbury
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in Credit cards
Hi everyone.
I need advice about which way to go about buying a new car.
My current debt:-
Sainsburys Credit Card - £3700 at 5.94% for life (£250 per month)
Egg loan - £8300 at 6.70% (£300 per month)
Egg Card - £0 with £9000 limit.
My credit history is apparently excellent. :j
Just bought a car for £5500.
I have just been given a Sainsburys Loan for a 7.9% 5 year loan of £9000, £183 per month (£50 contract signing charge for courier already paid)
Also Barclaycard have offered me a £10,000 card with 0% balance transfers for 12 months.
I don't need the full £9000 now as the car was a lot cheaper, so should I cancel the loan. Put the car on the Egg Card and then transfer to Barclaycard to get 0% for 12 months and then sort out either another card or loan next year? or will sainsburys let me lower the loan to £6000 over 3 years without charging me more for courier service?
Any advice will be appreciated (Apart from STOP BORROWING MONEY!
SC
I need advice about which way to go about buying a new car.

My current debt:-
Sainsburys Credit Card - £3700 at 5.94% for life (£250 per month)
Egg loan - £8300 at 6.70% (£300 per month)
Egg Card - £0 with £9000 limit.
My credit history is apparently excellent. :j
Just bought a car for £5500.
I have just been given a Sainsburys Loan for a 7.9% 5 year loan of £9000, £183 per month (£50 contract signing charge for courier already paid)
Also Barclaycard have offered me a £10,000 card with 0% balance transfers for 12 months.
I don't need the full £9000 now as the car was a lot cheaper, so should I cancel the loan. Put the car on the Egg Card and then transfer to Barclaycard to get 0% for 12 months and then sort out either another card or loan next year? or will sainsburys let me lower the loan to £6000 over 3 years without charging me more for courier service?
Any advice will be appreciated (Apart from STOP BORROWING MONEY!

SC
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If you are in the cooling off period for your loan, you can write and cancel it I believe. If you don't need it, don't take it!Got Halifax Classic to reduce my interest rate by 5% woohoo - 10/06/08 Thanks MSE!
Another 3% shaved off 10/12/08
ANOTHER 4 % June 09:beer:0
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