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Marbles Credit Card

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me please. For a number of years I had a Beneficial Credit card which I paid off each month with the money reaching Beneficial prior to the date requested by them, and no interest payment was requested by Beneficial.

Beneficial was taken over by Marbles in January this year and the final payment made to Beneficial in March. Since Marbles have taken over they now charge me interest every month even although I clear the account each month and the money reaches them prior to the due date. Can someone explain this to me please.

I have other credit cards that I also pay off each month but they don't charge me interest.

Thanks

Froz
I often have a senior moment


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Comments

  • Moggles_2
    Moggles_2 Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    Roughly how much interest were you charged in April and May?
    People who don't know their rights, don't actually have those rights.
  • Frozzy
    Frozzy Posts: 12 Forumite
    Moggles wrote: »
    Roughly how much interest were you charged in April and May?

    £1.28 in April but when I rang up and queried it they said "opps sorry we've made a mistake" and refunded it in the May account. In the May account they've charged £6.07.
    I often have a senior moment


    Member of the £2 Club - :j
  • oscar52
    oscar52 Posts: 2,272 Forumite
    Frozzy wrote: »
    £1.28 in April but when I rang up and queried it they said "opps sorry we've made a mistake" and refunded it in the May account. In the May account they've charged £6.07.

    Do you / have you used this for anything like paypal or money bookers?
    No Longer works for MBNA as of August 2010 - redundancy money will be nice though.

    Proud to be a Friend of Niddy.
    no idea what my nerdnumber is - i am now officially nerd 229, no idea on my debt free date
  • Frozzy
    Frozzy Posts: 12 Forumite
    oscar52 wrote: »
    Do you / have you used this for anything like paypal or money bookers?

    I used it for paypal in March but I don't know what "money bookers" is
    I often have a senior moment


    Member of the £2 Club - :j
  • oscar52
    oscar52 Posts: 2,272 Forumite
    Frozzy wrote: »
    I used it for paypal in March but I don't know what "money bookers" is

    Money bookers is used to transfer money, or pay people, sort of similar to paypal.

    The reason your paying interest is that your card now sees paypal as a cash transaction / withdrawal - therefore you pay interest from the transaction date until the balcne is paid in full.
    No Longer works for MBNA as of August 2010 - redundancy money will be nice though.

    Proud to be a Friend of Niddy.
    no idea what my nerdnumber is - i am now officially nerd 229, no idea on my debt free date
  • Frozzy
    Frozzy Posts: 12 Forumite
    I wouldn't have thought the paypal transaction in March had anything to do with it as it was only for 96p.
    I often have a senior moment


    Member of the £2 Club - :j
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