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Reducing credit limit

I have recently had my credit card limit reduced from £8400 to £600 by Nationwide Building Society yet they say my credit history is perfect but say i have to put in an appeal if i wish to increase my limit again! What can i do?

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  • sharpy2010
    sharpy2010 Posts: 2,471 Forumite
    Appeal it?
  • They reduced mine from £2200 to £500 I think there just going around making reducing the amount that they might have to lend out. I haven't used the card for ages so it doesn't really make much difference to me.
    [FONT=georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif]A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it
    [/FONT]
  • Its happening across the board - you're not alone: Has your Credit Card limit been reduced?
    :o 2010 - year of the troll :o

    Niddy - Over & Out :wave:
  • PNPSUKNET
    PNPSUKNET Posts: 4,265 Forumite
    you can appeal, how much of it did you ever use max?
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