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Overlimit Fee charged - unfair?
titmus
Posts: 159 Forumite
in Credit cards
Hi, I went within £20 of my credit limit last month, but was disappointed to find that when the bill came, I was charged an Overlimit Fee of £12 because the interest charged had pushed the outstanding balance over the credit limit.
Is this fair?
Is this fair?
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In a word, no !0
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Whether you think it's fair or not is irrelevant.Hi, I went within £20 of my credit limit last month, but was disappointed to find that when the bill came, I was charged an Overlimit Fee of £12 because the interest charged had pushed the outstanding balance over the credit limit.
Is this fair?
If you spend on a credit card and don't clear the balance in full each month you will be charged interest.
If you go over your agreed limit, through a transaction or interest charge, most if not all credit card companies will charge you for going over that limit.
You could politely ask them if they would waive the fee.
More importantly, how about reducing your spending and getting your card debt down a bit, so that you are never worrying about exceeding your limit?0 -
I think it is fair. After all, it does state the charge in the terms and conditions, which you agreed to upon signing. You broke the agreement by failing to make sure you would not exceed the credit limit.
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Hi, I went within £20 of my credit limit last month
Oops.I was charged an Overlimit Fee of £12 because the interest charged had pushed the outstanding balance over the credit limit.
That is a result of your error - learn from it.
Is this fair?
Yes.opinions4u wrote: »You could politely ask them if they would waive the fee.Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0 -
Same thing happened to me with my CC a few months back when the interest took me a whole 8p (yes eight pence) over my limit.
A polite letter explaining this wasn't typical of how I normally handle my finances and asking if as a gesture of goodwill and because the breach was only very minor they would consider refunding the £12 charge on this occasion got the desired result
Now, if my card is close to the limit coming up to a billing date, and I'm in any doubt if it will stay in limit with the interest, I'll make a small additional payment equal to my normal monthly interest payment to cover it0
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