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They must be bonkers!
Pobby
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Today our friends from CapitalOne have just offered me,by post,an invitation to borrow£100,000.How very sweet of them!
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What APR? 29.9% perhaps? :mad:LBM: Nov 2004 Debt Apr06: £19,273.46 (Highest)
Debt 2006: Jul:£18,552.06|Aug:£17,615.14|Sep:£16,297.98|Oct:£15,961|Nov:£15,760.66|Dec:£13,204.37
Debt 2007: Jan:£13,183.71|Feb:£13,851.03|Mar:£13,349.15|April:£12,997.33 | May: £12,300.00 | June: £12,000 | July: £9,894.44 |Aug:£0
Debt Free Date: 31 August 2007
The £2 Coin Savers Club = £72
Reclaiming my bank charges - £105 reclaimed
My Diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2305610 -
Hmmm, I got one of those "invites" the other day too. I think they are targetting home owners?
Straight in the bin obviously! :-00 -
Typical variable from 9.9%.Oh er missus,what a bargain!0
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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: -They must be bonkers!
Today our friends from CapitalOne have just offered me,by post,an invitation to borrow£100,000.How very sweet of them!
best laugh i've had all day and the title sums it up perfectly.0 -
My son, who is on Jobseeker's Allowance, (with no home of his own) keeps getting invited to borrow £10,000 on a credit card.
Luckily he is sensible enough to bin the letters.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton0 -
ask your son to ring up capital one and tell them he wants his name taken off their mailing list and no more offers or contact etc- ask them where they got his details from- possibly some survey etc he may have completed. you are very correct about the dangers associated with it - many unfortunately are not so 'lucky' and use the card.My son, who is on Jobseeker's Allowance, (with no home of his own) keeps getting invited to borrow £10,000 on a credit card. Luckily he is sensible enough to bin the letters.0 -
My Mum had one of those and she is a young 83.0
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Following on from that.I was pounced on by my bank manager who asked me if I wanted to borrow some money.Yes please I said.His eyes lit up but he didn`t see the funny side when I said I had totally no intention of paying it back.0
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I had one of those the week after I had an IVA accepted including debt to Capital One. I dont think they're very selective with their marketing. Perhaps I should have applied for a laugh...
Debt as at 12th July 2006 - £61,345 :eek: :eek: :eek:
Debt free 21st Oct 2011.
All thanks to :money:0 -
Capital one card: next on my list to go 26% interest.
Then junk mail at least 3 lots per month.Barclaycard 3800
Nothing to do but hibernate till spring
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