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Calculating monthly payments on a 0% balance transfer

Watson
Watson Posts: 239 Forumite
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This is such a basic question that I'm embarrassed to ask it, but I've searched and can't find the answer anywhere.

If I make a balance transfer (say, £1000) to my Egg card at the current rate - 0% until 1st September 2011 with a 3% fee - how do I calculate the minimum monthly repayments?

I'm sure that this is dead easy maths but even dead easy maths is a bit beyond me, I'm afraid, and I'd be grateful for a bit of advice.

Many thanks!

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  • Egg will calculate it according to their T&Cs and will show it on your statement.
    Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
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  • neil9313
    neil9313 Posts: 696 Forumite
    Watson wrote: »
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    This is such a basic question that I'm embarrassed to ask it, but I've searched and can't find the answer anywhere.

    If I make a balance transfer (say, £1000) to my Egg card at the current rate - 0% until 1st September 2011 with a 3% fee - how do I calculate the minimum monthly repayments?

    I'm sure that this is dead easy maths but even dead easy maths is a bit beyond me, I'm afraid, and I'd be grateful for a bit of advice.

    Many thanks!


    You need to know what % egg charges for the minimum monthly payment?

    If its 3% then you will pay £30 per month
  • stephane_2
    stephane_2 Posts: 3,076 Forumite
    Is it not 1% for Egg? But maybe am wrong
  • stephane wrote: »
    Is it not 1% for Egg? But maybe am wrong
    Scroll down this to find Egg's Minimum Repayment.
    Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
    :coffee:
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    edited 23 July 2010 at 11:56PM
    Watson wrote: »
    I'm sure that this is dead easy maths but even dead easy maths is a bit beyond me, I'm afraid, and I'd be grateful for a bit of advice.
    £1,000 BT
    3% fee

    3 per cent, from the French, is 3 per 100...which is equal to 30 per 1,000 (count the zeros).

    So your balance is £1,030 (£1,000 BT plus a £30 fee)

    The Egg minimum payment is 2%

    If you want it really easy, use your windows calculator...

    1030
    *
    2
    %

    and the answer returned is 20.06
  • Watson
    Watson Posts: 239 Forumite
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    edited 24 July 2010 at 1:42PM
    Thanks to everyone for the helpful replies, especially to YorkshireBoy for really spelling it out. Sorry to be late responding, but I forgot to turn on the email notification of new posts. I'm obviously technically as well as mathematically challenged.
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