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Credit Limits on New M&S 3.9%LOB/12m 0% Purchases Card

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  • illmonkey
    illmonkey Posts: 677 Forumite
    Got my card on friday. Only got £1500! Was hoping to Transfer 4500 (from 2 cards)

    Said to the lady im not going to use the card if its only £1500. So she agreed to up it to £2500 so i could at least transfer 1 of the cards.

    In 6 months, i'll ask for it to be upped again and hope i can still get 3.9%!
  • JasonW_2
    JasonW_2 Posts: 705 Forumite
    I just hope they don't start introducing transfer fees in the next few months when they have a captive audience, and people get charged to transfer the balance across....

    Still no card yet, bloody royal mail.

    J
  • loubie_lou
    loubie_lou Posts: 1,368 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Received my PIN yesterday.............so hopefully a card Monday!!
    In debt no more!
  • Got my card yesterday. My limit was £6500, so pleased with that. Rang up straight away and transferred my entire Barclaycard balance over, plus part of hubbys Egg balance. So a very good result there!
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • Got a £5000 limit which is OK considering the HSBC card I closed this year had a limit of £2500.
  • robinson79
    robinson79 Posts: 237 Forumite
    loubie_lou wrote:
    Received my PIN yesterday.............so hopefully a card Monday!!
    hey me too loubie_lou! i can't take this suspense of waiting to find out my limit :D
    x
    Saving for a deposit: £11,000 / £50,000 (22%) :)
  • Lillys_mum
    Lillys_mum Posts: 581 Forumite
    Just wanted to give an update of my experiences on this card. Applied and was refused initially. Wrote a letter outlining some facts to them that they probably couldn't consider from the forms.

    Anyway today I got a phone call from then, actually apologising (!!) for their initial decision and reversing it.!


    Can you tell me where you found the address to write to as we have just had the same.
    "We have based our decision on an estimate of your yearly income, combined with information we recieved from a credit ref agency about your credit commitments at the moment"
    "My apologies for having to disappoint you in this way, and thank you again for taking the time to apply"

    Need to see if we can get it because 0% ending on sky card soon.

    Thanks
  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Lillys_mum wrote:
    "We have based our decision on an estimate of your yearly income, combined with information we recieved from a credit ref agency about your credit commitments at the moment"
    "My apologies for having to disappoint you in this way, and thank you again for taking the time to apply"

    You got more information than I did!! I just got check your credit rating using Experian comment.

    Think it's because I'm not on the electoral role till December :mad:
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • After More Than 48 hours after my internet application applied last week, just got my confirmation email saying that I had been accepted. Now waiting for agreement to arrive in the post, still in two mind whether to transfer balance from my AMEX 4.9% to this card. Will wait and see what balance I get!
    Debt Free!!!
  • robinson79
    robinson79 Posts: 237 Forumite
    STILL waiting for my card, a week after my pin arrived :mad: :rolleyes:
    just want to know my bloody limit!!!
    Saving for a deposit: £11,000 / £50,000 (22%) :)
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