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Tesco Loan overpayments

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  • Mulder00
    Mulder00 Posts: 508 Forumite
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    Just took out a Tesco loan (for a car) - and already want to start making overpayments to reduce the term. This got me thinking though - if there are penalties for settling early, but no penalties for overpaying and reducing the term - is there anything that would stop me at the point I want to repay the full loan from overpaying short of £10 / £20 whatever and then saying I want to reduce the term and then just letting the term reduce to a single payment of whatever nominal amount is left?
  • Gaz83
    Gaz83 Posts: 4,047 Forumite
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    Mulder00 wrote: »
    Just took out a Tesco loan (for a car) - and already want to start making overpayments to reduce the term. This got me thinking though - if there are penalties for settling early, but no penalties for overpaying and reducing the term - is there anything that would stop me at the point I want to repay the full loan from overpaying short of £10 / £20 whatever and then saying I want to reduce the term and then just letting the term reduce to a single payment of whatever nominal amount is left?
    Not right now, no.

    But I wouldn't be surprised if companies start clamping down on this loophole fairly soon.
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