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peawack wrote:Not a case of the customer trying to profit from the bank.
You could also have put the money you would otherwise be repaying into a savings account (except minimum payment) and earned interest. Thereby you would be making a profit from the bank.
Now they are trying to claw it back.0 -
tom188 wrote:You had borrowed at 0% (admittedly with fee), this is a rate lower than the bank could borrow the money at. Therefore the bank is making a loss.
You could also have put the money you would otherwise be repaying into a savings account (except minimum payment) and earned interest. Thereby you would be making a profit from the bank.
Now they are trying to claw it back.
The bank's raison d'tre is to make money- not disputed.
the whole point of this contribution is to point out that they could be deliberately and cynically, trying to dupe their customers.Peter0 -
peawack wrote:The bank's raison d'tre is to make money- not disputed.
the whole point of this contribution is to point out that they could be deliberately and cynically, trying to dupe their customers.
A Bank doing that never..........:eek: :eek:Aiming to be debt free....but still off target0 -
Lucky you spotted it!0
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