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  • tom188
    tom188 Posts: 2,330 Forumite
    peawack wrote:
    Not a case of the customer trying to profit from the bank.
    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.
  • peawack
    peawack Posts: 320 Forumite
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    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.
    Peter
  • vwman_3
    vwman_3 Posts: 688 Forumite
    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 target
  • aj3001
    aj3001 Posts: 730 Forumite
    Lucky you spotted it!
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