Barclaycard Initial credit card

colazombie

Boyfriend applied for Barclaycard Initial to improve his credit score.
Received strange letter today from Barclays...

'Because you already have the type of Barclaycard account that you applied for, we are unable to accept your application'

What on earth does that mean? He has a current account with Barclays, but no credit card :think:

Any ideas?

justjohn

Unsure ......but how long did they take too process application. As i applied for a b/card last saturday..

And i already have 3 b/cards here(from ages ago) lol

However they have not got back too me about the application from last saturday.(said it would be 5 days)

jonesMUFCforever

Did he have any old Barclaycard cards he may have thought were closed but are not?

justjohn

btw just got knocked back on b/card...maybe cause i only been at new address for 1 month lol

guesswho2000

justjohn wrote: »

btw just got knocked back on b/card...maybe cause i only been at new address for 1 month lol

Or, more likely, because you already have three?! I'm assuming some of your others came about when BC bought various companies such as Morgan Stanley, Egg etc?

colazombie

He had a credit card from barclays years ago. He doesn't have it anymore. I assumed it was closed he claimed PPI back from it last year.

justjohn

guesswho2000 wrote: »

Or, more likely, because you already have three?! I'm assuming some of your others came about when BC bought various companies such as Morgan Stanley, Egg etc?

no have 2 plat.cards applied one after other. and 1 non plat card(A&L i think was taken over business section)

All cards applied via BC website. lol Think i got knocked back due too change of address and bank accounts regd at old address.

i also have 2 x RBS cc's the same lol

colazombie

Ok thanks for hijacking my thread

Mrs_justjohn

colazombie wrote: »

Ok thanks for hijacking my thread

Oh dear - he hardly hijacked your thread - he asked you a question which you ignored and then he simply posted a comment afterwards to which someone responded. What was he meant to do say "Sorry I can not respond to you it isn't MY thread"... He wasn't asking for help from anyone he simply posted a comment that someone responded to.

Threads are started and this often results in discussions - it is a forum after all.

I believe people have offered you suggestions but at the end of the day the only people that can answer your question is the company themselves...has it occured to your BF to ask them what they meant?

colazombie

Thanks for your help

colazombie

He hasn't as yet called them, working all day, I expect he will call them as soon as he can