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Vanquis Balance Transfer

I just successfully applied for a Halifax CC which offers 0% on Balance transfers and purchases for 11 months, called up to transfer balance from a Vanquis card and was told it was not possible!

Surely this is illegal ?

Any help much appreciated.
[STRIKE]HFC BANK PLC 0% £291[/STRIKE]
VANQUIS Credit card £2,512
BARCLAYCARD Credit card £1,965
TESCO Credit card £2,180
Loan £3,793.52

Comments

  • ftm2009
    ftm2009 Posts: 19 Forumite
    Sorted, managed to call them up and spoke to a nice lady called Paula,she helped to get it through as a purchase,luckily for me purchases are at 0%.
    [STRIKE]HFC BANK PLC 0% £291[/STRIKE]
    VANQUIS Credit card £2,512
    BARCLAYCARD Credit card £1,965
    TESCO Credit card £2,180
    Loan £3,793.52
  • sam222
    sam222 Posts: 140 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    i know ,but just try to hold of their manegers,if neseccery send them a letter,because they have poor customer servise(i belive),and they wont pass you easily to their managers, we have issue with vanquish card too(for 2 monthes now) ,and keep sending them profe of details(almost 4 times) just to unlock the card ,but still saying they dont have them, so just try to sort it as soon as possible ,othervise you make them happy by pay them interest for no reason,
    good lock
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