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Rachel021967
Rachel021967 Posts: 1,015 Forumite
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My daughter received a Barclaycard today with £2500 credit. She has £7 weekly pocket money plus birthday and Christmas money. She has not asked for this card. There is no way she could repay £2500.
Barclaycard will be getting a tounge lashing from me in the morning.
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  • Annabee
    Annabee Posts: 653 Forumite
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    How old is your daughter? This is very strange because am pretty sure credit cards are not sent out in this country unless you have applied for them. You are in the UK, right?
  • visidigi
    visidigi Posts: 6,557 Forumite
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    Rachel021967 wrote: »
    My daughter received a Barclaycard today with £2500 credit. She has £7 weekly pocket money plus birthday and Christmas money. She has not asked for this card. There is no way she could repay £2500.
    Barclaycard will be getting a tounge lashing from me in the morning.

    I'd be checking a few facts before you start kicking off...

    Cards can't be sent out without an application...
  • tamiami
    tamiami Posts: 537 Forumite
    You have to be 18 to apply and receve a credit card - how old is your daughter?
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
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    Rachel021967 wrote: »
    Barclaycard will be getting a tounge lashing from me in the morning.

    Don't forget that the person you are 'tongue lashing' will not be the person responsible for sending your daughter the card.
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    Something seriously wrong has happened here. Either your daughter has applied for this card (you don't say how old she is, but the £7 pocket money suggests she's fairly young) or, perhaps more worryingly, this is a case of identity theft but the criminal has stupidly used the details of a minor.

    Rather than bang on about 'tongue lashings', you need to find out what's going on.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,092 Ambassador
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    I agree with the above, before you rush in and give some poor CS rep a tongue lashing , better find out what has gone wrong.
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  • battleborn
    battleborn Posts: 516 Forumite
    Your daughter applied for it, so dont blame Barclaycard, go have a word with your sneaky daughter.
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    battleborn wrote: »
    Your daughter applied for it, so dont blame Barclaycard, go have a word with your sneaky daughter.

    If said daughter turns out to be five years old I'd find this a bit difficult to believe.

    But is the OP ever going to come back with more details...? I feel it's unlikely.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • notanewuser
    notanewuser Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    fluffnutter wrote: »
    If said daughter turns out to be five years old I'd find this a bit difficult to believe.

    But is the OP ever going to come back with more details...? I feel it's unlikely.

    OP refers to teenagers, "college girls" and preparation for uni in other posts. ;)
    Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman
  • battleborn
    battleborn Posts: 516 Forumite
    notanewuser wrote: »
    OP refers to teenagers, "college girls" and preparation for uni in other posts. ;)

    She probably needs £2500 for some (.)(.) implants :D
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