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VENT: Barclaycard.

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  • TadleyBaggie
    TadleyBaggie Posts: 6,981 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Or leg stretching.
  • tamiami
    tamiami Posts: 537 Forumite
    If she is a college student and is 18, and only gets £7 week pocket money, then no wonder she applied for it!!
  • battleborn
    battleborn Posts: 516 Forumite
    tamiami wrote: »
    If she is a college student and is 18, and only gets £7 week pocket money, then no wonder she applied for it!!

    Good point...£7 is derisery.
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,630 Forumite
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    tamiami wrote: »
    If she is a college student and is 18, and only gets £7 week pocket money, then no wonder she applied for it!!
    If she is a college student and is 18 she should have a part time/Saturday/holiday job and not be relying on handouts/pocket money!
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
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  • notanewuser
    notanewuser Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    From her other posts, it seems the OP pays for all activities and everything else, so £7 "free money" doesn't seem so bad.
    Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman
  • Cycrow
    Cycrow Posts: 2,639 Forumite
    battleborn wrote: »
    Good point...£7 is derisery.

    £7 is more pocket money than i've ever received
    which is why i had a job at the age of 10
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    OP I reckon its identity theft as been suggested and dont go and give the call operator an ear full as they aren't meant to know your daughter is young.
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    notanewuser wrote: »
    OP refers to teenagers, "college girls" and preparation for uni in other posts. ;)

    Problem solved then. The daughter applied for the card. OP's 'tongue lashing' needs to be aimed at kid, not Barclays.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • Kite2010
    Kite2010 Posts: 4,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Home Insurance Hacker! Car Insurance Carver!
    I normally get a "apply for barclaycard" letter every month or so, all with various credit limits and interest rates.

    All end up into the fire.
  • mattyprice4004
    mattyprice4004 Posts: 7,492 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.

    Excellent idea, give someone who didn't have anything to do with the actual sending of the card a headache just to feel better.

    Or you know, you could just opt not to be a massive tool, and explain they've made a mistake.
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