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So how much money "could" you access?

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  • bandraoi
    bandraoi Posts: 1,261 Forumite
    I ordered theatre tickets during the week.
    They arrived in the post this morning, with a leaflet to advertise a credit card inside.

    It's insane.
  • Presently, I have access immediately of:

    Skycard 7k-mine
    Barclaycard Platinum 14k-mine
    Barclaycard MC 2k-mine
    Capital 1.5k-mine
    Halifax One 16k-mine
    BC 2k-OH
    Capital One 1k-OH

    Total available 43.5k:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: OMG!!

    I only have debt on BC Plat as I BT on to a 2.9% LOB. Skycard I pay for everything on but pay in full monthly to gain the points and I save £10pm on the skybill. I only have a 4 payments till I am completely debt free. OH has no debt.

    PP
    xx
    To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
    requires brains!
    FEB GC/DIESEL £200/4 WEEKS
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    bandraoi wrote: »
    I ordered theatre tickets during the week.
    They arrived in the post this morning, with a leaflet to advertise a credit card inside.

    It's insane.

    lol!!!!!!!
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • iceicebaby
    iceicebaby Posts: 3,633 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have 850 o/d available
    lloyds platinum card 7k
    asda card 3k
    debenhams master card 1k
    and I keep getting offered a 10k loan by my bank

    that would be 21850, which is little bit more than what i earn in a YEAR!
    Baby Ice arrived 17th April 2011. Tired.com! :j
  • frosty
    frosty Posts: 1,169 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    up until last week I had the following cards,with available credit of
    M&S......£6,500
    A&L.......£3,500
    Natwest £10,000
    Capital one £3,500
    Morgan stanley £5,500
    Sky £3,500
    Tesco £3,500
    Barclays £3,000
    Thankfully I dont owe any of them any money,I am no longer a credit card tart.
  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    Oh wow! Before lunch today, I had access to £36K:
    OD (Halifax 1st account) - £2K reduced the OD facility to £500 - for emergencies only
    Halifax Visa - £16K balance was £300, but paid that off this morning and cancelled the card:T
    OD (Halifax 2nd account) - £1K Removed OD facility this morning as I only transfer money into this account from my savings to pay for one-offs like car tax, insurance etc)

    During the week, I received notification that I have been pre-approved for:
    £7k loan (at 30%) shredded, and in compost heap
    £5K loan at 29.9% shredded, and in compost heap
    £6K credit card 35%apr shredded, and in compost heap

    All of this means I NOW have access to £500 credit, but I have SAVED hundreds (if not thousands) by not taking out the loans!:D
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
  • bananakinz
    bananakinz Posts: 302 Forumite
    We recently had access to about £80k, not including any pre appoved loans etc. Last month hubby had an exercise in cancelling all the credit cards with a nil balance.

    We're now down to about £20k if we needed to have a spend tomorrow!
    Proud to be dealing with our debts - We WANT to be debt free DEC 09 :rolleyes:
    Grocery challenge: £230 / £230 left
  • Penny2myName
    Penny2myName Posts: 1,614 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £28 on Vanquis CC
    £101.57 in Halifax Current account
    £75.56 A+L Current account
    £3648.28 Avalible on Littlewoods
    2026 Goals
    Live below £14000
    Emergency Fund 1 £3k/£1002
    Emergency Fund 2 £200 (works a bit like Premium Bonds)
    Premium Bonds £1k/£700
    Stocks & Shares Isa £5k/£1651
    SIPP £9200/200
  • Gaz_Lear
    Gaz_Lear Posts: 16 Forumite
    i'll never forget when i got my egg card to transfer a balance to the 0% rate, within 5 minutes of clicking on the site i had a credit card with a 10k limit!!!

    Ive got 3 accounts each with 2k overdrafts on, thankfully im not in any of them

    so theres 16k without even putting any sort of effort in!!
  • RVK2
    RVK2 Posts: 379 Forumite
    I've got no overdraft, £650 available on my Capitalone cc (limit £800), but £2600 in savings and something on a catalogue that I've not used in a couple of years. Couldn't raise much but I have a comfortable safety net until I can find a job
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