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18 mths 0% credit card for one off purchase

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Hi there, I want to make a one off purchase of £2000 which I can pay back in a couple of months. To do this I want to get a 18 or 15 mth 0% interest credit card (instead of being tied into a loan). My question is: will a card company (who I've probably never dealt with) let me max out a card on a one-off purchase? Also would there be a catch stating I'd lose the 0% interest deal if it was for just one transaction? Thanks

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  • Fruit_and_Nut_Case
    Fruit_and_Nut_Case Posts: 4,617 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 24 January 2014 at 9:27PM
    Vikwa wrote: »
    Hi there,
    Hi! :wave:
    Vikwa wrote: »
    I want to make a one off purchase of £2000 which I can pay back in a couple of months. To do this I want to get a 18 or 15 mth 0% interest credit card (instead of being tied into a loan).
    Good idea.
    Vikwa wrote: »
    My question is: will a card company (who I've probably never dealt with) let me max out a card on a one-off purchase?
    You don't know what limit they would give you so you don't know if you would max it out.
    Vikwa wrote: »
    Also would there be a catch stating I'd lose the 0% interest deal if it was for just one transaction? Thanks
    I've never heard of such a restriction.

    P.S. If you can pay it back in a couple of months it would be better to just make the minimum payment each month and put the rest in a savings account until just before the 15/18 months is up.
    Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
    :coffee:
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