Unexpected Surprise

d70cw6

Just called Barclaycard to close my Platinum VISA credit card account (as my 0% balance transfer deal has just ended and I've cleared the balance via using Nationwide 0% 26mth 0.75% fee card).






As part of the farewell discussion with the rep (i.e. please don't leave us etc) he asked if there is anything he could do for me: I answered yes if you could give me free money that would be great.


Ending up giving me £20 deposit into my bank account as a parting gift!






Anyone else received similar leaving presents?
Don't ask, don't get....

leespot

I got £30 - but that was to leave my account open as opposed to close it. I bought something for £40, used that card, paid the £10 difference then closed it anyway

d70cw6

leespot wrote: »

I got £30 - but that was to leave my account open as opposed to close it. I bought something for £40, used that card, paid the £10 difference then closed it anyway

meh should have held out for more £....
fully expect that my account hasn't been closed after all then. hey ho, spend money and do it next month in that case.

leespot

d70cw6 wrote: »

meh should have held out for more £....
fully expect that my account hasn't been closed after all then. hey ho, spend money and do it next month in that case.

Exactly - we had a £40 meal for £10, then closed the account anyway. If they're happy to give it out with literally no strings, who are we to argue

£20 up is still a nice treat

leespot

d70cw6 wrote: »

meh should have held out for more £....
fully expect that my account hasn't been closed after all then. hey ho, spend money and do it next month in that case.

Exactly - we had a £40 meal for £10, then closed the account anyway. If they're happy to give it out with literally no strings, who are we to argue

£20 up is still a nice treat

d70cw6

lol


just phoned up again today to cancel my account.....another £20 onto my account.


I like these people!

d70cw6

another day
another phone call to close my account
another £20 credit

£60 and counting so far - enjoying this!

Sinhanada

Some things work out perfectly! :-) Good luck with the rest and finally getting it closed, although something tells me that is the last thing you want right now!

ricky_v

Probably not as good as free money, but when I tried to cancel my Barclaycard today as I've already recieved the £15 cashback, I managed to get a fee free 0% 18 month BT offer as I had a few hundered outstanding on a tesco 0% card with a couple of months left on it (which was a fee free 0% BT offer last year BT'ed from another 0% card)

It's mad to think purchases made in June 2012 still hasn't been paid and won't get paid for nor charged interest until October 2015 at the earliest now, I love this tarting game!

CKhalvashi

ricky_v wrote: »

Probably not as good as free money, but when I tried to cancel my Barclaycard today as I've already recieved the £15 cashback, I managed to get a fee free 0% 18 month BT offer as I had a few hundered outstanding on a tesco 0% card with a couple of months left on it (which was a fee free 0% BT offer last year BT'ed from another 0% card)

It's mad to think purchases made in June 2012 still hasn't been paid and won't get paid for nor charged interest until October 2015 at the earliest now, I love this tarting game!

I had that with Barclaycard 2 years ago; shifted £12k of work expenses, left it 12 months (the 0% period), paid it off in full, closed the card as another offer wasn't forthcoming.

If you get it right, it works really well.

CK

Wheres_My_Cashback

d70cw6 wrote: »

Just called Barclaycard to close my Platinum VISA credit card account (as my 0% balance transfer deal has just ended and I've cleared the balance via using Nationwide 0% 26mth 0.75% fee card).






As part of the farewell discussion with the rep (i.e. please don't leave us etc) he asked if there is anything he could do for me: I answered yes if you could give me free money that would be great.


Ending up giving me £20 deposit into my bank account as a parting gift!






Anyone else received similar leaving presents?
Don't ask, don't get....

I called to close my platinum back in January. I knew they would put me through to retentions so played along with them....

Ended up transferring from platinum to Freedom after getting 12months 0% on purchases and £50 worth of points to spend on the high street which are just as good as cash. Kept my same £21K limit and am now slow stoozing those purchases