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Interest free, think again!

Accepted interest free transfer offer from Post Office only to find they charge interest on the transfer fee! How's that for cheek! I am not happy.

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  • pogg000
    pogg000 Posts: 588 Forumite
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    It would have been written into the t&c's that you agreed to
    lbm 11/06/12 dept total 11499.47
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,901 Forumite
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    Too many people took advantage of the interest free offers. And they made no money on them.

    So a 2 or 3% transfer fee became normal. They get something at least. But if you can find a savings account with a higher interest rate you can earn money from it.
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • datlex
    datlex Posts: 2,252 Forumite
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    I think most of the so called 0% balance transfers have a charge. I guess it depends on your reasons for switching as to whether you should feel aggrieved. If you swapped to reduce your payments then chances are your previous card was at a rate higher than 2% so you do win.
    Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.
  • guesswho2000
    guesswho2000 Posts: 1,703 Forumite
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    I think OP means that interest is charged on the BT fee. A few providers do that (from experience MBNA and Barclaycard don't, I haven't used any others for BTs).

    However, surely the first payment would clear the fee, so it'll only be one month of interest on a relatively small amount, not the end of the world.
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
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    However, surely the first payment would clear the fee, so it'll only be one month of interest on a relatively small amount, not the end of the world.
    There might be some residual (and ongoing) interest too, but it'll be pennies...maybe even just one of them!


    Had it been a new card (ie with 0% on purchases for 3 months), rather than an existing customer offer, the OP wouldn't even have posted because he'd never have known.
  • Hazzinho
    Hazzinho Posts: 742 Forumite
    You still save money, a one off fee is still worth it.
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