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Why would you ever pay a balance transfer fee?

7sefton · 2017-08-23 17:39:31

Hi everyone, I've been wondering for a while: as there are so many cards out there that offer 0% balance transfers with no fee, why would you ever elect to go for a card that charges a fee? Obviously 0% fee cards tend to have shorter offer periods, but why not just balance transfer to another no-fee 0% card at the end of…

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Samsung_Note2 Posts: 774 Forumite

26 August 2017 at 10:05AM

Well how about those of us who have or had (nice to be mainstream again) the high APR cards like Aqua and Vanquish at 34.9%.

Transfer fee of 3% for 24 months 0% interest or 24 months at 34.9%...hmmmm lol

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