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Loan eligibility calculator - Confusing!

KW987
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Hi there, I need an opinion with the following please.....Within the next few weeks, I am replacing my car & will therefore be applying for a loan.  I have a very good credit rating, a full-time job, not huge outgoings but the calculator on this site only brings up 6 results & only one of the says 100% eligible @ 19.5% APR.  All the other five state 0% eligible.
I want to know if other people have found this calculator 'mis-leading' in anyway. 
I have been on to independent lenders calculators & have got a much better result (Tesco being the best).  It is only for £5,000 so not huge amounts!

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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited 22 July 2020 at 4:00PM
    None of the checkers are particularly reliable, but act as a rough guide.

    It also depends which lenders choose to pay to be part of which eligibility checkers and how they choose to price applicants through each of those channels.
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