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Balance transfer to pay off certain accounts.

Hi I'm very new to balance transfer and forgive me if I sound abit dim but I know you can transfer credit card amounts over but can you do the same with different store accounts. I have online accounts with very, next, simply be and curvissa and it wld be cheaper for me to transfer the balance of these accounts onto a  0%credit card to enable me to pay them off quickly. Can I do this? And if so how? Thankyou so much x

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  • TadleyBaggie
    TadleyBaggie Posts: 7,080 Forumite
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    You can't use a balance transfer with store cards, you would need a money transfer offer to get cash into your current account and then pay off the store cards from there.
  • Have a look at this recent thread - First credit card
  • magpies79
    magpies79 Posts: 437 Forumite
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    edited 22 January 2025 at 8:46PM
    When I had a balance on my very account what I did was pay it off with a credit card then I transferred the balance from the credit card to my 0%
    £2820/£4000 0% 24 months pay £150 HSBC
    £2,100/£3000 0% 27 months pay £150 M&S
    £3,050/£4000 0% 27 months pay £150 HALI
    £2,200/£7250 0% 14 months pay £60  RBS
    £990/£2000 28% Zable closed  £60 
    mortgage £22,000/£89,000 2 years left 
  • Or just pay em off. How much we talking?
  • magpies79
    magpies79 Posts: 437 Forumite
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    Well yeah that’s the better way of doing I was saying on how to transfer it onto a 0%
    £2820/£4000 0% 24 months pay £150 HSBC
    £2,100/£3000 0% 27 months pay £150 M&S
    £3,050/£4000 0% 27 months pay £150 HALI
    £2,200/£7250 0% 14 months pay £60  RBS
    £990/£2000 28% Zable closed  £60 
    mortgage £22,000/£89,000 2 years left 
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