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I never seem to get Balance or Money transfers offers with low fees.



I don't need the balance transfers but I sometimes use the money transfers - but like I say always (for many many years) 4.99% fee
Do any of you have the same issues?
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Barclays and NatWest both offer me decent rates - I have balances on both - albeit not as good as a new customerBarclays top MSE offer is 33 months @ 3.45% (ignoring the 14 months no fee) / mine is 24 months @ 2.9%NatWest isn't on the MSE site but I get 18 months @ 3% fee - their website is showing either the same 18 months @ 2.99% or 31 months @ 3.49%HSBC, Halifax/Lloyds, Tesco, Santander and M&S all offering poor rates once mine expired
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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I don't think that its any coincidence that the transfer charges increased alongside BoE interest rates.0
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fergie_ said:I don't think that its any coincidence that the transfer charges increased alongside BoE interest rates.
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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I've had similar. Barclaycard offer me lower fees but I have a small credit limit with them so I can't use them for the whole transfer I need.
The fees are always higher for money transfers I found, so I do a balance transfer instead from whatever cash back card I'm doing my spending on. I always pay in full, so doing the balance transfer means I've got the money I would have paid in my bank just like it would have been if I did a money transfer. Saves me a little bit in fees.0
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