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They've given DH a new credit card.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:Bloody barclays. He is £11,000 in debt on a DMP with his other three cards but because he paid (make that I paid) his barclaycard off a couple of years ago, they've given him a new one.
Barclaycard 3800

Nothing to do but hibernate till spring






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  • lol! Where's the logic in that?
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • :mad: Is that what they call 'responsible lending'!?!
    What is ur DH gonna do with it? Is his determined to pay off his debts that he's already got, or is he a spender like my OH?
    And surely, if he is on a DMP, would the lenders not be able to see and consider him a risk? - sorry if thats a silly question, I have no experience with DMPs:o
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • He's making a shopping list, I think I'll put the npower arrears on it then cut it up.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring






  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Since you paid Barclaycard off the last time, you're expected to pay it off this time.
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  • Yep but I pay everything anyway so it makes little difference.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring






  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
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    Sounds a bit like our Lloyds cc account. When we paid it off I sent them a letter to close it. Theyve completely ignored the letter and sent us a letter with an increased credit limit and a load of cheques.
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  • tesuhoha wrote: »
    Sounds a bit like our Lloyds cc account. When we paid it off I sent them a letter to close it. Theyve completely ignored the letter and sent us a letter with an increased credit limit and a load of cheques.
    Same happened to OH and his Vanquis........ so he used it again :mad: so its cut up even smaller this time, and once the next bioll comes in and is paid, they will be getting another letter!
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • He's making a shopping list, I think I'll put the npower arrears on it then cut it up.
    If the purchase rate is good, that sounds like a great idea....
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • rayday2
    rayday2 Posts: 3,960 Forumite
    You could pay npower, use quidco to change supplier and stick cashback on teh card which may help with interest.

    As a matter of interest what rate did he get?
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,189 Forumite
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    Is he allowed to use additional credit when he is on a DMP?

    I thought there was a thread recently by someone who spent £200 on a new MBNA card in similiar circumstances and was then advised that they had committed fraud?

    It seems that the threat was being used to try to get them to pay more against the MBNA debt than they did on the DMP.

    I know you have paid the Barclaycard off, but I would check with your DMP mananger before using it at all.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
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