Vanquis Card Unfair Treatment
HeraldAle
Posts: 3 Newbie
in Credit cards
When I applied for a Vanquis card they phoned me and offered a £1500 credit limit with 0% on a balance transfer for the first 12 months.
I accepted the offer and they took the details of the card being balance transferred to Vanquis. Yesterday I got my new card in the post and it said my credit limit was £NaN. I also received a letter saying that my balance transfer could not be completed because I don't have enough credit.
I haven't even spent on the card and they are messing me around. My balance on the old card has not moved either. I am worried sick about this because I planned my finances around the offer I was guaranteed when I chose to open the account on the phone. I don't even know what £NaN means and I fear they have messed my account up or gone back on their original commitment.
Has anyone been through this before and know what to do next? I would like to speak to them on the phone but yesterday they said the department responsible is closed and I tried again today and the whole customer support team are closed. If anyone here has any idea what is going on please help me!
I accepted the offer and they took the details of the card being balance transferred to Vanquis. Yesterday I got my new card in the post and it said my credit limit was £NaN. I also received a letter saying that my balance transfer could not be completed because I don't have enough credit.
I haven't even spent on the card and they are messing me around. My balance on the old card has not moved either. I am worried sick about this because I planned my finances around the offer I was guaranteed when I chose to open the account on the phone. I don't even know what £NaN means and I fear they have messed my account up or gone back on their original commitment.
Has anyone been through this before and know what to do next? I would like to speak to them on the phone but yesterday they said the department responsible is closed and I tried again today and the whole customer support team are closed. If anyone here has any idea what is going on please help me!
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Defo call and ask them on Monday when they open. They will be able to explain what has happened or gone wrong. Nothing you can do till then.0
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NaN means not a number.
Prob some computer chucked a wobbly somewhere...0 -
When I applied for a Vanquis card they phoned me and offered a £1500 credit limit with 0% on a balance transfer for the first 12 months.
I accepted the offer and they took the details of the card being balance transferred to Vanquis. Yesterday I got my new card in the post and it said my credit limit was £NaN. I also received a letter saying that my balance transfer could not be completed because I don't have enough credit.
I haven't even spent on the card and they are messing me around. My balance on the old card has not moved either. I am worried sick about this because I planned my finances around the offer I was guaranteed when I chose to open the account on the phone. I don't even know what £NaN means and I fear they have messed my account up or gone back on their original commitment.
Has anyone been through this before and know what to do next? I would like to speak to them on the phone but yesterday they said the department responsible is closed and I tried again today and the whole customer support team are closed. If anyone here has any idea what is going on please help me!I work within the voluntary sector, supporting vulnerable people to rebuild their lives.
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Willing2Learn wrote: »What does it say your credit limit is when you logon to your online account? You should have received your logon details (username) by email before the actual card. Follow the instructions within that email to activate your online account so you can check your limit.
Thanks I didn't think to check that. I registered and logged on but the credit limit is still £NaN and balance is £0.00.
Just tried to make a transaction on eBay for £0.99 and it declined.0 -
I realize you made plans but I'd really encourage you to take advantage of the cooling off period and cancel the card. Vanquish are not nice to deal with at all. One little mistake and the charges are crazy.0
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Thanks I didn't think to check that. I registered and logged on but the credit limit is still £NaN and balance is £0.00.
Just tried to make a transaction on eBay for £0.99 and it declined.
Call them. Don't attempt to make any transactions on the card, you almost certainly don't want to be mixing a balance transfer with card purchases so don't risk doing that again.0 -
Fireflyaway wrote: »I realize you made plans but I'd really encourage you to take advantage of the cooling off period and cancel the card. Vanquish are not nice to deal with at all. One little mistake and the charges are crazy.I work within the voluntary sector, supporting vulnerable people to rebuild their lives.
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NaN means not a number.
Prob some computer chucked a wobbly somewhere...
OP phone Vanquis and get it corrected/looked into. If they can correct the limit and still honour the balance transfer it should be okay. I'm not sure I would say cancel, since you already have the hard search so could impact the application for a replacement card.
You could make it an official complaint if you were relying on the BT, and maybe a bit of compensation to cover extra interest and stress.0 -
NaN a term often used in computing and means Not a Number.
I'd guess that either your account hasn't been set up correctly or Vanquis closed it during the set up process.
Call them tomorrow and see what they say: https://www.vanquis.co.uk/contact-us.0 -
I got connected to the right department at Vanquis. They couldn't apologize enough. The manager spoke to me personally. He said might be a bit tricky because normally the system doesnt let them increase peoples credit limits manually as its all automated by credit scoring etc. After speaking to someone else the manager was able to use exceptional resources to instantly increase my limit from 0.00 to 1500.00 when I checked the app and processed the balance transfer but takes 72 hours to show properly. As a gesture of goodwill they credited £25 which will go towards the balance transfer. A good result all round!0
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