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Reducing limit on maxed out credit card?

  • 16-11-2011 12:54PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭


    Just a quick question.

    I have an MBNA credit card that is always maxed out, I always pay the min charge of €60 a month but always seem to take out the €20 left on it stupidly.
    I was wondering if anyone on here could tell me if I can ring MBNA up and ask them to reduced the limit from €2500 to say €1500 and keep paying it off? Would there be any massive charges?

    I did have an AIB credit card last year and it was maxed at €500, I rang them up to get the closing balance and they closed it for me with a small charge on it, but there was no problems or anything like that in doing this.

    Would MBNA do this for me if I lowered the limit or would it be a case of just closing the card. I never miss any payments with them since I got the card.

    I cant get another credit card/loan to transfer the balance over so thats out of the question with any other places. Just want to get the card limit down to €1000 or something and just have it for emergencies (I was very stupid with it years ago, a lot older now).

    I know its not a lot and a lot of people are in a lot worse situations but just want rid of it as soon as I can, but finding it hard as I am on a very low wage, and its following me around like a bad smell, eek.

    Thanks for any advice you can give! :(


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭readyletsgo


    BUMP

    Just off the phone with MBNA, asked to get the closing balance, they say they can not give me a closing balance until the balance is ZERO then they wack on the govt. stamp dute and any extra charges.

    So, if anyone is reading this, the best thing I can do is, cut up my card and pay it all off as much as I can till balance is 0 then close it.

    Sorry for wasting everyones time :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭Trampas


    cut up the card so you can't use it anymore for starters

    take out a loan to clear it and pay that off

    can you move the balance to a new cc where they give 0% interest for 6 months.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭readyletsgo


    Trampas wrote: »
    cut up the card so you can't use it anymore for starters

    take out a loan to clear it and pay that off

    can you move the balance to a new cc where they give 0% interest for 6 months.


    Not to be extremely rude to you an all but did you read my two posts?

    Anyway, yeah cut up the card this morning. So done. Thanks for the reply :)


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