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Old 17-08-2018, 09:25 AM #1
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Default Why does credit card company keep asking me to do a balance transfer

All I get from this credit card are letters saying I should take up their offer of transferring all my debts on other credit cards and store cards over to their credit card.

%0 Transfer

%0 Interest for 25 months.

But I don't have any debts. But even if I did, what would they get getting out of it???????

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Because credit cards are a product really and they constantly try to push that product on you, want you to use it more etc like all other companies
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it's quite simple really. People who have a balance on their cards earn them money. Even if they offer you a 0% interest rate for a bit, at some point they will get interest on the balance rather than their competitor.

Also, people that have a balance on cards and dont pay it off are exactly the customers that they want.
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All I get from this credit card are letters saying I should take up their offer of transferring all my debts on other credit cards and store cards over to their credit card.

%0 Transfer

%0 Interest for 25 months.

But I don't have any debts. But even if I did, what would they get getting out of it???????

Thanks.
you would be getting no interest charged on your debt each month
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you would be getting no interest charged on your debt each month
I know it's beneficial to me but for them it's a gamble.

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it's quite simple really. People who have a balance on their cards earn them money. Even if they offer you a 0% interest rate for a bit, at some point they will get interest on the balance rather than their competitor.

Also, people that have a balance on cards and dont pay it off are exactly the customers that they want.
Ah I see they think I won't pay it off.

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Because credit cards are a product really and they constantly try to push that product on you, want you to use it more etc like all other companies
Oh right. Thanks.
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