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Submitted by brokeasajoke on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 08:21
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As you can see by all my posts I have a lot of money problems....But I've had my credit card thru capital one since March '07 starting out my credit limit was 500 and my APR was 14.99% after about 4 months I was 2 days late on my payment due to mail being delivered late and they jacked up my APR to 24.99% and chaged 130 to my account putting me over my limit.. I called and fought with them on the charging me 130 for being 2 days late but I lost. The following month I paid 300 to get my card down and after making 6 payments on time my credit limit went to $750. I have never been late on my payments since that mis-hap and yet I still pay a 24.99 % APR and its been 3 yrs. I called them sept. of last year after watching 20/20 or dateline on how to get ur APR down so i called and asked if they could lower it since I've been a great customer for 3 years they said to call back in November and tehy would be able to lower it. So I called back in November and they told me there was nothing they could do. So finally I called them two months ago and told them If they did not lower my APR I was going to cancel my credit card, So the dude said he would lower it to 9.99% for 6 months.. if they can lower it for 6 months can they not lower it for good??? Im tired of paying on time doing what Im supposed to and yet they wanna charge me an arm and a leg. Is there anything else i can do to get them to lower the APR and keep it lowered?


Honestly it sounds like Capital One isn't good enough for your business. Have you shopped around for another card with another company? You should be able to find another card with a lower interest rate. Capital One will keep your APR at 24.99% for as long as you continue paying it. You could either pay your card off every month which equates to paying 0% interest or cancel it and open another one.


Submitted by Financial JuJu on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 11:14

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Good advice! Find a card with a lower APR! READ the FINE PRINT where the jack ups are hidden! If you are satisfied transfer your balance to that card and get rid of Capital One! It may hurt your credit score a little by cancelling that card but it is worth it! They just sent me a pre approved car loan in the mail with a 27 percent interest rate and I was not even pre approved when I read the whole thing! They are bloodsuckers! Whats in your wallet? A parasite called Capital One!


Submitted by Frogpatch on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 11:22

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that's the thing the fine print states they can only up the APR if the amount is past due,or if I go over my limit. I did that once three years ago and have paid for it ever since. I dont pay off my balance because I thought me paying it every month would help my credit. I dont even use it that much Im still paying on stuff that I paid with my credit card from last year lol


Submitted by brokeasajoke on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 11:31

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You do have to use the card but you can pay the card off every month and still build your credit score. Make sure you know what your limit is and never go over that amount. Some credit cards are tricky. They will tell you that you have an unlimited balance when in actuality you have a different limit that is fairly low. Every month that you go over that limit your credit score will suffer.


Submitted by Financial JuJu on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 13:54

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Originally Posted by Financial JuJu
You do have to use the card but you can pay the card off every month and still build your credit score. Make sure you know what your limit is and never go over that amount. Some credit cards are tricky. They will tell you that you have an unlimited balance when in actuality you have a different limit that is fairly low. Every month that you go over that limit your credit score will suffer.
Oh no I know my limit lol Its 750 Only reason I went over to begin with was because I mailed my payment 3 days before it was due and it didnt get there on time so they added like 130-150 dollars in charges which made me over my limit. but I have 5 more months of this low APR they gave me before they jack it back up. So i plan on paying most of it off, as long as these online loans dont harrass me lol


Submitted by brokeasajoke on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 05:50

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Originally Posted by King Jabba Labba
My smile of the day and I quote;

"They are bloodsuckers! Whats in your wallet? A parasite called Capital One!"

Nice, very very nice description.

What's not in your wallet?
Parasites!

Great,
King "Kash" Jabba Labba

LMAO that is funny... You just made me smile for the first time all day! (\-/)
(>'.'<)
(")_(")


Submitted by brokeasajoke on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 07:38

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