From: Alan Norris 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Capital One marketing
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:57:29 +0100

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:50:59 +0000 (UTC), "Tim"  wrote:

>> >Alan Norris wrote:
>> >>The next day in the post arrived a letter from Capital One.
>> >
>> Daytona wrote:
>> >Next day after closing the account or next day after the failed
>application ?
>>
>
>"Alan Norris" wrote
>> The day after the failed application - the letter was undated but must
>> have been sent out at about the same time as the failed application.
>
>Perhaps that is why they "failed" the application - they were already
>allowing for the fact that you'd have the extra £400 credit, and didn't want
>to extend it over £600 in total??
>
>
No - because I hadn't actually applied for the new card - and won't be
doing so, especially with an APR of 24.9%!

Alan


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