Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:48:35 +0100
From: Benthamman 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Can a credit card do this?

Tim wrote:

> "Benthamman" wrote
> 
>>... the MBNA operator ... five days later she phoned  to say
>>the computer had thrown the requests  out as they were of too
>>high value. Hmm.... I think MBNA is just playing  games to
>>stall me while they collect the interest on my £17.5K balance.
> 
> 
> I wonder - is your credit limit below £17.5K ??
> I can just imagine their software testing a bal tfr amount of £17.5K against
> a (lower) credit limit, and halting the processing because it thinks you
> shouldn't be able to transfer that much ....
> 
> 
> 
Tim,

It's well below - my credit limit is only £7.5K - but the money is mine 
and they must pay it - they acknowledge this too. They could do three 
separate transfers - or get the bankers to one large one - they are a 
major European bank - why are they being so deliberately stupid? I may 
be stupid , but I have done nothing illegal

Ben