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Getting Smart On A Low-rate Credit Card
By Devlin
It is a smart move to take advantage of these cost-saving offers. Potentially, you could actually get the bulk of interest savings from these low-rate offers, especially when you are trying to manage your debt. Indeed, there are people who would advise that you jump from one to another, taking advantage of the 0% apr introductory offers and save yourself a lot of money in interest charges. It would be like getting an interest-free loan every time.
However, as attractive as such offers may seem, it would not hurt to thoroughly investigate the finer details of the terms. The companies, after all, are there to make money, so why should they be giving away their chance to make profits with these 0% apr offers? Being in the business of lending money, issuers earn money by charging interest on balances.
It would be prudent, therefore, to check for hidden costs in these attractive offers before you apply for a credit card. Prudence requires that you study and understand the entire offer. Despite a possible distaste for it, you should read the terms, the back of the offer, and all of the fine print.
You should study these conditions every time consider new credit cards. It's not that you begrudge the companies the right to impose interest and fees; it's just that you would not want any surprises and would prefer to get the better end of the deal. Let us look at some of these details.
Interest rate - This will always be the most important factor when evaluating credit cards. You will have no problem finding the nominal rate because it is usually printed in big bold type in the offer letter. The long and the short of interest rate is this: if you want a balance transfer as a means to save money, you'll have to make certain that your current rate in your existing is significantly higher than the interest rate in the new offer for credit cards. While other considerations should also be weighed, you will agree that if this condition is not true, there is no way you will save money on the new card.
Action date - This may not be as obvious, as it is buried in smaller print. The offer from the company may specify the latest day for you to take advantage of the offer. Sometimes, the offer will specify different rates for different action dates.
Effective period - You need to know how long the low rate will be applied to your credit cards. The introductory periods on credit cards, vary anywhere from three months to fifteen months, and this obviously will impact how much you can expect to save. The longer the time you're in the low rate, the more money you will save. However, if there are processing fees included as a condition on the transfers, you need to calculate a break-even time, that is, you must be in the lower rate for a certain length of time before you start seeing any savings.
Application of payments - You have to make certain how payments will be applied to your account. Sometimes, the issuer will apply your payments to the balance you transfer from other credit cards, which is subject to the low rate offer, while new purchases which may accrue interest at a higher rate will remain untouched by your payments. However, there are cards that offer the low rate for both transfers and new purchases, which
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