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UK Credit Cards: Consumers Tax Themselves with Penalty Charges
Whenever there is an increase in cost of any financial service available in UK, a hue and cry is raised in the market. Consumers openly express their dissatisfaction at such increases in charges imposed by the financial institutions. But the strange fact is that these same consumers merely accept any penalty charge that the banks impose on their credit card bills.
A survey conducted by a company has revealed that one in every five credit card holders in the UK has to pay charges and they never protest. If anybody by mistake, spends more than the overdraft limit sanctioned by the bank, a charge is deducted. The same bank customers in the UK will protest against that charge. In these cases, UK credit cards are the biggest offenders in the market.
When you are making higher purchases with your credit card, they generally offer a lot of incentives. But for making smaller purchases like food, grocery items, it does not make much of a difference. Buying smaller items with your credit card is not the best usage of your credit card.
On the other hand, you can opt for more flexible finance options available like a small personal loan where such charges can be avoided.
Read MoreFinding A Balance For Too Much Or Too Little Credit
Lenders don’t want you to have too much credit, but they also don’t want you to have too little credit. It almost seems like you have to be a professional juggler to find the perfect balance to increase your chances for getting a loan approved.
Most experts will agree that you should keep your credit card balances right around 25 to 30 percent of your limit. One credit card with a large balance is much more damaging to your credit rating than several credit cards with smaller balances.
Almost one third of your credit score is based on the amount of money you owe when compared to the amount of credit you still have available. So, it’s important to work on getting your credit card balances paid down if you’re going to be needing a loan in the near future.
Lenders look at maxed out credit cards in one of two ways. Either your financially irresponsible and spend too much, or your financially unstable and are dependent on credit cards to get through the month. If you have several credit cards divide your charges over each one to keep one from staying too near the limit.
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