Comments on: 0% Credit Card Interest Offer - Floating My Largest Balance

By: Mr. Debtbeater

Mr. Debtbeater — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:03:20 +0000

I’ve had a card do that to me before as well. The idea is to float the balance every 10 months to make sure it doesn’t sit in one place long enough to actually get dinged for the interest. Hopefully we can pay down enough on the cards to make it an easier process each time.

Definitely a good point to make though! Thanks for drawing attention to it!

By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:37:55 +0000

Zachary Spencer posted over at my blog a warning that if the 0% interest credit card isn’t paid off within the 12 months, they will backcharge the interest. It will be important to keep track of when to move that balance if it’s not paid by then. I did NOT know that. Freaked me out, just the thought!

By: Mr. Debtbeater

Mr. Debtbeater — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:06:56 +0000

Playing credit card arbitrage sounds feasible, but I’m really not interested in managing all those accounts in my already super-chaotic life. I’m looking for simplicity. However, when moving from a high-rate card to a zero-rate card from year to year until the balances are paid down I really can save some cash. I’m down for that. Dropping from near 30% to 0% for a year makes a HUGE difference!

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Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:34:15 +0000

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By: Zachary Spencer

Zachary Spencer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:53:41 +0000

I actually was considering something like this except using the $$$ to drop into a savings account, as I have no outstanding CC debt. Unfortunately, I ran the numbers with a 3% balance transfer fee. I later added an addendum, but have yet to run the numbers to see how much I would earn.

In your case, however, you are literally *earning money* for every dime you save in interest! To be perfectly honest, even a 3% initial fee is worth it for a 12 months 0% balance transfer, especially when you would normally be paying 10%+ APR. Basically you would be replacing the 10% compounding interest rate with a 3% one time finance charge. Then repeat every year and it turns out your paying 3% once on all your cards, as opposed to an incredibly high amount every month.