BarclayLoan - Don't Bother!! (BarclayLoan)

Member Name: owlypowly

Product:	BarclayLoan
Date:	16/07/01 (1116 review reads)
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Advantages: Instant loan no questions asked, Money is received within a couple of days

Disadvantages: Misleading, Very high interest rates

As an established Barclaycard customer, I was regularly receiving invitations from Barclays for an instant loan - no questions asked. As I had quite a few debts here and there with other credit card and store card companies, I decided that taking out a loan would be a good idea - that way I could pay off my debts in a fixed repayment every month. I took a loan out for £4,000 which was enough to pay off my other store cards with a little to spare. I took out the loan for a five year period at £128 per month which meant a total of £7,680 was due to be repaid - not quite sure how that figure came from but it seemed awfully high at the time!!

Anyway, 18 months into the loan, I had accumulated the cash to pay the loan off once and for all. I telephoned BarclayLoan and requested a settlement figure as they were unable to give it to me over the phone. The settlement figure, after 18 months of monthly payments of £128 - was more than £4,000!!!

I also had a £8,500 car loan out at the time which I had been repaying for 8 months which I also requested a settlement figure for - that was around £7,600 - so how the hell did BarclayLoan come up with their extortionate figure worth more than the actual loaned amount after 18 months of repayments???

My advice to anyone needing a loan - don't go for this one!!!

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