Re: Free credit check
Originally Posted by
realspeed
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MaYbe I am thick, but why on earth would anyone want to do a credit check on themselves if they have never been refused credit?
Some credit card companies
won't give you a card if you live outside the UK
This is what happened to me when Goldfish were taken over by Barclaycard. Goldfish were quite happy to keep sending me a card but when Barclays took over that stopped so I asked my bank (Lloyds) for one, initially their credit card department in Brighton said
no (after they contacted Experian). I was mad and went to see my bank manager who telephoned the head guy at their department in Brighton and (
In front of me)
ordered them to give me a card.
I then wrote to Experian asking why they had initially said no and why Barclays were no longer sending me a card. The reply I got was written by some comprehensive school drop out, completely missed the point, and gave my 'credit score' lower than what it should be
I now have a house in West Suffolk but
still live abroad for nine months of the year. With some firms in UK (Not just in the financial services industry) the minute you quote an address in the EU they don't want to know you yet when I phone firms in Germany I usually get a
perfect English speaker and get goods delivered
outside Germany using a Credit card from my
English bank
And still people wonder why the German economy is booming and the UK is in a mess.