Just got Visa Black Card Barclays flyer

[alvon123]

WOW!!! my transunion score must be great!!! Just got  the NEW Visa Black Card (stainless steel version) flyer from Barclays in the mail today. 

I felt pretty important until I looked online and saw the 495.00 fee and the bad reviews.

I read an older  review on this forum that someone applied for this card and got  a $510 credit limit!!! the annual fee is $495 Wow his util is shot..

So I trashed the flyer..guess i should have lit a match before trashing the flyer.

[Longroad]

But you would have had a stainless steel card......what's more important? LMAO

[injustifiiable]

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@alvon123 wrote:

WOW!!! my transunion score must be great!!! Just got  the NEW Visa Black Card (stainless steel version) flyer from Barclays in the mail today. 

I felt pretty important until I looked online and saw the 495.00 fee and the bad reviews.

I read an older  review on this forum that someone applied for this card and got  a $510 credit limit!!! the annual fee is $495 Wow his util is shot..

So I trashed the flyer..guess i should have lit a match before trashing the flyer.

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That really is a cruel joke.

I'm glad I never had to deal with Barclays. I thought about getting accounts with them and after reading all the horror stories, I'm glad I didn't bother.

[Anonymous]

Read the same horror stories on Barclays. Also read where people have several accounts and are happy. Hard to tell what you would find for yourself. I had a couple of Barclay accounts and had a closing due to inactivitiy (three years - can't blame them) and a CL reduction from $1,200 to $500 for not enough utilization. Closed the account and moved on. Barclays and I have different viewpoints.

[sandman2435]

YMMV on Barclays . I have got 4 Barclays Accounts and have not had any problems with them, Including the black card, got a instient approval for 10K and even had the fee waved a month later got a us airways premeir world MasterCard with another $9300.00, All within the past month, Barclays does like heavy usage, their is a decent sign up bonus for the black card, spend $1500.00 in 90 days and u get 25k in points which can be used for $500.00 in airfare or $250.00 statement credit, the card is very heavy and thick

[lg8302ch]

oh...I would be too curious to hear from Barclay how a 510$ limit card should be used if the AF is 495$ .. I am sure even Barclays would have trouble to explain that ..LOL

[sunkissed]

I also received a flier in the mail.  Too rich for my blood!  There's no way I would be able to use $500 in benefits to offset the annual fee.  Maybe one day...

[sandman2435]

@sunkissed, They will wave the annual fee, if u call them. I got mine waved and ran a ton of money on the card and got me the 25k of points 

[alvon123]

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@sunkissed wrote:

I also received a flier in the mail.  Too rich for my blood!  There's no way I would be able to use $500 in benefits to offset the annual fee.  Maybe one day...

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+1

[blondy250]

Don't have the card, but the points are worth A LOT MORE, when redeemed for airfare then most cards (amex).