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DFStudent
Valued Member

Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

For the past couple of months, I have been getting snail mail from Barclay Sallie Mae card with balance transfer checks. I must've received 10 letters or so.

 

Has anyone else gotten these? I don't have any balances to transfer as I PIF, so I'm not sure why they keep sending them. Are they good for anything else?

 

TIA.

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lhcole77
Valued Contributor

Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

 Get them all the time for my arrival card 

 

 If you don't have any balances to transfer right now you can just write a check to yourself to cover any other expenses you may have going on in your life 

 

 

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kdm31091
Super Contributor

Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

They send them to be all the time too. I'm not sure why, but since I rarely use my Sallie honestly, it is probably because they're trying to get me to use it more.

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JSS3
Valued Contributor

Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

BT offers are so crazy.

Banks,like Barclays, waste paper sending checks. They should just leave the option on the account to request them. I realize sometimes it's best to send unsolicited because human nature will have us spending if available. Other times we might not "know" we needed one until it shows up.

It's just crazy because they inundate you one minute and then have no offers available when you ARE looking the next...or they have crappy, regular rate BT offers.

As I proposed, just have a constant 0% APR offer on the account like DISCOVER always does. There is no downside that I can see from doing this. Only the gaining of a 1-3% fee.
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Anonymous
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Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

I got checks from them exactly one time.

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Anonymous
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Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

I have had their rewards MC for 18 mos. now.  Low CL of 500 but they just gave me a 4k US Airways card.  They refuse to give me a CLI on the rewards card even after requesting one an giving ermission for a hard pull.  Last billing cycle, I received paper BT checks for the Rewards MC FOR THE FIRST TIME,  Felt like calling them and saying, "Teacher, will this be on the test?"

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Themanwhocan
Senior Contributor

Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?


@Anonymous wrote:

I got checks from them exactly one time.


Inconcievable!





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Anonymous
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Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?


@Themanwhocan wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:

I got checks from them exactly one time.


Inconcievable!


I don't think that word means what you think it means. Smiley LOL I have received checks before as well. 

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knhorn
Contributor

Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

I get them frequently. They always offer the 2% and 3% fee, one with a shorter 0% APR and one with a longer 0% APR.


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aav
Established Contributor

Re: Barclay Sallie Mae BT Checks?

I get them all the time. They go from the mailbox to the shredder.
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