Discover Credit Card Personal Loan Link

[tray]

Went to check my discover card activity online today and there was a link that I notice for the first time request a loan next to my credit limit amount.  When I hit the link there was a form to fill out and a statment saying discover personal loans are by invitation only and are intended exclusively for the person on the invitiation.  Has anyone seen this link before and actually tried it, wonder if it is a hard pull of any sorts.  Thanks for any information.

[trumpet-205]

It is probably in the form of balance transfer by check or DD.

[jdogi]

I received a simliar invitation in the mail shortly after I was approved.  It was some form of personal loan and the APR was definitely better than my Discover More card APR.  It had all of the appearances of a separate credit line.  I'm fairly certain that there would be an additional HP and a new tradeline on your CR.

[Creditaddict]

They had these years ago back in the high end of free credit before the crash... citi had them too, oh and bank of america and amex... most STOPPED...

I would say go and take it!!

you can be lucky first.

[Anonymous]

I received an invitation in the mail to apply for a personal loan.  I applied out of curiosity and got approved.  I didn't accept the offer because the interest rate wasn't compatible. 

[Creditaddict]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I received an invitation in the mail to apply for a personal loan.  I applied out of curiosity and got approved.  I didn't accept the offer because the interest rate wasn't compatible. 

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What is your Discover Credit Line?

and what was the limit they gave on personal line?

also what interest, think it use to be 12-24% range?

do they charge a fee to use (like 3% transfer or anything?) if no fee I would keep just in case you come across an emergency that required cash quickly and you could pay back pretty quick, the interest would be less then doing BT if you needed the oney right away.

[CribDuchess]

I received a letter in the mail last month from Discover - it was a pre-approved offer for a personal installment loan of up to $25,000 with an APR as low as 7.99%.  No application fees, no prepayment fees, no annual fees.  The back of the letter showed various monthly payment amounts based on the amount borrowed and term of loan.  The 7.99% rate was for 36-72 months.  The APR increased to 8.99% for 84 months.

[Anonymous]

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@Creditaddict wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

I received an invitation in the mail to apply for a personal loan.  I applied out of curiosity and got approved.  I didn't accept the offer because the interest rate wasn't compatible. 

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What is your Discover Credit Line?

and what was the limit they gave on personal line?

also what interest, think it use to be 12-24% range?

do they charge a fee to use (like 3% transfer or anything?) if no fee I would keep just in case you come across an emergency that required cash quickly and you could pay back pretty quick, the interest would be less then doing BT if you needed the oney right away.

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It was $10,000 at 15.99%.  I told the CSR the APR was too high and asked that it be lowered.   In the end, I didn't go any futher.    They later called me, but I didn't answer the phone.  Then I received a letter asking me to reconsider getting the loan.  Thanks, but no thanks Discover.  I'll just stick with their one credit card. 

[Anonymous]

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@CribDuchess wrote:

I received a letter in the mail last month from Discover - it was a pre-approved offer for a personal installment loan of up to $25,000 with an APR as low as 7.99%.  No application fees, no prepayment fees, no annual fees.  The back of the letter showed various monthly payment amounts based on the amount borrowed and term of loan.  The 7.99% rate was for 36-72 months.  The APR increased to 8.99% for 84 months.

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I received the same letter.  Discover loans are by invitation only.  I don't know who gets the 7.99% APR.  I believe its just false advertisement. 

[tray]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I received an invitation in the mail to apply for a personal loan.  I applied out of curiosity and got approved.  I didn't accept the offer because the interest rate wasn't compatible. 

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Was it a hard pull on your credit report when you applied?  I am going to fill out the form tomorrow just to see,  I question what the interest rate will be I will post back, hopefully no hard pull will be done.  Thanks everyone for the replies