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Discover Card Existing Card Holders 0% APR for Next 12 months! as Always YMMV!

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Worth a shot to log in to your Discover card account and "chat" a rep. Four months ago, I came off a 12 month 0% APR on purchases and just got it again by asking. Of course TWO months ago I asked if there were any special APR rates and was told "no." Last chat was this:
Me: "Good morning, I was wondering if there were any special offers available on my card"
Rep: "Was there anything in particular you were looking for?"
Me: "Special APR for purchases or anything interesting?"
Rep: "I show you are eligible for 0% APR for the next 12 months, would you like me to apply that to your account?"
Me: Sure, thanks!

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cobra11murderer
09-09-2021 at 10:33 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:33 AM.
Quote from MadPup :
Discover is my most useless credit card. For one thing, it offers no extended warranty on any purchase. Compare that to the 24 months provided by Costco Citicard Visa which could be worth over 10% of the purchase price. My AmEx Blue has a few more (mostly useless) offers but is another useless card. Amazon Prime Chase Visa is good for Amazon but not great elsewhere. So right now Citicard gets my vote and Discover rarely sees the light of day.

Check out chase... just saying.. I have the following, discover (primarly used mainly because they will pay what ever I earn the first year in cash back again.. Wink ) , amex blue (yeah that is kinda useless BUT I wanted my foot in the door with them. If you havent gotten a amex yet or tried just know they are a pain in the ***, citi is a good one but I also have chase freedom unlimited (has some nice perks alot to name I prob could of gotten the preferred)

My issue now is just trying to increase my credit line.. but takes time.. its all about doing it right and paying it all off.
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leoskee
09-09-2021 at 10:34 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:34 AM.
Be careful when using 0% for x number of months promos. It's a very easy way to end up in debt. Make sure that you factor our how you will pay everything off by that 12th month.
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ptt1404
09-09-2021 at 10:35 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:35 AM.
have 11k on this card. thks so much!!
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cobra11murderer
09-09-2021 at 10:36 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:36 AM.
Quote from leoskee :
Be careful when using 0% for x number of months promos. It's a very easy way to end up in debt. Make sure that you factor our how you will pay everything off by that 12th month.

If your a slickdealer.. you also should know that paying this stuff off asap is the best way to make the most out of it.. if you need to carry a balance from time to time go for it but agreed if you carry a balance by that 12th month ha they are gonna be making a bunch off you and thats the trick here lol
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temperlancer
09-09-2021 at 10:37 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:37 AM.
I knew that I shouldn't activate the 0.9% special promotion APR earlier. Sigh. Now the agent told me I had to wait till it's off my account...
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Tazmania99
09-09-2021 at 10:37 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:37 AM.
I found that Discover is useful as it has 5% CB on rotating categories every quarter, including Paypal, Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Amazon Visa has no foreign transaction fee with which I found it useful for traveling. I think it really depends on an individual's spending habit.

Quote from MadPup :
Discover is my most useless credit card. For one thing, it offers no extended warranty on any purchase. Compare that to the 24 months provided by Costco Citicard Visa which could be worth over 10% of the purchase price. My AmEx Blue has a few more (mostly useless) offers but is another useless card. Amazon Prime Chase Visa is good for Amazon but not great elsewhere. So right now Citicard gets my vote and Discover rarely sees the light of day.
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cobra11murderer
09-09-2021 at 10:37 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:37 AM.
Anyone think they will extend current ones on this?
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jaderxiii
09-09-2021 at 10:41 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:41 AM.
Thank you! worked for me as well
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shade45
09-09-2021 at 10:42 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:42 AM.
They denied me on Chat but I was able to get it over the phone 0% for 12 months promo few weeks ago. I called back next day and got the 3% additional cash back for $2500 spend also.
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stasis
09-09-2021 at 10:47 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:47 AM.
Quote from Tazmania99 :
With 0% APR on purchases, you still need to make a minimum payment each month, or you will be reported to credit bureaus about no payments.

Will it affect your credit score? It depends. It does affect your credit score with a high credit utilization on a card. Say the credit limit of your only credit card Discover is $5,000 and you are carrying a balance of $4,000 on 0% APR. That's 80% credit utilization here and it will negatively lower your credit score. If you have many other credit cards with decent credit limits, your overall credit utilization will be trifling then, and the impact to your credit score will be minimal.

Thanks. Learning new stuff everyday Smilie
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stasis
09-09-2021 at 10:52 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:52 AM.
Quote from Nautian :
If I was motivated I'd use this to "borrow" and invest in the market for a return, but I'm not in the habit of not paying off my cards in full every month and don't want to start now for a bit of profit, but if anyone is motivated it's a great chance.

How would you do that? Taking out cash without any fees
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eversavage
09-09-2021 at 10:53 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:53 AM.
Quote from shade45 :
They denied me on Chat but I was able to get it over the phone 0% for 12 months promo few weeks ago. I called back next day and got the 3% additional cash back for $2500 spend also.

Tell me more about the additional 3% cb offer
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karazi
09-09-2021 at 10:54 AM.
09-09-2021 at 10:54 AM.
I always have 0% apr because I pay my balance every month. You should too. Unless in an exceptional circumstance where it makes financial sense to hold a balance, I'll give you that.
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Nautian
09-09-2021 at 11:11 AM.
09-09-2021 at 11:11 AM.
Quote from stasis :
How would you do that? Taking out cash without any fees

No, as in put all of your normal spend on the CC and do not pay it down (with the exception of min payment if needed), use the money you would've used to pay the card every month into an investment then at the end of the 12 month you can theoretically take out the investment and payoff the card's total in full and pocket the theoretical profit. Of course if you have a small credit limit and/or don't have that much credit card expenditure to begin with it's not a fruitful opportunity.
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smartdeals
09-09-2021 at 11:15 AM.
09-09-2021 at 11:15 AM.
delete...
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