Question

Jamie lee received an offer to transfer the balance of all of her store credit cardsto her bank credit card in the mail. It offered zero percent finance charges/interestfor the first three months (90 days), and an 18.5 percent interest rate thereafter until the balance is paid in full. Upon reading the fine print, she saw there was a $50 transaction fee and interest accrued from he day the balance transfer was made if the balance was not paid in full within the first 90 days.
Required:
a. How could Jamie Lee use this balance transfer offer to her advantage?
b. How is this offer a major disadvantage to Jamie Lee?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

As in the given situation, Jamie lee have a benefit from the transfer in the case when the interest on the store credit card would be higher than the $50 for the first 90 days

1.  If we assume that the date of the payment is one month but she does not have the money to make the payment so she can transfer the balance to the credit card so that she get 2 more months to make the payment

2. This could become the disadvantage when the payment is not done within the 90 days as she have to pay the interest of 18.5% on the tital amount also the transaction fee would also be paid