QUOTE(Gen-X @ Oct 8 2012, 02:29 PM)
Here are my thoughts:
1. For a bachelor to have RM35K loan is kind of hard for me to comprehend. You mentioned the repayments are covered by your future wife and yourself. I hope you're not in this hole of debt because of her......
2. What nonsense you don't have adequate time to save up as it has been a year since you were posted there. Like I mentioned earlier, if you are earning RM3K a month and don't have RM6K savings, something is not right. Some more you living in the rural area and therefore you should be saving lots of money since you don't get the temptation to burn away money like what we have in KL.
3. If your Wira, basically a pretty hardy "Japanese car" cannot handle your current use, you must be joking that a new car can handle the so called estate road you mentioned. Even if you get a second hand 4W pick up, the maintenance cost will be higher. But maybe can save money with diesel. Proton wira is cheap to maintain as we can get spare part easily. Maybe you should get a new motorbike instead
And what I really don't understand is, why you want to buy a new car to drive on the estate road and damage it ?
4. And your statement that you going to get a credit card just for your wedding, and 100% guaranteed, I hope that is true. But did you not tell yourself when you took the BSN loan that you won't get another loan? Once you are in hole of debt, it is very hard to get out.... and in your case, you are willing to go deeper into the hole.
Having said the above and knowing that you desperate, here are your options as far as credit cards are concerned:
1. Go apply for credit card from the bank nearest to you. And repay as soon as possible, i.e. money from the reception is to be banked to your credit card account immediately so that you save on the daily interest charges.
2. And if you want to save interest charges (not really much from my earlier example), you can also apply for RHB Credit Card and CIMB Credit Card same time with card mentioned in item 1. Why, because they offer 6 months 0% interest free loan called Balance Transfer. And pray that your application will be approve.
3. If you do withdraw cash from step 1 and your RHB or CIMB credit card is approved, do a 0% balance transfer and save you some interest charges (not the 5% cash withdrawal fee).
Click here to read my article Balance Transfer Plan - Facts You Need To Know
Click here to read my article on RHB Credit Cards where RHB has 0% 6 Months Balance Transfer with equal repayments,
CIMB 0% 6 Months Balance Transfer Plan
4. Or apply for Hong Leong Bank credit card where they will be more than happy to deposit money into your Savings or Current Account. The difference in getting cash from HLB credit cards is that you are not subjected to the 5% upfront fee from ATM cash withdrawal(s). Also, if you opt for 12 months or less Balance Transfer Plan (where they deposit cash into your CASA), the interest rate is lower than the 18% for cash withdrawals via ATM. I recommend you go for the 6 months Balance Plan option because the interest rate is 0.5% per month of 6% per year. And if you pay back earlier, you save on interest charges (but you have to maintain a nominal amount like I mentioned in my article until you settle in full after the expiry date so that you are not imposed penalty).
Click here to read my artilce - Hong Leong Bank Credit Cards - What Are They Good For?
You can also opt for the Cash On Call shown in the link above, the effective interest rate will be higher but at least you are forced to repay back in equal installment.
Some of you members may not agree with me showing him how to get deeper into the shit hole; but, he's getting married
Thanks for the long explanations. Its informative. However1. For a bachelor to have RM35K loan is kind of hard for me to comprehend. You mentioned the repayments are covered by your future wife and yourself. I hope you're not in this hole of debt because of her......
2. What nonsense you don't have adequate time to save up as it has been a year since you were posted there. Like I mentioned earlier, if you are earning RM3K a month and don't have RM6K savings, something is not right. Some more you living in the rural area and therefore you should be saving lots of money since you don't get the temptation to burn away money like what we have in KL.
3. If your Wira, basically a pretty hardy "Japanese car" cannot handle your current use, you must be joking that a new car can handle the so called estate road you mentioned. Even if you get a second hand 4W pick up, the maintenance cost will be higher. But maybe can save money with diesel. Proton wira is cheap to maintain as we can get spare part easily. Maybe you should get a new motorbike instead
4. And your statement that you going to get a credit card just for your wedding, and 100% guaranteed, I hope that is true. But did you not tell yourself when you took the BSN loan that you won't get another loan? Once you are in hole of debt, it is very hard to get out.... and in your case, you are willing to go deeper into the hole.
Having said the above and knowing that you desperate, here are your options as far as credit cards are concerned:
1. Go apply for credit card from the bank nearest to you. And repay as soon as possible, i.e. money from the reception is to be banked to your credit card account immediately so that you save on the daily interest charges.
2. And if you want to save interest charges (not really much from my earlier example), you can also apply for RHB Credit Card and CIMB Credit Card same time with card mentioned in item 1. Why, because they offer 6 months 0% interest free loan called Balance Transfer. And pray that your application will be approve.
3. If you do withdraw cash from step 1 and your RHB or CIMB credit card is approved, do a 0% balance transfer and save you some interest charges (not the 5% cash withdrawal fee).
Click here to read my article Balance Transfer Plan - Facts You Need To Know
Click here to read my article on RHB Credit Cards where RHB has 0% 6 Months Balance Transfer with equal repayments,
CIMB 0% 6 Months Balance Transfer Plan
4. Or apply for Hong Leong Bank credit card where they will be more than happy to deposit money into your Savings or Current Account. The difference in getting cash from HLB credit cards is that you are not subjected to the 5% upfront fee from ATM cash withdrawal(s). Also, if you opt for 12 months or less Balance Transfer Plan (where they deposit cash into your CASA), the interest rate is lower than the 18% for cash withdrawals via ATM. I recommend you go for the 6 months Balance Plan option because the interest rate is 0.5% per month of 6% per year. And if you pay back earlier, you save on interest charges (but you have to maintain a nominal amount like I mentioned in my article until you settle in full after the expiry date so that you are not imposed penalty).
Click here to read my artilce - Hong Leong Bank Credit Cards - What Are They Good For?
You can also opt for the Cash On Call shown in the link above, the effective interest rate will be higher but at least you are forced to repay back in equal installment.
Some of you members may not agree with me showing him how to get deeper into the shit hole; but, he's getting married
1. Not because of her, it's because we're getting married.
2. I mentioned earlier also that i have savings and it is more than 6k. But bridal, booking for hotel, hall and all drained it. And also, living in rural area is cheap but when the school send you for a course in PPD, they send you on your own with no money to claim. Talk about being a cheapskate. We have to pay for our motel and dinner and fuel and I must say that it is not cheap to go in and out from this place.
3. About the road, if you ever traveled from KK -> Ranau -> Telupid -> Simpang Sapi Nangoh -> Pamol then you know what happened if you're using a small car. No offense but you have to be in the shoe to know about it.
About the personal loan from BSN, it is deducted monthly from my salary. So it's not a problem.
Anyway, since i've got all I need (advice and suggestion), i think 18% is a bit too much and it's gonna land me deeper in the hole as you all said. I'll look for another way on how to get it without getting a CC for cash advance. But if the hole is the only way, probably that's where im going. But as Gen-x said, the money from the reception goes back to the repayment, that is what i'm thinking from the start. Cheers everyone and thanks for the inputs.
Oct 8 2012, 08:17 PM

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