One of the truths in business is that all things are negotiable. Even as the terms or price of something seem that they are set in stone, receiving a discount often is as simple as knowing who you should ask and knowing how you should ask for it.
As it’ll come to the balances owed on credit cards, the chance to negotiate what you really owe is as fantastic as ever. With a bit of guts and knowledge, you may have the ability to slash your balances by 50 to 70 percent. Read below to figure out how.
Basics of Debt Settlement
Loan settlement involves the process of providing a one-time, large payment towards an existing balance in exchange for the forgiveness of the rest of a debt. For instance, one who owes $10,000 upon one credit card might approach their credit card provider and give a one-time payment of $6,000. In exchange for the one-time payment, a credit card provider agrees to erase or forgive the rest of the $4,000.
Why might a credit card issuer choose to forgo a significant part of the balance it’s owed? Generally it is because a credit card issuer either is strapped for cash itself or is scared of your eventual incapability of paying off the whole balance. In both instances, a credit card issuer is attempting to protect its bottom line – one key truth to keep in mind as you start to negotiate. Bear in mind, credit cards usually represent unsecured loans, meaning that there isn’t any “collateral” the credit card provider may seize to assist in repaying the unpaid balance.
While getting the provider to settle the balance might sound too good to be true, it is not. Lenders, not surprisingly, do not enjoy advertising settlement and there aren’t any independent figures about its success rate, yet if you are seriously behind on your payments and heading towards bankruptcy, the lender might just take what it can get, and offer you one final chance to get back up on your feet.
