Forest River Credit Card Under Investigation

The Forest River credit card offers deferred interest if a minimum purchase of $2,500 is paid in full within 12 months.

This sounds like a great deal from the popular RV company, but deferred interest does not mean interest-free.

What Is Deferred Interest?

A Forest River credit card offers deferred interest financing. That means the store can charge interest retroactively and have it apply to the entire purchase amount if a late payment is received or if a small unpaid balance remains when the introductory period ends.

Consumers might be shocked because they believed the interest would only apply to the little amount they still owed at the end of the introductory deal.

In the fine print of the Forest River credit card, the true parameters of paying off the balance is evident. It says there will be no interest assessed if on-time payments are made and the balance is paid off before the promotional period ends.

However, if the balance is not paid in full by the expiration date, interest will be assessed from the PURCHASE DATE at the standard APR, which is currently 28.99 percent for new accounts and 29.99 percent for established accounts.

The Forest River credit card rules also state that minimum payments will not pay off the balance in time and that larger payments will be needed. Most consumers wrongly assume that the minimum payment requested by a creditor will allow the consumers to keep within the terms of the initial agreement.

Zero Percent Pitfalls

In reality, lenders who offer zero percent financing would lose money. Sometimes, the price of an item is raised in order to cover the cost of a zero percent interest rate.

For instance, if you are going to purchase a car and you qualify for a loan interest rate of 6 percent, the dealer might make a deal to get the interest down to zero percent.

In order to do so, the dealer will need to pay the interest cost directly to the lender in advance, which could amount to around $4,000 for a typical vehicle loan.

The dealer still gets that money out of you, the buyer, if he increases the price of the vehicle by that same dollar amount and explains that the higher price is what allows you to obtain the zero percent financing.

To avoid this numbers game, the zero percent loan interest rate should never depend upon the price of the vehicle.

Deceptive Practices Under Scrutiny

If you incurred unexpectedly high interest charges on a store credit card even though you had enrolled in a zero percent or deferred interest program, you could be eligible for compensation through a class action lawsuit.

Store credit cards such as the Forest River credit card might appear to offer a great deal, but in reality, might end up costing you more in the long run.

Join a Free Store Debit Card and Credit Card Fees Class Action Lawsuit Investigation

Did you participate in a 0% interest promotion on a store-branded credit card and were charged an interest fee? Were you unexpectedly charged a Returned Payment Fee on a store-branded debit card? You may be eligible to join this class action lawsuit investigation into allegedly deceptive store card fees.

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