'Virtual sealed pot' Challenge until Dec 1st 2009

lilian1977

No, about £184 of it is from the start of December 08 but I already had £100 in the account, so it's not as good as it sounds, but it's still a lot in 7 weeks

Paid in a cheque for £4 that was a refund from Stagecoach bus as I forgot to get my change from buying my bus pass - I emailed them and they sent me a cheque! So when that clears I'll have a little more.

uzubairu

spam.jam

This is a great idea.
My pot is already up to £29.91

I want to aim for a target of £300.

Count me in

chal

Speaking of targets, please set mine to £500. I'll be flushing all my pot money through into my mortgage - aka the highest % savings account available at the moment :rotfl: - every month, but tracking everything that goes into it to make sure I hit the target.

edinburgher

aka the highest % savings account available at the moment

So 3.5%? Savings rates are rubbish atm

spam.jam

uzubairu wrote: »

spam.jam

This is a great idea.
My pot is already up to £29.91

I want to aim for a target of £300.

Count me in

hello, you are off to a good start:T your number is #038 and good luck

spam.jam

chal wrote: »

Speaking of targets, please set mine to £500. I'll be flushing all my pot money through into my mortgage - aka the highest % savings account available at the moment :rotfl: - every month, but tracking everything that goes into it to make sure I hit the target.

good morning its done xx

spam.jam

edinburgher wrote: »

So 3.5%? Savings rates are rubbish atm

not great is it, but its never really been a consideration of mine considering iv always been overdrawn before! xx

chal

spam.jam wrote: »

good morning its done xx

Thanking you kindly!

chal

edinburgher wrote: »

So 3.5%? Savings rates are rubbish atm

Indeedy. My fixed deal with Nationwide just ended and I've moved onto their SVR for a while. I can withdraw money from any overpayments, so it makes sense given that my ISA is currently only paying 2% Think i'll move one of my ISAs into the mortgage as well - since i'm going to use the mortgage as a savings account, I'll be keeping my 2009 ISA allowance free in case I want to refill.

Sorry for the digression

edinburgher

No probs Chal - I'm currently using an Intelligent Finance iSaver. This is a variable account (currently at 3.25%), but it is guaranteed to be at least 1% over the base rate. Small comfort, but at least it's something

Just realised that another ~£4 had transferred into my account, sig updated accordingly. I believe that I will hit 50% of my target by payday (coming Thursday)