URGENT Free £100 Loophole discussion: MoneySavingExpert.com discussion

Former_MSE_Andrea

This thread is specifically to discuss the Quick, Free Cash, If You're Prepared To Play article.

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IMPORTANT NOTE

Well, it took less than 24 hours after the tip sent for them to get rid of this bonus - we've just received confirmation that it has been withdrawn this morning.

In that time over 50,000 people read the article. If it was £100 each, and half actually did it thats a cost of £2,500,000 and we managed to close down a bribe to a poor current account at the same time. Consumer Revenge at its finest. I hope you managed to get it in time, if not, better luck next time!

martin

JenHen

I've been trying for the last three days to apply for the Barclays bank account online by clicking on the £100 offer link from the Barclays.co.uk homepage. The second page eventually comes up, with an introduction to the offer and the terms and conditions, but when I then click on the 'apply now' link, it comes up with an error message saying that my browser was unable to access the page. The strange thing is that the bar at the bottom of the screen says 'done' as soon as I click on it (it would normally say 'opening page' for a while) but the page itself is blank for about 30 seconds or so, then the error message comes up. It does this every time and I've tried countless times. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I have no problems accessing any other web pages.

Please could someone cut and paste the correct link into a reply to this post? The link I need is NOT the one from the Barclays homepage but the one after that, which presumably is the online form to apply for the account.

Thanks!

JenHen

cadboll

Official insert:

Hi. The link posted below and the one in the article both work and there's no difference between them except that the one in the article helps the site, so if you could use that one, that would be great.

Thanks

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Hi.

Try this one.

https://www.barclaysbankaccountapply.co.uk/

Discogod

haha, beat me by a minute! i was about to post that

Paul_Varjak

The online application process for this offer is not currently working. Barclays tell me they are aware of the problem.

Do not be tempted into applying over the phone or at a branch as the £100 cahback does not then apply.

fatboyonadiet

I just filled in all the steps and just before step 8 when I was due to confirm it jumped back to the first page - hope they haven't closed it already.

Former_MSE_Dan

Hi folks,

I've just tested this out and seems fine. Have you tried using the link in the article?

I got through the "apply now link", answered the questions and got through to step 2. Does the problem you are having occur before or after this?

apples1

hi, i applied online using the link in the article however....
it took me eight attempts to ge through it as it kept throwing me back to the first page. It was very annoying as I had to keep typing in all the pages of required info again and again. Got there in the end tho - fingers crossed the £100 comes good as it has taken me an hour to apply!

Lotta_Littlies

I managed to apply at around 11.30am today. The first time it timed out on page 4 but worked fine all the way through and managed to get my application in on the second time of trying. Perhaps it's the rush of MSE's going for a bite of the cherry?!

Lotta

garethp_2

Do you have to change all your DD's over as well or just open a new account?

cadboll

All you have to do is open an account and 'deposit' £1000 for 2 months in a row. Basically put £1,000 in the account, wait until you see it actually in the account and then take it back out again. Do this for 2 months in a row, get your £100, then close the account!