Egg instant access now 3.25% (2.00% bonus).

opinions4u

fablad75 wrote: »

I'm going to rely on the kindness of you good people to tell me when this offer is about to expire! My savings are currently in a Halifax Guaranteed Saver Reward (6%) and will stay there till the end of November.

Don't want to open this now and waste almost 4 months with no money in it.

You could open it with £1 now and add to it later on. That way you've "booked" your 2% bonus until Augst 2010.

Masomnia

opinions4u wrote: »

You could open it with £1 now and add to it later on. That way you've "booked" your 2% bonus until Augst 2010.

That's exactly what I've done! :beer:

Was thinking about it earlier, and I can't see their SVR going below 1.25%, it seems unlikely assuming the base rate remains the same. So, maybe we'll get 3.25% for a good while to come.

Zebra

Is there anything to stop you opening more than one of these accounts?

Say, one a month for as long as they're available - in order to prolong the bonus period as long as possible.

Masomnia

Zebra wrote: »

Is there anything to stop you opening more than one of these accounts?

Say, one a month for as long as they're available - in order to prolong the bonus period as long as possible.

Not that I can see, go for it. If in doubt send them a message.

Joe_Bloggs

Just opened mine today with nothing. I had a previous version that was 2.85% including bonus. This feeds an Egg Money Card that does most of my spending.

My first ever faster payment was to Egg. I had typed in the wrong account number so the benefit of increased speed was lost. The money was eventually recovered. Egg say they will credit faster payments at close of business hours. This seems to be around 5pm.

J_B.

YorkshireBoy

Zebra wrote: »

Is there anything to stop you opening more than one of these accounts?

Yes, condition 11 precludes this...unless you have lots of friends!

Andystriker

Hi,

I opened one of these yesterday. I sent £50 by faster payment from my Nat West Account at about 3.30pm yesterday and the debit is showing on my Nat West Account. I got the meassage your funds should be received by Egg today (7/8/09)

When I log into Egg, the balance is still showing as Nil.

Am I a bit early to make enquiries as to why the funds are not with Egg yet?

Joe_Bloggs

@Andystriker
I suspect close of business on Friday is just that. They will not have another close of business until Monday. I will try and move a few £ myself over the weekend.
J_B.

opinions4u

YorkshireBoy wrote: »

Yes, condition 11 precludes this...unless you have lots of friends!

I opened a large number of 6.3% accounts between May and October last year.

All have so far paid interest at 6.3% when they've reached anniversary.

YorkshireBoy

opinions4u wrote: »

I opened a large number of 6.3% accounts between May and October last year.

All have so far paid interest at 6.3% when they've reached anniversary.

Did the same condition 11 exist then though (although I had the account I don't remember)?


EDIT: Indeed it did...http://new.egg.com/visitor/0,,3_108641--View_2306,00.html