Question - as i've just had a letter from Nationwide re: the £75 offering

Nine_Lives

I did as advised on here.....

set up a standing order ( i actually set up 2) to pay my mother & girlfriend.
Applied for my Nationwide FlexAccount to deal with it (this was last week)

Saw numerous people asking on here as well as myself - DO YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR WAGES PAID INTO YOUR FLEXACCOUNT ALSO???

One such example: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2277661

Time and time again i see people advising - NO YOU DO NOT.


So today i receive a letter from Nationwide & it's telling me i need to do the very thing that i've been advised on here that i don't need to do

I took some scans of the documents sent through

Anyone care to shed light? Anyone been paid their £75 yet?

DesG

Just ignore it

Cheers, Des.

YorkshireBoy

What he says ^^^^^

benoit

Surely you must have to use it as your main account if you want the £75 bonus? (That's what the thread title seems to be asking anyway)

onlypaddy

benoit wrote: »

Surely you must have to use it as your main account if you want the £75 bonus? (That's what the thread title seems to be asking anyway)

its not in the T&C's, only standing orders and direct debits are covered

best had be the case....i sweated blood and tears for all of 8 minutes to set up some dummy SO and DDs on an old account and initiate a transfer.

I want paying! lol.....if I got paid like this for every 8 minutes of work, I'd pull in a pre-tax salary of £1.17 million a year!

OMAR

anyone got any concrete clarity on this....as I have opened an account.....but just going to use it for spending....

mrchagle

K_P83 wrote: »

I did as advised on here.....

set up a standing order ( i actually set up 2) to pay my mother & girlfriend.
Applied for my Nationwide FlexAccount to deal with it (this was last week)

I received my debit card today - Did you receive this letter before or after your debit card?

dgp1000

I've also had one of these letters and have ignored it. As onlypaddy says it is not in the Ts and Cs - a stark contrast to the A&L offer when it is in the Ts and Cs. After all its not unreasonable for NW to remind you to change the account for your salary to be paid into and the letter doesn't set any new conditions.

noh

OMAR wrote: »

anyone got any concrete clarity on this....as I have opened an account.....but just going to use it for spending....

The terms and conditions of the offer can be read here:-
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/popup/recentpromotions.htm

There is no requirement to switch your salary to the account to qualify for the £75.

Nine_Lives

mrchagle wrote: »

I received my debit card today - Did you receive this letter before or after your debit card?

I have had my debit card for this account since 2002

anamenottaken

dgp1000 wrote: »

I've also had one of these letters and have ignored it. As onlypaddy says it is not in the Ts and Cs - a stark contrast to the A&L offer when it is in the Ts and Cs. After all its not unreasonable for NW to remind you to change the account for your salary to be paid into and the letter doesn't set any new conditions.

Absolutely agree that it is not unreasonable to suggest that you need to have money in your account in order to pay those SOs you set up in order to transfer them.:)

In reality you just need to ensure that you do have money in the account by the time the SOs (and DDs) are taken.

Also remember that, with this offer, there is no "grace period" which some other providers have offered where they would cover such payments out whilst the transfer of the account was going on.