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rebeccaj

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is it that bad?

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rebeccaj wrote:

:eek:

is it that bad?

Tips

1) Use geographical number 0191 255 8377 not the 0845.
2) Ring when Coronation Street/Eastenders are on.

horizon

Riviera_Kid wrote:

The way I did it was:

Monday AM - Transfer money from ING to current account.
Wednesday AM - Transfer money from current account to Icesave.
Friday AM - Money arrives in Icesave.

Thus my money was in saving accounts over the weekends rather than in transit. Bear in mind for this to work you need to do the transfers in the morning as it takes three working days. I can't think of a quicker way of doing it for free

Thanks for that.

I will wait until the 1st feb before moving it, so I don't lose all the interest earned in January.

Graham_M

Whenever I look at www.icesave.co.uk the site is down!!! Is it just me or doesnt it seem a bit worrying to put your savings into an online account where the bank seems to have problems keeping its websites up. I've seen other posts where there have also been problems contacting Landbanski. Its put me off for the moment although I want to move from First Direct as they wipe out a months interest every time I make a transaction, thus reducing the REAL interest by a 1/12 each time, robbers!!!

Optimist

Strange but Icesave has never been down when I log on. I have no worries about it

Graham_M

Hmmm Just tried http://www.icesave.co.uk/online-savings.html right now and its down,
maybe my company firewall is just blocking that one site :rotfl: But then u are an optimist and I'm a pessimist

Optimist

Nope just clicked your link and it works for me..must be our respective states of mind !

Graham_M

Infamy Infamy

Just cant get to the site, cleared the browser cache, tried Firefox just get the "Page not Found" although it worked briefly for me yesterday. Doesnt work on workmates pc either or home Pc Strange. They dont call me lucky for nothing.

lukese

i just opened an account and i put down an initial investment via direct debit, then it told me to send it loads of ID, if i dont send the ID im assuming the account will not be opened and the money not taken from my account?

MiserlyMartin

Paul_Herring wrote:

Until they bring out 'same day transactions' I wouldn't count on this. I suspect there are, behind the scenes, requests going on a couple of days before the transfer is made to make sure the transaction will go ahead - if the money isn't there the DD doesn't happen. (With possibly a charge from your bank.)

Ok well I put this to the test and I'm pleased to report that I did not move the money into my current account until yesterday and today the DD transfer 'affected' my icesave account. There were no problems with going overdrawn or the transfer not occurring. I think I even could have timed it so that the money hit my current account and the icesave DD could leave my current account on the same day with no problems. This was £21K transferring and no problems.