How much can you save?

JimLad

Round number OCD!! I have that!

McSaver

Round number OCD??? For me every penny counts but i do post my savings on here to the nearest £100 lol

As for my Icesave cash its been returned to the rightful owner so i am looking for a new home for it now.

Rich_Richmond

Hi there,

Looking at the current market crisis, I am of the opinion that investing in Banks and Real estate are the safest and stock and currency are the riskiest.......... Its better to keep money in banks for contingencies and uncertainties.

Regards

gelato_cat

Me too, so I'll be interested to know what you come up with. The only good accounts I can find are with Halifax but I'm getting dangerously close to the £50k limit with them!

Suze

McSaver wrote: »

Round number OCD??? For me every penny counts but i do post my savings on here to the nearest £100 lol

As for my Icesave cash its been returned to the rightful owner so i am looking for a new home for it now.

AlwaysHappy

Its that time of the month again, and I have once again managed to scrape together the £500 for my Halifax monthly saver - the 10% is a hugh motivator, but as each month goes by it is harder to find the money!

McSaver

Suzey wrote: »

Me too, so I'll be interested to know what you come up with. The only good accounts I can find are with Halifax but I'm getting dangerously close to the £50k limit with them!

Suze

I have applied for a 2 year fixed bond at 6% with kent reliance. Rates are going down big time ad it will be a long while before they will pick up I would imagine.

gelato_cat

Ah OK. I need easy access so that's no good for me, sadly All the easy access rates are pitiful at the moment... I keep trying to remind myself that not so long ago, we would have killed for savings rates around 5.25%!!!

Suze

McSaver wrote: »

I have applied for a 2 year fixed bond at 6% with kent reliance. Rates are going down big time ad it will be a long while before they will pick up I would imagine.

LucyTheDwarf

McSaver wrote: »

Round number OCD??? For me every penny counts but i do post my savings on here to the nearest £100 lol

As for my Icesave cash its been returned to the rightful owner so i am looking for a new home for it now.

I can't stand savings accounts with balances that aren't aesthetically pleasing. My current account is the only account I have with a balance that isn't a multiple of £10 (or preferably £100, but this can't always be achieved). Whenever interest is added, I top up the account to get rid of the ugly numbers. It gets on my nerves otherwise.

'Grats on getting your Icesave cash back

Lokolo

LucyTheDwarf wrote: »

I can't stand savings accounts with balances that aren't aesthetically pleasing. My current account is the only account I have with a balance that isn't a multiple of £10 (or preferably £100, but this can't always be achieved). Whenever interest is added, I top up the account to get rid of the ugly numbers. It gets on my nerves otherwise.

'Grats on getting your Icesave cash back

Haha really? I might do that. My Egg savings has got .12 so it is rather annoying me. But I am over budget already for this month, luckily I am working when I go home this weekend so I can void extra petrol expenses for driving 2 hours fri and 2 hours sunday! MEH!

Starting to write xmas list - got vouchers. But mother hates me having vouchers, but I don't want or need anything at the moment and would rather cut down on costs as I have car insurance due in Jan EEK.

giraffe01_2

Hi All,

I've been reading this post for a while and have decided that I'll finally join!

I've set myself a target of saving next years ISA allowance by the start of the new financial year so I'd better get cracking and start saving properly (I've used this years allowance but want to be more proactive).

I feel that I am now in a position to set myself this goal as I've just finished my first week in a new job (lost job twice this year due to 'credit crunch').

I look forward to posting my progress!