Marcus Goldsmith savings account 1.5 %

triplea35

Agree I had a little difficulty with the application form populating a few fields and nearly gave up but seemed to fix it myself (can't recall how!)
Other than that though had no problems whatsoever. I am accessing the account daily to check payments are going through and they show up quickly. (Staggering the payments in as Tesco restrict withdrawals unless ring call centre which I'd rather avoid)

triplea35

ColdIron wrote: »

Sounds like you have used the .com site and not the .co.uk one. United Kingdom is the first item in the drop down. Misrepresenting your nationality on a banking application is pretty dumb and could cause you all sorts of problems

You'll have more luck here I suspect
https://www.marcus.co.uk/uk/en

No just tried application again (for wife) and having same problem. Using the .co.uk site and does not show UK in the drop down anywhere.

talexuser

Just went to the site, clicked Apply, clicked Continue, did not fill in any fields at all, just clicked on the Nationality, and the first in the list is UK.

ColdIron

Ditto, just above Afghanistan

Escorcio

triplea35 wrote: »

No just tried application again (for wife) and having same problem. Using the .co.uk site and does not show UK in the drop down anywhere.

It's because UK is already selected if you have autofilled.
Go to "remove nationality" on the drop-down you are using (that doesn't show the UK) and you will see that UK is already selected above.
I had this problem

soulsaver

A thread that starts badly can only improve. ..
Of course there is the odd exception...

SpanishBlue

triplea35 wrote: »

Other than that though had no problems whatsoever. I am accessing the account daily to check payments are going through and they show up quickly. (Staggering the payments in as Tesco restrict withdrawals unless ring call centre which I'd rather avoid)

I did phone Tesco rather than transfer £10,000 a day online over several days.


At the end of the call I was slightly surprised when I was asked would I mind telling them why I was withdrawing such a large amount.


I happily told them about Marcus offering 1.5% and mentioned that if Tesco were to beat that rate, I'd be back.


She tried unsuccessfully to sell me their latest 1.36% account!

Fingerbobs

Ever since seeing this pesky thread, I can't stop calling it a Marcus Goldsmith account. Aargh!

Alexland

Fingerbobs wrote: »

Ever since seeing this pesky thread, I can't stop calling it a Marcus Goldsmith account. Aargh!

That's supercalifragilisticheoffered1point5percenties.

Alex

Peelerfart

One day, one day, some financial institution will open an account paying 2%, clean!

This board will melt. You heard it here first :-)