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So I popped in to ask if there had been any cancellations and the girl said no, so I left. I was just outside in the street

No offer of coffee, biscuits, a comfy armchair and a newspaper?:)

YorkshireBoy

Jo_Blogs wrote: »

As an additional note: If anyone has an Issue 2 or 3 (variable), there has, so far, been no correspondance at / or from Santander to say that either of these issue will also see an increase in interest rate to 5%. They are presently holding @ 2.50 (non-123) & 3% (123), respectively.

Issue 2 is a clean 3% for all customers.

Nationwide8

Jo_Blogs wrote: »

As an additional note: If anyone has an Issue 2 or 3 (variable), there has, so far, been no correspondance at / or from Santander to say that either of these issue will also see an increase in interest rate to 5%. They are presently holding @ 2.50 (non-123) & 3% (123), respectively.

Just checked and the Regular saver I opened beginning of March is Issue 3 ??? Since when has Issue 4 been available ??

badger09

Nationwide8 wrote: »

Just checked and the Regular saver I opened beginning of March is Issue 3 ??? Since when has Issue 4 been available ??

Looks like 13th March?

http://www.santander.co.uk/uk/savings/regular-esaver

I opened mine 15th March and it is issue 4:)

Nationwide8

badger09 wrote: »

Looks like 13th March?

http://www.santander.co.uk/uk/savings/regular-esaver

I opened mine 15th March and it is issue 4:)

Harsh....opened mine 10th March...going to ring them.

10_66

OH has Santander reg esaver issue 2 @ 3% and is only 8 months into it. No communication has yet been received advising of a rate increase, so, if rate increase isn't going to be applicable to this issue, can it be closed so that a new 5% can be opened instead? I've had a look at the docs downloaded at time of application and I can't see anything in it to suggest that can't be done.


PS Why would they increase rate on some issues but not others?

Nationwide8

Have just closed the Issue 3 Regular saver I opened on March 10th,no way to do it on line so had to do it by telephone.....after being told in my first call to Santander ( after waiting for the Savings dept to answer for 25 mins ) that I COULD do it online.

Anyway,will open an Issue 4 ( hopefully ) when the computer says Yes ( Closure of Issue 3 has to go through the system ?? 2 working days )

btw...apparently savings dept went home at 4.30 .not back until Monday,what fun they will have :cool:

Will also say this has caught Santander on the hop,no one knew what I was on about until you mutter the words..."Martin Lewis forum" .....suddenly ..."will you hold " ...."I've just found it" ...

Nationwide8

Considering I made a trip into a town with a Santander to open the Issue 3 beginning of March which the assistant opened as the ordinary savings account by mistake and I had to phone them up anyway and go through the whole process again....only for it to become possible to open the account on line a few days later...this has been a complete pain.

My luck with this account probably means now that I've closed it they will announce later next week Issue 3 has gone up to 5%…

Ed-1

Nationwide8 wrote: »

Have just closed the Issue 3 Regular saver I opened on March 10th,no way to do it on line so had to do it by telephone.....after being told in my first call to Santander ( after waiting for the Savings dept to answer for 25 mins ) that I COULD do it online.

Anyway,will open an Issue 4 ( hopefully ) when the computer says Yes ( Closure of Issue 3 has to go through the system ?? 2 working days )

btw...apparently savings dept went home at 4.30 .not back until Monday,what fun they will have :cool:

Will also say this has caught Santander on the hop,no one knew what I was on about until you mutter the words..."Martin Lewis forum" .....suddenly ..."will you hold " ...."I've just found it" ...

You can do it online, just not yourself. You need a secure message.

Nationwide8

Ed-1 wrote: »

You can do it online, just not yourself. You need a secure message.

Last time I sent a secure message to Santander, after 2 days still no reply,ended up ringing them anyway.