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  • Rich2808 said:
    Geez this thread has gone a bit off course.
    Lets hope there is no new Tipton mutation caused by all these cheques being spread across the UK.
    Sorry but they are a small building society doing their best - no one forces you to have an account with them. You get personal service - but it can be a bit quirky. Because they are only really set up to serve a small area of the West Midlands mainly via their branch network.
    That's a very fair point tbh and it is possible after all to find times during the week when banks, building societies and post offices have hardly any people in them; those times should be safe enough to get in quickly, pay in your cheque(s) and get out as quickly as possible after doing so, thus keeping any risk to yourself or others as low as possible, especially of course if you stay 2m apart from others, wear a face covering and sanitise your hands.
  • Elmer_BeFuddled
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    edited 3 February 2021 at 3:08AM
    That's a very fair point tbh and it is possible after all to find times during the week when banks, building societies and post offices have hardly any people in them; those times should be safe enough to get in quickly, pay in your cheque(s) and get out as quickly as possible after doing so, thus keeping any risk to yourself or others as low as possible, especially of course if you stay 2m apart from others, wear a face covering and sanitise your hands.
    And of course you can stop off afterwards at the counter of the offy wherein the P.O. is now situated.
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  • Rich2808 said:
    Rich2808 said:
    Geez this thread has gone a bit off course.
    Lets hope there is no new Tipton mutation caused by all these cheques being spread across the UK.
    Sorry but they are a small building society doing their best - no one forces you to have an account with them. You get personal service - but it can be a bit quirky. Because they are only really set up to serve a small area of the West Midlands mainly via their branch network.
    That's a very fair point tbh and it is possible after all to find times during the week when banks, building societies and post offices have hardly any people in them; those times should be safe enough to get in quickly, pay in your cheque(s) and get out as quickly as possible after doing so, thus keeping any risk to yourself or others as low as possible, especially of course if you stay 2m apart from others, wear a face covering and sanitise your hands.
    Or just send your cheque to your bank by post and pay in that way if you can't face walking into a branch.
    And a big round of applause to all those hard working Tipton staff processing all those regular saver applications and addressing app issues. They must have been rushed off their feet with all the applications but they were always so nice and friendly on the phone. Local service with a financial institution that employs UK based staff and doesn't offshore jobs - even better!
    That's a very fair point tbh and it is possible after all to find times during the week when banks, building societies and post offices have hardly any people in them; those times should be safe enough to get in quickly, pay in your cheque(s) and get out as quickly as possible after doing so, thus keeping any risk to yourself or others as low as possible, especially of course if you stay 2m apart from others, wear a face covering and sanitise your hands.
    And of course you can stop off afterwards at the counter of the offy wherein the P.O. is now situated.
    Rich2808 - Yes, I agree totally! You make some very good points there!
    Elmer_BeFuddled - My goodness, I wish my local P.O. had that added benefit!
  • BrownTrout
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    Please with the service from the Dudley
    Applied Weds evening, phone call to say they could verify so needed driving licence, popped a cheque in the post at the same time, account opened on the monday and cheque credited.
  • Saver53
    Saver53 Posts: 22 Forumite
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    edited 5 February 2021 at 10:27AM
    Kent Reliance Regular Saver Issue 4 rate reducing from 2.00% to 1.00% on 26.02.21
  • Blimey, and I nearly tried to open a second at 1.30% last night.

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