Co-operative Refer a Friend Switching Offer £125 (Nov 2022)

masonic

bristolleedsfan said:

youngretired said:

Can anyone that has applied recently and the account is opened, did you get a switch letter in the post confirming the switch?

Only reason I'm asking is that my brother-in-law applied in August and the switch was never completed. He finally had a letter from Co-op after 8 weeks of investigation stating he had not completed the switch section, but knows he had as you need to validate the switch account details for it to provide the earliest switch date which he was given the 05/09/22 and accepted.

Letter received by post from Co-operative bank today dated 4th November confirming switch details and dates switch will start and complete.

I received one in today's post too, but mine was dated the 9th. Good old snail mail!

Yellowman

pfpf said:

Really! both me and OH previous CoOp account holders at current address.
Applied on the 6th, confirmed on the 7th. received a letter today asking for ID. both of us need to provide proof of ID, not address.
no online method to do this, and needs to be certified. copied and certified? how on earth?
1st time ever ID required and iv'e got just about every account you could speak of.

anyone else?

just got to work out who to certify. does anyone have experience of whether they contact said person? our neighbor is a retired teacher, not "currently working". 

I too have been asked by Co-op Bank to provide a certified copy of one document (proof of identity).

I understand that banks / building societies provide this service (free?), but I have not tried this.

WillPS

pfpf said:

Really! both me and OH previous CoOp account holders at current address.
Applied on the 6th, confirmed on the 7th. received a letter today asking for ID. both of us need to provide proof of ID, not address.
no online method to do this, and needs to be certified. copied and certified? how on earth?
1st time ever ID required and iv'e got just about every account you could speak of.

anyone else?

just got to work out who to certify. does anyone have experience of whether they contact said person? our neighbor is a retired teacher, not "currently working". 

Is there no branch option offered and/or viable for you?

soulsaver

I've sent OH's original HMRC P800 notification, took a copy for our use.

keiran

Friend opened a coop acc on 13 Nov - Earliest switch date is 7 Dec!

spaniel101

7 Nov - Applied online
10 Nov - Confirmation letter received
12 Nov - New card and Account number received
14 Nov - Switch confirmation letter received 

23 Nov - Switch will begin
1 Dec - Switch will be completed


(no request for additional ID)

jokono

Hmmm, should I be worried? I've applied on Oct 31, got the confirmation letter dated Nov 2 and nothing since. I was told when applying the switch will be completed on Nov 28 but I didn't get anything in writing. 

Bridlington1

jokono said:

Hmmm, should I be worried? I've applied on Oct 31, got the confirmation letter dated Nov 2 and nothing since. I was told when applying the switch will be completed on Nov 28 but I didn't get anything in writing. 

Don't be worried. When I switched an account to them in May I had a few weeks of hearing nothing from them, then all of a sudden things started moving.

Bridlington1

My switch from Co-op to Bank of Scotland completed yesterday. I applied for a new Co-op current account earlier this morning and have just received an email to say that Co-op have now approved my application for a new current account. My switch from my other Bank of Scotland account to Co-op will complete on 9th December. If all goes according to plan I should be getting £125 from them just in time for Christmas.

jokono

@Bridlington1 good to hear, thanks!