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Amazon is still letting me select £1 as a one off or auto top up.goatfaced said:Amazon top up minimum £5 now?2 -
It's letting me buy £1 too but my husband messaged me saying he couldn't. There is text further down saying minimum £5 but the validation for the box where you write how much you are buying says minimum a quid. Panic over, hopefully my husband is doing something wrong but I'm going to buy my 20 now.1
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Yes I just got my email, it still let me do my 20 for today though. Update, it's now changed to minimum £5 for me. Bad luck for those planning to do theirs after work today.0
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goatfaced said:
Update obviously going through the system - managed to get a few through for £1, but now saying £5 minimum.Yes I just got my email, it still let me do my 20 for today though.
Think it's a bit off not to get reasonable notice, albeit it was good while it lasted. Interestingly when you search for top ups on Amazon, it still shows between £1-£10000 -
I haven't had any such email, if I put 0 in the amount box it says the minimum is £1

But if I put in £1 and press the buy now button it says my Amazon cart is empty. Lower down on that page it does say 'an amount of your choice (between £5 and £1000)'0 -
So what are good alternatives to Amazon?
I got eight £1 top-ups in earlier today over a few hours. Didn't want to do too many at once, as a couple of times previously Amazon have temporarily deactivated the account when I tried to do five in quick succession. But when I recently tried to do more -ups I got told the minimum was £5.0 -
If you're an Octopus customer you can do a £1 top up.
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So turns out I wasn’t eligible after all. I’d received an incentive before that I had forgotten about. Lesson learnt - keep a record of all my switches with dates!ccdorset said:
Thank you, they have said the same to me on chat. To be fair they have a couple more days, I’m just a bit dubious about whether it will actually arrive! Guess will just wait until Thursday and contact them again if needed. Good luck!Largs said:I'm still waiting on that and my £5 reward from last month. Everytime I try live chat thru my mobile, they tell me yes CONGRATULATIONS you qualify and to wait. I will be more patient because it will become a complaint.
Though, TSB said that because I had been told I was eligible over chat a few days ago, they will honour that and have credited me £100! Result! Can’t fault them really, was a nice gesture.5 -
That was very good as a result. I was told the same, that I had one in the past, but I done that many bank switches I lost track. I wasn't offered anything sadly.ccdorset said:
So turns out I wasn’t eligible after all. I’d received an incentive before that I had forgotten about. Lesson learnt - keep a record of all my switches with dates!ccdorset said:
Thank you, they have said the same to me on chat. To be fair they have a couple more days, I’m just a bit dubious about whether it will actually arrive! Guess will just wait until Thursday and contact them again if needed. Good luck!Largs said:I'm still waiting on that and my £5 reward from last month. Everytime I try live chat thru my mobile, they tell me yes CONGRATULATIONS you qualify and to wait. I will be more patient because it will become a complaint.
Though, TSB said that because I had been told I was eligible over chat a few days ago, they will honour that and have credited me £100! Result! Can’t fault them really, was a nice gesture.1
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