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  • flaneurs_lobster
    flaneurs_lobster Posts: 7,334 Forumite
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    masonic said:
    liamcov said:
    So how many of these 6% easy-access/'regular saver' accounts can one person have?
    You can have 2, 1 for each Edge Current Account you hold.
    Not wishing to prolong the agony for those enjoying this discussion, but it should be pointed out that there is a limit of 1 sole Edge Current Account per customer. A second account must be joint.
    Um, then my two sole Edge Current Accounts must be a mistake? 
  • surreysaver
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    masonic said:
    liamcov said:
    So how many of these 6% easy-access/'regular saver' accounts can one person have?
    You can have 2, 1 for each Edge Current Account you hold.
    Not wishing to prolong the agony for those enjoying this discussion, but it should be pointed out that there is a limit of 1 sole Edge Current Account per customer. A second account must be joint.
    Um, then my two sole Edge Current Accounts must be a mistake? 
    I was wondering how I could obtain two sole accounts. I tried and as I've already got an Edge, it wouldn't give me an Edge as an option (apologies in advance to anyone who may beco annoyed at my discussing an account which is not a regular saver account)
    I consider myself to be a male feminist. Is that allowed?
  • ThePirates
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    masonic said:
    liamcov said:
    So how many of these 6% easy-access/'regular saver' accounts can one person have?
    You can have 2, 1 for each Edge Current Account you hold.
    Not wishing to prolong the agony for those enjoying this discussion, but it should be pointed out that there is a limit of 1 sole Edge Current Account per customer. A second account must be joint.
    Um, then my two sole Edge Current Accounts must be a mistake? 
    Mine too! I've had 2 sole accounts for a while now.
  • ThePirates
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    masonic said:
    liamcov said:
    So how many of these 6% easy-access/'regular saver' accounts can one person have?
    You can have 2, 1 for each Edge Current Account you hold.
    Not wishing to prolong the agony for those enjoying this discussion, but it should be pointed out that there is a limit of 1 sole Edge Current Account per customer. A second account must be joint.
    Um, then my two sole Edge Current Accounts must be a mistake? 
    I was wondering how I could obtain two sole accounts. I tried and as I've already got an Edge, it wouldn't give me an Edge as an option (apologies in advance to anyone who may beco annoyed at my discussing an account which is not a regular saver account)
    It's been a while but all I remember is applying for another Edge Current account in the app, opened within a few hours, never funded, no DDs, opened a 2nd Edge Saver a few days later.
  • masonic
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    masonic said:
    liamcov said:
    So how many of these 6% easy-access/'regular saver' accounts can one person have?
    You can have 2, 1 for each Edge Current Account you hold.
    Not wishing to prolong the agony for those enjoying this discussion, but it should be pointed out that there is a limit of 1 sole Edge Current Account per customer. A second account must be joint.
    Um, then my two sole Edge Current Accounts must be a mistake? 
    masonic said:
    liamcov said:
    So how many of these 6% easy-access/'regular saver' accounts can one person have?
    You can have 2, 1 for each Edge Current Account you hold.
    Not wishing to prolong the agony for those enjoying this discussion, but it should be pointed out that there is a limit of 1 sole Edge Current Account per customer. A second account must be joint.
    Um, then my two sole Edge Current Accounts must be a mistake? 
    Mine too! I've had 2 sole accounts for a while now.
    Consider yourselves fortunate. They are enforcing the terms now - at least in the app. Either applying for a new account or upgrading an existing one.
  • friolento
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    nottsphil said:
    friolento said:
    exel1966 said:
    Catplan said:
    castle96 said:
    Santander - confirmed with them. OneEdge Saver (6% for a yr) for each current account (1 single and 2 for joint). Only downside is the £3 mthly fee for each current account, but if you have some SOs in there it compensates
    It is well documented that you can avoid the fee, by not setting up DD’s. It’s now possible to have three, the two you suggest plus an Edge Explorer account allows one as well.
    Anything to do with RS? Perhaps you posted this in the wrong thread.
    The Edge Saver is like a regular saver, only it allows you to put all your money in in one go at the beginning 

    Given that the essence of a Regular Saver is regular deposits, the Edge saver is anything but a Regular Saver. 

    Nor is is being described or marketed as a Regular Saver by Santander. 

    Nobody has yet described the Cahoot Sunny Day Savers or similar offerings as Regular Savers, even though they have very similar characteristics as the Edge saver, and long may this thread be reserved for true Regular Savers.

     
    All I was doing was responding to someone whingeing about the Edge Saver being discussed on here. I know it's not a regular saver. I was responding to them.
    You could always use the Edge as Regular Saver if you wanted?
    You could say that to justify just about any non-term savings account appearing in this thread! 
    In your defence however, I do think the criticism should have been directed at Castle 96, who appears to have initiated the Edge discussion. 

    It's one thing when not so well informed forumites are confusing all sorts of savings accounts with Regular Saving accounts but it's quite sad to see that regular posters in this thread are responding to such posts without explaining that Regular Savings accounts are a distinct kind of accounts. 

    I would suggest people should be guided by the list of accounts on page 1 of this thread, so fantastically maintained by @Bridlington1. I hope he will not decide to confuse the issue by adding pseudo / pretend Regular Savings accounts, such as the Cahoot and Coventry Sunny Day Savers, the Chase and Chip easy access savers with special 6 or 12 months newbie rates, and the Santander Edge saver etc etc to the extensive list of actual Regular/Monthly Saver accounts.

    To those who say they would have missed the Edge Saver (and others) if these had not been mentioned in this thread: they misunderstand the purpose of the thread (which is clearly defined on page 1), and they are probably missing out on a great deal more besides. They could do worse than following the distinct other threads on this forum for other types of savings accounts, and by regularly checking the moneyfacts savings pages.

  • castle96
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    2 edge saver fub=nded. Would be 3 if I had a join account. Time to close conversation perhaps. Sorry for starting it !
  • s71hj
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    edited 16 October at 4:36PM
    friolento said:
    nottsphil said:
    friolento said:
    exel1966 said:
    Catplan said:
    castle96 said:
    Santander - confirmed with them. OneEdge Saver (6% for a yr) for each current account (1 single and 2 for joint). Only downside is the £3 mthly fee for each current account, but if you have some SOs in there it compensates
    It is well documented that you can avoid the fee, by not setting up DD’s. It’s now possible to have three, the two you suggest plus an Edge Explorer account allows one as well.
    Anything to do with RS? Perhaps you posted this in the wrong thread.
    The Edge Saver is like a regular saver, only it allows you to put all your money in in one go at the beginning 

    Given that the essence of a Regular Saver is regular deposits, the Edge saver is anything but a Regular Saver. 

    Nor is is being described or marketed as a Regular Saver by Santander. 

    Nobody has yet described the Cahoot Sunny Day Savers or similar offerings as Regular Savers, even though they have very similar characteristics as the Edge saver, and long may this thread be reserved for true Regular Savers.

     
    All I was doing was responding to someone whingeing about the Edge Saver being discussed on here. I know it's not a regular saver. I was responding to them.
    You could always use the Edge as Regular Saver if you wanted?
    You could say that to justify just about any non-term savings account appearing in this thread! 
    In your defence however, I do think the criticism should have been directed at Castle 96, who appears to have initiated the Edge discussion. 

    It's one thing when not so well informed forumites are confusing all sorts of savings accounts with Regular Saving accounts but it's quite sad to see that regular posters in this thread are responding to such posts without explaining that Regular Savings accounts are a distinct kind of accounts. 

    I would suggest people should be guided by the list of accounts on page 1 of this thread, so fantastically maintained by @Bridlington1. I hope he will not decide to confuse the issue by adding pseudo / pretend Regular Savings accounts, such as the Cahoot and Coventry Sunny Day Savers, the Chase and Chip easy access savers with special 6 or 12 months newbie rates, and the Santander Edge saver etc etc to the extensive list of actual Regular/Monthly Saver accounts.

    To those who say they would have missed the Edge Saver (and others) if these had not been mentioned in this thread: they misunderstand the purpose of the thread (which is clearly defined on page 1), and they are probably missing out on a great deal more besides. They could do worse than following the distinct other threads on this forum for other types of savings accounts, and by regularly checking the moneyfacts savings pages.

    I think such accounts are perfectly valid to be mentioned on this forum, as they act as suitable float/feeder accounts for regular savers.  These types of accounts have been mentioned on this thread for years.
    I'm not sure whether you are referencing me in this post, but I was responding to someone whingeing about why the Edge Saver was mentioned.
    By the way, the Coventry Sunny Day Saver IS a regular saver.
    What I find particularly useful is the stuff about tricks you can use ie not being charged for the edge current account if you never set up direct debits, the stuff Bridlington 1 came up with about upgrading Cahoot accounts so you have multiple ones
  • EthicsGradient
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    in ToTP appears to be no longer available - there are just fixed term, notice and a tracker account there now. And it's no longer listed in the Moneyfactscompare listing.
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