The Old Regular Savers Discussion Thread 28/12/24-29/1/26

thefrank

Thank you to those who spend 1 second of their lives to write down the subject of their posts (the name of the building society they are talking about). Too many posts  make very little sense and are difficult to understand. It doesn't take a lot of effort to help keeping the forum tidy and readable for everybody

Section62

francoghezzi said:

Thank you to those who spend 1 second of their lives to write down the subject of their posts (the name of the building society they are talking about). Too many posts  make very little sense and are difficult to understand. It doesn't take a lot of effort to help keeping the forum tidy and readable for everybody

Thank you to everybody who contributes to this thread.

I'd rather spend a few seconds of my own time working out which account a poster is talking about, rather than be in a situation where they don't post what may be very useful information because they are fed up with the nitpicking by folks who seem to have plenty of time to complain about what is and isn't posted on this thread.

It is the helpful information which is important here, not how tidy it is.

thefrank

Section62 said:

francoghezzi said:

Thank you to those who spend 1 second of their lives to write down the subject of their posts (the name of the building society they are talking about). Too many posts  make very little sense and are difficult to understand. It doesn't take a lot of effort to help keeping the forum tidy and readable for everybody

Thank you to everybody who contributes to this thread.

I'd rather spend a few seconds of my own time working out which account a poster is talking about, rather than be in a situation where they don't post what may be very useful information because they are fed up with the nitpicking by folks who seem to have plenty of time to complain about what is and isn't posted on this thread.

It is the helpful information which is important here, not how tidy it is.

I think your comment says it all regarding the author. I wish you all the best and thank you for your very kind replay. You are a gem of this forum without any doubt

mhoc

jameseonline said:

mhoc said:

Regarding Saffron I left a secure message on the website yesterday and they have accepted maturity instructions by this route - £500 into a new regular saver and the residue back to my linked account. 
They also said that the account number will remain the same so you dont and to cancel your standing order, just alter the final dates. 

Saffron 12 month  @ 4.75%?

Yes, not the best but better than nothing as you can add £500 per month. 

Stargunner

francoghezzi said:

Thank you to those who spend 1 second of their lives to write down the subject of their posts (the name of the building society they are talking about). Too many posts  make very little sense and are difficult to understand. It doesn't take a lot of effort to help keeping the forum tidy and readable for everybody

Many people reply with the quote facility, so they don't need to put that info again.
If you click on show previous quotes you will be able to see what it relates to. 

subjecttocontract

Section62 said:

francoghezzi said:

Thank you to those who spend 1 second of their lives to write down the subject of their posts (the name of the building society they are talking about). Too many posts  make very little sense and are difficult to understand. It doesn't take a lot of effort to help keeping the forum tidy and readable for everybody

Thank you to everybody who contributes to this thread.

I'd rather spend a few seconds of my own time working out which account a poster is talking about, rather than be in a situation where they don't post what may be very useful information because they are fed up with the nitpicking by folks who seem to have plenty of time to complain about what is and isn't posted on this thread.

It is the helpful information which is important here, not how tidy it is.

I'd have thought everyone is entitled to an opinion even if it differs to yours.

allegro120

Descrabled said:

mhoc said:

Regarding Saffron I left a secure message on the website yesterday and they have accepted maturity instructions by this route - £500 into a new regular saver and the residue back to my linked account. 
They also said that the account number will remain the same so you dont and to cancel your standing order, just alter the final dates. 

Saffron Small Saver
Thanks, did likewise and received confirmation within half-an-hour. Great service even at 4.75% interest.

Saffron Small Saver is showing 5% https://www.saffronbs.co.uk/savings/regular-savings-accounts/small-saver

Bridlington1

State Bank of India Regular Saver Account at 5% NLA, replaced by Issue 2 at 4.5%. This appears to have occurred on 14/2/25 so the first page of this thread has been updated to reflect this.

Kim_13

Loughborough 

I received an email (not on the secure messaging platform for some reason) advising that they had received my opening deposit and correctly quoting the amount of that deposit. The email was from the address the application was emailed to. It said that only one payment per month was allowed, but that they would make an exception this month if the payment was a test payment.

I wasn’t aware of 1 payment per month being a maximum, only that a payment was required each month. I don’t know if it’s a restriction they have put in because I said on the application form that I would use the account monthly, but it would be a first if they have.

Aidanmc

Kim_13 said:

Loughborough 

I received an email (not on the secure messaging platform for some reason) advising that they had received my opening deposit and correctly quoting the amount of that deposit. The email was from the address the application was emailed to. It said that only one payment per month was allowed, but that they would make an exception this month if the payment was a test payment.

I wasn’t aware of 1 payment per month being a maximum, only that a payment was required each month. I don’t know if it’s a restriction they have put in because I said on the application form that I would use the account monthly, but it would be a first if they have.

Hmm, just looked at the Fixed monthly saver 5.05% that i opened recently, it does state in Key Features 'one deposit per calender month'. Never noticed this until you mentioned it.  I also made a small initial deposit and was going to top it up before end of month.

Guessing the Holiday monthly saver was the same,