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

friolento

chris_the_bee said:

friolento said:

chris_the_bee said:

allegro120 said:

surreysaver said:

That's why I always keep a relationship open with a token £1

HEBS
I would've done, but there was nothing of the kind available at the time I closed my RS.  I didn't want a costly relationship.

When most RS accounts mature, they automatically move to an easy access account unless you close early or give maturity instructions. Most easy access accounts have a minimum balance of £1.00, so let it mature into an Easy Access and withdraw all except for £1.
This new account gives you continuous membership for a quid.

HEBS minimum balance for adult accounts is £100

OK.with HEBS it may cost about £5.00 a year (depending on your EA interest rate), but a lot of other societies are £1.

Their most suitable account appears to be their Limited Access one, paying 3.5% (var). You can get up to 7% for your £100 elsewhere, or more likely something between 4% and 5%. The max the HEBS account would cost you is therefore around £3.50 a year, or more likely £1 to £1.50.

I appreciate this is "a lot"   more than dormant accounts which require just £1, or even only £0.01 or nothing, but I'll happily have a HEBS placeholder for up to £3.50 a year.

s71hj

clairec666 said:

nigelholl2 said:

kermchem said:

You can mature last year’s Christmas saver into a new issue 4 6 month bond, send the residue to an external account, and open a new Christmas saver

Sorry if this seems pedantic, but that is how I am, and the question needs asking
Is this the correct route to gain an extra 6 month acc?
I have Iss3 & 4 , and was wondering whether you needed to open a new issue, and then roll over, or roll over and then open a new issue
Or is this just pertinent to the Christmas Saver
All your thoughts would be appreciated, as this sort of query is not covered in FAQ's

Just to add another option into the mix, you could submit your maturity instructions, then in the two weeks before it matures open a new issue. That way, your maturity options shouldn't be refused (as you don't already have one of that issue), and your new application shouldn't be refused either.

Very Father Ted: I don't in fact already have an issue 4, my request for an issue 4 is merely resting in your account. 

SJMALBA

FWIW, Hanley's 'Instant Access (ORD01)' account has a minimum opening balance of £100, but this can can be reduced to the minimum operating balance of £1, after 10 days.

s71hj

NOT RS related (unless we include feeder accounts which is a debate we could have) 
Topcashback are offering £25 for the
Cahoot simple saver and sunny day saver.
Tin hat on....

Growingold

refluxer said:

Rudyson said:

refluxer said:

Just tried to open the Hanley Eco BS 1 Year Online Smart Saver and it looks like they might have disabled online applications for now - I get the same message either while applying through online banking (as an existing customer) or from their homepage (as a new customer would).

The application is currently unavailable.

We are currently experiencing some problems and are unable to continue with your application. Please try again later.

I've just opened one in the last half hour with no problem. 

I'm still unable to open the account. I closed my only Hanley Eco BS account (a Branch Saver) a couple of months ago but still have access to online banking, so was hoping I could apply from there and avoid having to prove my ID again.

I guess it's possible that they'll allow you to access online banking for a while in order to obtain documents or statements for old accounts, but not allow you to open new accounts ?

If anyone is in a similar position (can access online banking but has no open/active accounts) and has been able to open this RS account then please let me know, otherwise I'll give it a miss. 

I closed my Hanley account last year and applied as a new customer saying on the application form that I was not an existing customer.  However on the summary they had changed it to that I was . I attempted to change it and then got the error problem.  They sent me an email saying my application had been saved I clicked on the link in it they sent a password which initially didn't do much to help.  Following day I clicked on link again got new password took me to application form didn't try amending anything and then application was approved.  Following this found it in my account summary using my past ID.  Funded by DC which was instant.

GetRichOrDieSaving

s71hj said:

NOT RS related (unless we include feeder accounts which is a debate we could have) 
Topcashback are offering £25 for the
Cahoot simple saver and sunny day saver.
Tin hat on....

This is fantastic, thank you for sharing as I would have missed this. 

Baldeagle095

Can you use your Zopa current account to pay monthly regular savers and thereby earn a boosted rate from Zopa by depositing the required funds on a monthly basis into the Zopa current a/c?

GetRichOrDieSaving

Principality 2025 XMAS RS payout received (Lloyds) and additional Issue 4 RS showing with £200 transfer for me. 

Great service by Principality as always!

Bobblehat

GetRichOrDieSaving said:

Principality 2025 XMAS RS payout received (Lloyds) and additional Issue 4 RS showing with £200 transfer for me. 

Great service by Principality as always!

Same for me, with the bonus of grabbing my first 6 month Iss 4 two weeks ago,  so I've finally joined the multiple 6 month brigade!

I guess I can apply for the new Xmas RS too, now that the old one has disappeared?

ToastLady

Bobblehat said:

GetRichOrDieSaving said:

Principality 2025 XMAS RS payout received (Lloyds) and additional Issue 4 RS showing with £200 transfer for me. 

Great service by Principality as always!

Same for me, with the bonus of grabbing my first 6 month Iss 4 two weeks ago,  so I've finally joined the multiple 6 month brigade!

I guess I can apply for the new Xmas RS too, now that the old one has disappeared?

Yes you can, but you could easily have applied for it yesterday as it's a new issue, as I did exactly that.
I'd already given instruction for 2025 Christmas RS to morph into another 6 month Issue 4 with £200. That's been done today and rest of funds received, and quickly transferred to Zopa SS. Remains to be seen if I will be equally as lucky with 1 yr RS maturing next week into another 6 month Iss 4. Possibly pushing it a bit, but we shall see.