The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread

mhoc

This week I am going to have to tackle the Tipton.
When my Tipton regular saver matured for want of any other good options I moved the proceeds into a 60 day saver which was OK as a stop gap.
Now though with the interest rates dropping it is time to make a decision.
I had a letter that seemed to say the 60 notice did not apply if I contacted them - so I need to give them a ring. 
I think I just need an easy access with minimum balance just to keep my association with Tipton.
The Tipton app has not worked for me for months now so its not something I can do myself.
In the meantime I've just realised I have nothing maturing before the end of July so I could the Tipton funds will be needed so this week will be a good time to act. 

Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

ForumUser7

mhoc said:

This week I am going to have to tackle the Tipton.
When my Tipton regular saver matured for want of any other good options I moved the proceeds into a 60 day saver which was OK as a stop gap.
Now though with the interest rates dropping it is time to make a decision.
I had a letter that seemed to say the 60 notice did not apply if I contacted them - so I need to give them a ring. 
I think I just need an easy access with minimum balance just to keep my association with Tipton.
The Tipton app has not worked for me for months now so its not something I can do myself.
In the meantime I've just realised I have nothing maturing before the end of July so I could the Tipton funds will be needed so this week will be a good time to act. 

Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

When my RS ended, it just converted to a maturity easy access with themselves, min £10 balance. The other online accounts that are available to open seemed to have much higher balances, so I retained this.

Kim_13

ForumUser7 said:

mhoc said:

This week I am going to have to tackle the Tipton.
When my Tipton regular saver matured for want of any other good options I moved the proceeds into a 60 day saver which was OK as a stop gap.
Now though with the interest rates dropping it is time to make a decision.
I had a letter that seemed to say the 60 notice did not apply if I contacted them - so I need to give them a ring. 
I think I just need an easy access with minimum balance just to keep my association with Tipton.
The Tipton app has not worked for me for months now so its not something I can do myself.
In the meantime I've just realised I have nothing maturing before the end of July so I could the Tipton funds will be needed so this week will be a good time to act. 

Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

When my RS ended, it just converted to a maturity easy access with themselves, min £10 balance. The other online accounts that are available to open seemed to have much higher balances, so I retained this.

I did the same. I check it occasionally as my iPad has taken to offloading unused apps even though I never enabled this option and cannot see it anywhere. I noticed it stopped working for a period but it is now working again after an app update.

innocentlove

Saffron BS Small savers application as a new customer

I applied it this morning. The application reference number was shown at the end of application. I did not receive any email acknowledgement. Just wondering, roughly, how many days would it take to have the account opened and receiving online credential. Cheers!

PowerSavingMode

mhoc said:

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Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

Yes, a Tipton Easy Acc Maturity Saver (App) which last year's regular saver matured into. Since then, a whopping 6p interest has been added. I've not had any problems with the app, barring about a month ago, when I had to update it to access my account.

wmb194

Kim_13 said:

ForumUser7 said:

mhoc said:

This week I am going to have to tackle the Tipton.
When my Tipton regular saver matured for want of any other good options I moved the proceeds into a 60 day saver which was OK as a stop gap.
Now though with the interest rates dropping it is time to make a decision.
I had a letter that seemed to say the 60 notice did not apply if I contacted them - so I need to give them a ring. 
I think I just need an easy access with minimum balance just to keep my association with Tipton.
The Tipton app has not worked for me for months now so its not something I can do myself.
In the meantime I've just realised I have nothing maturing before the end of July so I could the Tipton funds will be needed so this week will be a good time to act. 

Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

When my RS ended, it just converted to a maturity easy access with themselves, min £10 balance. The other online accounts that are available to open seemed to have much higher balances, so I retained this.

I did the same. I check it occasionally as my iPad has taken to offloading unused apps even though I never enabled this option and cannot see it anywhere. I noticed it stopped working for a period but it is now working again after an app update.

In settings go to 'apps' - 'App Store' and you should see the setting 'Offload Unused Apps' towards the bottom of the screen.

ForumUser7

wmb194 said:

Kim_13 said:

ForumUser7 said:

mhoc said:

This week I am going to have to tackle the Tipton.
When my Tipton regular saver matured for want of any other good options I moved the proceeds into a 60 day saver which was OK as a stop gap.
Now though with the interest rates dropping it is time to make a decision.
I had a letter that seemed to say the 60 notice did not apply if I contacted them - so I need to give them a ring. 
I think I just need an easy access with minimum balance just to keep my association with Tipton.
The Tipton app has not worked for me for months now so its not something I can do myself.
In the meantime I've just realised I have nothing maturing before the end of July so I could the Tipton funds will be needed so this week will be a good time to act. 

Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

When my RS ended, it just converted to a maturity easy access with themselves, min £10 balance. The other online accounts that are available to open seemed to have much higher balances, so I retained this.

I did the same. I check it occasionally as my iPad has taken to offloading unused apps even though I never enabled this option and cannot see it anywhere. I noticed it stopped working for a period but it is now working again after an app update.

In settings go to 'apps' - 'App Store' and you should see the setting 'Offload Unused Apps' towards the bottom of the screen.

This is why I like this forum so much - no matter the problem, even non money related, someone is always happy to help!

Dizzycap

innocentlove said:

Saffron BS Small savers application as a new customer

I applied it this morning. The application reference number was shown at the end of application. I did not receive any email acknowledgement. Just wondering, roughly, how many days would it take to have the account opened and receiving online credential. Cheers!

I heard nothing for over a week and then received a letter saying that Saffron didn't hold an email address or telephone number for me, which is clearly showing in my online account and APP because I already hold a savings account with them, so I gave up the ghostas I can't be faffing around with incompetence & excuses     

allegro120

mhoc said:

This week I am going to have to tackle the Tipton.
When my Tipton regular saver matured for want of any other good options I moved the proceeds into a 60 day saver which was OK as a stop gap.
Now though with the interest rates dropping it is time to make a decision.
I had a letter that seemed to say the 60 notice did not apply if I contacted them - so I need to give them a ring. 
I think I just need an easy access with minimum balance just to keep my association with Tipton.
The Tipton app has not worked for me for months now so its not something I can do myself.
In the meantime I've just realised I have nothing maturing before the end of July so I could the Tipton funds will be needed so this week will be a good time to act. 

Has anyone else still got a Tipton account? 

I let my last Tipton RS to revert into Easy Access Maturity Saver, withdrew the balance but left £10 (required minimum balance) there.  It pays derisory 3.3%, but that was the best option for keeping continuous membership.  

Aidanmc

Re Progressive RS 

Maturity day is 10th June, if i close/withdraw balance on maturity day (before it converts to saver account on 11th) will i receive the funds on 11th and able to open another RS?

Or is it better to wait until after maturity,ie the 11th

Edit. when i hit the withdraw button, i just get a circle of dancing dots. Maybe only works during business hours.

We'll see what happens tomorrow.