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checkly said:So applied for VM RS and been accepted, opened and funded. Problem is VM current account is due to switch to Barclays for the £175 bank bribe on 5th August. Anyone know what happens to a VM RS if you close/move the CA? Will they even notice?!1
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I would never switch a main account, however in future I'd setup spare current accounts & 1 by 1 switch those accounts to gain from switch offers.
Setting up spare accounts is easy to do, did it with Nationwide several times.
I would make sure you setup another Virgin account asap though or cancel the switch until you have a spare account somewhere else.0 -
Stargunner said:jameseonline said:Stargunner said:jameseonline said:jameseonline said:jameseonline said:I've triggered the Virgin Money anti fraud team, I'm on hold to them at the mo, I was almost done funding my other regular savings accounts too, meh, only had a Principality or 2 left to fund.
Hardly unusual behaviour to be honest I always move money at the start of the month to do this.
The only thing different is I've transferred out of the matured regular saver into my current account.
As soon as it seemed like I was getting anywhere I get cut off, the app now appears to be playing up, I'm now on my 2nd call, ARGH😤
These problems make me glad that I emptied mine early, because I wanted to use the money to fund other regular savers today.
Clearly more extreme etc compared to last year though, last year couldn't open regular on the day, today I can't even get fraud to remove a block, plus the app has been down, plus them hanging up on me, plus I had other plans to do things with MY money.
Might put in a complaint in regards to 1 woman asking how many savings accounts I planned to fund etc too, I said to her frankly it's none of your business how many accounts I want to fund and where, my money is my money0 -
francoghezzi said:masonic said:Anyone made sense of the following? If you open and fund on 1st August 2025 and pay in £250 on the 1st of every calendar month, then after 12 months (31st July 2025) you would have a balance of £3000, with no interest having been paid yet, or at maturity on 28th August you would have £3250+interest. Or is it actually a 12 month term?0
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checkly said:So applied for VM RS and been accepted, opened and funded. Problem is VM current account is due to switch to Barclays for the £175 bank bribe on 5th August. Anyone know what happens to a VM RS if you close/move the CA? Will they even notice?!
To be on the safe side, you could just apply for another VM current account.1 -
jameseonline said:
Yet again I can't open this regular saver on the day it came out because of their issues, last year I did get compo out of that plus I think 4p so might try again when they are back up and running along with further compo for not having access to my money as planned for today😏.
You should even be able to fund the new account straight away as there are various ways of getting at your matured balance.
Where there's a will......
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friolento said:checkly said:So applied for VM RS and been accepted, opened and funded. Problem is VM current account is due to switch to Barclays for the £175 bank bribe on 5th August. Anyone know what happens to a VM RS if you close/move the CA? Will they even notice?!
To be on the safe side, you could just apply for another VM current account.0 -
friolento said:jameseonline said:
Yet again I can't open this regular saver on the day it came out because of their issues, last year I did get compo out of that plus I think 4p so might try again when they are back up and running along with further compo for not having access to my money as planned for today😏.
You should even be able to fund the new account straight away as there are various ways of getting at your matured balance.
Where there's a will......
Thing is banks etc are pushing online/mobile banking yet today is a great example of me having app it going down, add to the fact their systems are so bad I can't even get the fraud team to sort out the blocks on my account because they can't do anything themselves and them saying to me we'll call you when we can0 -
Virgin RS - some good news!
I sorted mine this morning but my wife was at work.
She's just used the app to transfer her balance, request closure of the RS then via the web link opened a new RS3 and funded it, all in under 5 minutes, no issues.0 -
jameseonline said:friolento said:jameseonline said:
Yet again I can't open this regular saver on the day it came out because of their issues, last year I did get compo out of that plus I think 4p so might try again when they are back up and running along with further compo for not having access to my money as planned for today😏.
You should even be able to fund the new account straight away as there are various ways of getting at your matured balance.
Where there's a will......
Thing is banks etc are pushing online/mobile banking yet today is a great example of me having app it going down, add to the fact their systems are so bad I can't even get the fraud team to sort out the blocks on my account because they can't do anything themselves and them saying to me we'll call you when we can0
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