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The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
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Opened the standard regular & funded it with £1, waiting for that to show up, then I guess all I need to do is open the Member version again & fund that.masonic said:
Correct. You just need to open them in the right order so that the more restrictive account is still "available" when you come to apply for it. You won't already hold a product from the range if you open that one first.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
I don't intend to fully fund either of these regular savers, as I said purely for overflow purposes, same as some other accounts I already have.
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You don't even need to wait for the £1 to show up, I opened the Member's RS within a minute of opening the standard RS.jameseonline said:
Opened the standard regular & funded it with £1, waiting for that to show up, then I guess all I need to do is open the Member version again & fund that.masonic said:
Correct. You just need to open them in the right order so that the more restrictive account is still "available" when you come to apply for it. You won't already hold a product from the range if you open that one first.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
I don't intend to fully fund either of these regular savers, as I said purely for overflow purposes, same as some other accounts I already have.
Also worth noting with Skipton that the account terms begin from the date of first deposit rather than date opened and you've 30 days to fund so you could push the maturity dates to late September 2026 if you wished.3 -
Thanks dude, does Monmouthshire work in same/similar way or not?.Bridlington1 said:
You don't even need to wait for the £1 to show up, I opened the Member's RS within a minute of opening the standard RS.jameseonline said:
Opened the standard regular & funded it with £1, waiting for that to show up, then I guess all I need to do is open the Member version again & fund that.masonic said:
Correct. You just need to open them in the right order so that the more restrictive account is still "available" when you come to apply for it. You won't already hold a product from the range if you open that one first.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
I don't intend to fully fund either of these regular savers, as I said purely for overflow purposes, same as some other accounts I already have.
Also worth noting with Skipton that the account terms begin from the date of first deposit rather than date opened and you've 30 days to fund so you could push the maturity dates to late September 2026 if you wished.
Thinking I might grab a 6% Monmouthshire.
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Rollover is a good feature & closing early with no interest loss is also goodclairec666 said:
Certainly worked for me back in July - open the non-member one first, then the member one.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
They're quite useful as overflow accounts as any unused monthly allowance rolls over to the next month, so you could leave them with £1 for a few months then stick a lump sum in later. Only downside is that they don't allow withdrawals, but there's no loss of interest if you close early (confirmed from personal experience).0 -
Monmouthshire's another one that begins the account term from the date of first deposit rather than date of application. Co-op and Gatehouse are the same off the top of my head.jameseonline said:
Thanks dude, does Monmouthshire work in same/similar way or not?.Bridlington1 said:
You don't even need to wait for the £1 to show up, I opened the Member's RS within a minute of opening the standard RS.jameseonline said:
Opened the standard regular & funded it with £1, waiting for that to show up, then I guess all I need to do is open the Member version again & fund that.masonic said:
Correct. You just need to open them in the right order so that the more restrictive account is still "available" when you come to apply for it. You won't already hold a product from the range if you open that one first.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
I don't intend to fully fund either of these regular savers, as I said purely for overflow purposes, same as some other accounts I already have.
Also worth noting with Skipton that the account terms begin from the date of first deposit rather than date opened and you've 30 days to fund so you could push the maturity dates to late September 2026 if you wished.
Thinking I might grab a 6% Monmouthshire.3 -
Can someone please explain the concept of ''Rollover''?jameseonline said:
Rollover is a good feature & closing early with no interest loss is also goodclairec666 said:
Certainly worked for me back in July - open the non-member one first, then the member one.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
They're quite useful as overflow accounts as any unused monthly allowance rolls over to the next month, so you could leave them with £1 for a few months then stick a lump sum in later. Only downside is that they don't allow withdrawals, but there's no loss of interest if you close early (confirmed from personal experience).
My Santander Reg Saver Iss 19 is finishing its 12 months, though i have noted in my excel sheet ''Automatic rollover''. What exactly happens here?0 -
Rollover in the Skipton context means that unused deposit allowance can be carried forward, so if you opened with £1 now you could pay in £499 on September payday (for example.)ChewyyBacca said:
Can someone please explain the concept of ''Rollover''?jameseonline said:
Rollover is a good feature & closing early with no interest loss is also goodclairec666 said:
Certainly worked for me back in July - open the non-member one first, then the member one.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
They're quite useful as overflow accounts as any unused monthly allowance rolls over to the next month, so you could leave them with £1 for a few months then stick a lump sum in later. Only downside is that they don't allow withdrawals, but there's no loss of interest if you close early (confirmed from personal experience).
My Santander Reg Saver Iss 19 is finishing its 12 months, though i have noted in my excel sheet ''Automatic rollover''. What exactly happens here?
With other providers, eg. Halifax, rollover means them automatically emptying the RS into a EA and beginning a new RS without you needing to reapply.2 -
I must admit I've never heard of any other provider taking the Skipton approach. And indeed I wasn't aware of it in the case of Skipton so thanks to the OP for drawing attention to itKim_13 said:
Rollover in the Skipton context means that unused deposit allowance can be carried forward, so if you opened with £1 now you could pay in £499 on September payday (for example.)ChewyyBacca said:
Can someone please explain the concept of ''Rollover''?jameseonline said:
Rollover is a good feature & closing early with no interest loss is also goodclairec666 said:
Certainly worked for me back in July - open the non-member one first, then the member one.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
They're quite useful as overflow accounts as any unused monthly allowance rolls over to the next month, so you could leave them with £1 for a few months then stick a lump sum in later. Only downside is that they don't allow withdrawals, but there's no loss of interest if you close early (confirmed from personal experience).
My Santander Reg Saver Iss 19 is finishing its 12 months, though i have noted in my excel sheet ''Automatic rollover''. What exactly happens here?
With other providers, eg. Halifax, rollover means them automatically emptying the RS into a EA and beginning a new RS without you needing to reapply.0 -
First Direct also allows you to catch up on missed deposits in later months, same goes for HSBC.s71hj said:
I must admit I've never heard of any other provider taking the Skipton approach. And indeed I wasn't aware of it in the case of Skipton so thanks to the OP for drawing attention to itKim_13 said:
Rollover in the Skipton context means that unused deposit allowance can be carried forward, so if you opened with £1 now you could pay in £499 on September payday (for example.)ChewyyBacca said:
Can someone please explain the concept of ''Rollover''?jameseonline said:
Rollover is a good feature & closing early with no interest loss is also goodclairec666 said:
Certainly worked for me back in July - open the non-member one first, then the member one.jameseonline said:Am I right in thinking you can have Skipton Regular & Skipton Member Regular?, as someone that no longer holds the member regular I'm thinking of getting both as overflow accounts. I'm sure I read you can't have the regular if you already have a member regular but can have member if you have regular.
They're quite useful as overflow accounts as any unused monthly allowance rolls over to the next month, so you could leave them with £1 for a few months then stick a lump sum in later. Only downside is that they don't allow withdrawals, but there's no loss of interest if you close early (confirmed from personal experience).
My Santander Reg Saver Iss 19 is finishing its 12 months, though i have noted in my excel sheet ''Automatic rollover''. What exactly happens here?
With other providers, eg. Halifax, rollover means them automatically emptying the RS into a EA and beginning a new RS without you needing to reapply.3 -
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Replaced by Issue 4 at the same rate.38
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