How many BS accounts (for Carpetbagging) do you have?

Stavros_3

Keep them coming guys, lol

Afahmaep

1 Derby (taken over)
2 Yorkshire (either taken over or doing the taking over)
3 Britannia (either taken over or doing the taking over)
4 Chelsea (taken over)

cashprincezac

Afahmaep wrote: »

1 Derby (taken over)
2 Yorkshire (either taken over or doing the taking over)
3 Britannia (either taken over or doing the taking over)
4 Chelsea (taken over)

Not sure Chelsea will be taken over as it is one of the richest ones left

lynzpower

Out of interest then, how much do you have in each of these?

Ive got a stack of cash doing not-a-lot at the mo. I did have a reg saver with the yorkshire, but Im not adding to it at the mo due to an admin mess-up courtesy of moi! but theres a few hundred in there, has been there for over a year.

cashprincezac

lynzpower wrote: »

Out of interest then, how much do you have in each of these?

Ive got a stack of cash doing not-a-lot at the mo. I did have a reg saver with the yorkshire, but Im not adding to it at the mo due to an admin mess-up courtesy of moi! but theres a few hundred in there, has been there for over a year.

Generally £100 in each, a few have slightly higher min. balance i.e. Stroud and Swindon is £250. About 12 are monthly savers, which I then withdraw once per year (generally early April) and then put this in an ISA

lynzpower

and is 100 enough then to carpet bag? oooooooooooooh

I thought you had to prove you are a committed saver with them IYSWIM

If not I can stick 100 in each one I suppose just in case! Lets face it my cash isnt doing much at the moment.

cashprincezac

lynzpower wrote: »

and is 100 enough then to carpet bag? oooooooooooooh

I thought you had to prove you are a committed saver with them IYSWIM

If not I can stick 100 in each one I suppose just in case! Lets face it my cash isnt doing much at the moment.

You can generally open accounts with less, but need £100 for voting (and windfall) rights. With interest rates low and coming down over the next few months. I honestly think it is well worth doing.

pem2

Nationwide Britannia National Counties Manchester Shepshed Monmouth Principality Kent Reliance Derby (although I've got below the minimum with this one)

Stavros_3

Can these be operated as internet accounts with the 100 quid or are they branch visit and pass book, The Yorkshire and Leeds is in my country, I assume they don't have those charity thingies attached

seven-day-weekend

My husband has West Bromwich and we both have Nationwide (via Staffordshire and Portman, so got two windfalls from that already!:T ).

But in the past we have had Bradford and Bingley, Birmingham Midshires, and the AA, all of which demutualised/merged and we got windfalls from these although that was not the reason we joined them.:D