Anyone have a Barclays ISA?
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I opened a Barclays ISA (Tax Haven ISA) earlier this year. No trouble with it at all apart from the fact that they only sent me two paying in slips both of which I've now used.
Branch says I cannot pay within the branch as it is postal only.
1. I have not got the address of where to send the cheque. I was using SAE's given to me but have now run out and didn't have the foresight to copy the address down. The ISA handbook doesn't mention where to send the cheque.
2. How do I address the cheque? I understand it is To: "Barclays Bank PLC Re: [Sort Code] [Account Number]" Is this correct?
If anyone could help me that would be most excellent.
Why oh why they cannot do it on-line with a Debit Card payment I do not know.
Branch says I cannot pay within the branch as it is postal only.
1. I have not got the address of where to send the cheque. I was using SAE's given to me but have now run out and didn't have the foresight to copy the address down. The ISA handbook doesn't mention where to send the cheque.
2. How do I address the cheque? I understand it is To: "Barclays Bank PLC Re: [Sort Code] [Account Number]" Is this correct?
If anyone could help me that would be most excellent.
Why oh why they cannot do it on-line with a Debit Card payment I do not know.
Rude Girl said:
Customer Services 08457 555 555
They just transferred me to their savings team in India when I attempted to phone them a couple of weeks back. I've already asked them once for new paying in slips & envelopes in addition to writing them a letter but I'm being ignored.Will probably transfer the all of my ISA's into a single ISA with A+L or some other company who will let me do it online!! This postal faff is a PITA!
That would certainly seem a lot less risky than putting a post on an open internet forum asking for a name and address to send a cheque to...
Do what I did: go into a branch, find a fairly dim-looking cashier and pay it in using one of their standard forms (pretend it's a regular account). I estimate this works about 75% of the time.
TBH I don't know any other ways to do it if you've already posted off the paying-in form that they send, I usually get too irritated and just pay it into my normal e-savings account instead.
TBH I don't know any other ways to do it if you've already posted off the paying-in form that they send, I usually get too irritated and just pay it into my normal e-savings account instead.
You don't need to do it by post at all ......
I just transfer cash to the sort code and account number of my Tax Haven ISA all done online with no problems. Despite having a few accounts with Barclays and being a 'premier' customer every time I go into a branch they screw something up.
I just transfer cash to the sort code and account number of my Tax Haven ISA all done online with no problems. Despite having a few accounts with Barclays and being a 'premier' customer every time I go into a branch they screw something up.
called them recently and due to limits on isa transfers (now £3600 PA) you cant do it online, they should set a system with a limit, but they haven't. Call the telephone banking people who'll put you through to the isa team going through the usual dob postcode...etc about three times.
If its from a barclay current account it'll be almost instant too.
If its from a barclay current account it'll be almost instant too.
fieldl said:
You don't need to do it by post at all ......
I just transfer cash to the sort code and account number of my Tax Haven ISA all done online with no problems. Despite having a few accounts with Barclays and being a 'premier' customer every time I go into a branch they screw something up.
I don't usually bank with Barclays though, so not sure if this would work from an external current account? Might they reject it?I just transfer cash to the sort code and account number of my Tax Haven ISA all done online with no problems. Despite having a few accounts with Barclays and being a 'premier' customer every time I go into a branch they screw something up.
Let them know that the address is also on SID 
Symbolica said:
Do what I did: go into a branch, find a fairly dim-looking cashier and pay it in using one of their standard forms (pretend it's a regular account). I estimate this works about 75% of the time.
Worked for me. I didn't realise you weren't allowed to. I don't recall filling in any forms though. Just handed over the reddies.Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff