From: usenet@isbd.co.uk
Newsgroups: uk.legal alt.internet.providers.uk uk.finance uk.net
Subject: Re: Extraordinary abuse by Tiscali.
Date: 27 Feb 2004 12:11:07 GMT

In alt.internet.providers.uk Zebedee  wrote:
> 
> "David Johnson"  wrote in message
> news:c1m3gp$1kr6qt$3@ID-204080.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > 10 years ago? It must be paying a good rate of interest now - lol.
> >
> 
> It's a bank. Nobody keeps much money in a bank account unless they're
> utterly insane.
> 
> Banks pay rubbishy interest rates. You're really throwing it away if it's in
> a bank. Might just as well give it to some tramp.
> 
> Banks are for keeping spending money in. Never have more than £500 in a
> bank - certainly not at 0.5% interest (which is what most pay). Better to
> invest in something like bonds.
> 
We use Nationwide, instant electronic transfer to and from current
account to a savings account which pays (currently) I believe about
4%.

-- 
Chris Green