For those who think ahead ...

27/11/2007

If you know someone who has always done their shopping for Christmas way ahead of schedule, then you can surprise them with a new idea from The Post Office - a Christmas Club card which offers customers a secure and convenient way to save for Christmas 2008.

The Christmas Club card is safe and convenient. The minimum single deposit is £5, and the maximum individual payment is £500 - up to a total of £1,000 savings per card per annum. Funds will be locked away until 1st November 2008, when the Christmas Club card can then be used as a pre-paid debit card with retailers signed up to the scheme or exchanged for gift vouchers at Post Office branches. So far retailers include Argos, Boots, Debenhams, Halfords, House of Fraser, Peacocks, Sainsbury’s, Thorntons, Woolworths and WHSmith.

Christmas Club members will be able to benefit from further rewards as the Post Office negotiates discounts and bonuses with retailers.These deals will be announced from January and throughout 2008, and will provide significant benefits compared to current rates available from High Street savings accounts.

For more information call 08457 22 33 44. All funds deposited in the Post Office Christmas Club will be governed by strict E-money regulations and held in a protected account under the control of Bank of Ireland. Funds will only be accessible to Club members.