The wounds haven't healed fully I guess, hence just a few stalwarts remembering the awful day. Even we may drop off in time, for one reason or another.

It's good to see you, I thought I was on my own. Live long and prosper!

Goodness me, the wounds must be healing. I've just remembered that awful day three years ago and decided to check the forum to find only the one post from Tarot Pack.

Cheers Tarot Pack and cheers to anyone else who finds this!

I'll try to remember to sign in on the fourth anniversary. Maybe they'll be a couple more old faces...

Oh well, here we are again, 3rd anniversary, yet the financial world seems hardly any calmer. Thankfully, I have not invested with any Greek national banks... nor Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Irish,, ye gods not even Deutschebank or even with the Standard and Poor's downgraded US.

But...just between you and me, I have been looking at the high interest rates offered by a certain bank residing on the fourth outermost planet orbiting Alpha Centauri. It's unfortunately not covered by the FSA but is probably the best home for your hard earned cash. Oh, by the way, it takes 8 years to open an account (light speed there and back you know). Internet accounts only, no local branches on which to vent your anger, penalties for early withdrawal (the earliest withdrawal taking of course 8 years (if all goes well) ), and no bad reports on Watchdog to date.

And yes, I've had a couple of glasses, so what. I'm not hopeful but would be good to see any old faces.

Cheers!

This number no longer works, it redirects you to 0845 601 0900 (savings) or 0845 300 3511 (loans)

This number no longer works, it redirects you to 0845 601 0900 (savings) or 0845 600 3511 (loans)

microlighter:

Does anybody remember the CEO of Icesave who said our money was safe on the Sunday and it all went belly up on the Tuesday - well for a brief period I thought he was going to end up working at my company- God forbid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was that Mark Sismey-Durrant per chance? If so, then how ironic that would have been had he rolled up at your company. I remember someone on this forum posting a link to a radio interview conducted with the delectable Mr S-D a couple of days before the demise of Icesave. He was very certain in the tripping off his tongue of the various platitudes of reassurance and affirmations of confidence that Icesave's customers' deposits were indeed very safe and that in the eventuality of its downfall, all monies would be protected. Hmmmmm! Funny how he disappeared quickly afterwards, behind the gated walls of his property, declining any further interview opportunity. Irksome, vile creature! He should not be permitted to work again on ethical reasons. But by the grace of Alistair Darling did we receive our savings back else they would have disappeared into the Icelandic ether. Mr S-D was still permitting people to open up Icesave accounts the day before it collapsed.

Re the chicks 'n' cats combo, no concerns there as we have a large coop made up of modular panels being delivered for them next week. Their current coop and house will fit inside it. They will be happy having their own portion of the garden assigned to them, with the cats commanding free reign of the remainder. We cannot have the chickens totally free range as they eat EVERYTHING! Our cats have never caught a bird before and I don't think they would make their first one a bird the same size as them if they had the opportunity...

Jacqui x

Hi Everyone

I did remember the anniversary and the feelings did come back - Does anybody remember the CEO of Icesave who said our money was safe on the Sunday and it all went belly up on the Tuesday - well for a brief period I thought he was going to end up working at my company- God forbid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway nice to see a few posts and that everybody has moved on..

Take care and all the best

Hi Jacqui,

Keeping cats with chickens is akin to installing a certain Icelandic prime minister as head of the FSA.

Best wishes

Acecard

Hi Everyone

How lovely that the stalwarts of this forum are still posting! I, too, raised a glass last night which also served as commiseration for a particularly vile interview at Cambridge University yesterday.

I will not forget congratulating myself on having found an account (Icesave) paying a higher rate of interest than my Financial Advisor had found for my money and then growling at myself for not having heeded her words of caution re depositing monies in excess of the Government's protection. Thank God we were refunded in full but what a thoroughly stressful time awaiting the outcome! To echo my sentiments of earlier posts, I became dependent on this forum for words of comfort and support. I don't think that anyone outside of our situation really appreciated how upsetting and worrying it really was, including close family and friends. The forum was a fantastic medium for the dissemination and discussion of information (particularly as the FSCS prided themselves in releasing so many contradictory statements - wonder if they learnt any lessons from the demise of Icesave?) and we did in fact share humourous moments amongst us to help the lift the mood. I will also not forget being the first regular contributor to receive that all important e mail telling me to log onto my account and being so thrilled in being to share that information with you all and provide hope! Do you remember everyone maniacally clicking 'send/receive' to hurry the arrival of their e mail up in their inbox? I had to wait for my husband to come home from work before logging on as I was too scared in case something went wrong.

We also have new additions to the three cats, in the form of chickens. Olive, Penny and Betty moved in last Saturday and have settled in very well.

Thank you to everyone once again and keep posting

Jacqui xxx

I remember it well..! In fact, I will never forget the feeling I had on the night of 6th October when I realised my account had been frozen and there was a possibility that what I was looking at on screen might not actually exist any more. Everything gone. I thank God that Alistair Darling took the decision that he did.

I shall raise a glass to all the cameraderie that helped get me through those difficult weeks!

Totally Bjorked x

Hi Guys (and girls?)

Yes, I'm still here and must still have my e-mail notifications set up on here as I was notified of your recent responses!

To be honest, I hadn't remembered, but it's good to see that there are a few peeps still out there!

Warm regards to all the EX-Icesavers out there.... :-)

Hi swifts. I certainly do remember. I have it marked in my diary. It is not something I ever want to forget, to be honest. The way I figure it is like this: whenever things are looking bad, I can recall just how bad things can be when I compare it to Icesave which would almost have ruined me. I did check back yesterday and saw your new year message but couldnt find my old ID to reply. Looks like its just you and me now. My hero is still Alastair Darling.

PS - Interestingly, almost 2 years to the day, Crown Currency have gone bust. Nothing on the scale of Icesave deposits but still 13,000 people averaging £1500 holiday cash I believe (with little chance of getting much back). Not within the remit of the FSA.

Best wishes to you and would be happy to see nay old friends on here

Paul (Acecard)

Drop me a line if ever you feel like it. Email in profile

Thought I'd sign in to this forum to see if anyone else remembers the two-year anniversary of ICESAVE'S collapse. It happened on the morning of 7th October 2008. Happy Anniversary - LOL!

Best wishes to any other readers...

swifts (Derek)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Just read this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8438178.stm

Hello Everyone!

It has just been announced this afternoon, 15/12/09, that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are to launch an investigation into Icelandic bank Kaupthing for suspected fraud offences.

Many pages ago the regular contributors to this forum may remember that I reported some matters concerning Icesave to the SFO asking them to investigate the parent company Landsbanki and comments made at the time by the then managing director of Icesave.

I am sure that once the SFO investigation begins, there may well be cause to look again at the events surrounding the collapse of Icesave and the parent company, Landsbanki.....

This may well be the tip of a very large Iceberg....................(no pun intended!)

Merry Midwinter to all!