been trying to get to grips with what the new rules are on chargeable events and turning off regular payments from the ones which would now generate them (to avoid unnecessary tax accidents).

to keep being put on hold while the LV bod struggles to see what the existing/past payouts have been and perhaps add them up on his fingers because his computer screen isn't giving him a total (or even perhaps showing him all the payments in the first place).

offline investments might suit you better than online ones if your Internet is difficult.

got the internet back now though and the reason it was bad before was because the phone line had died!!!

let the LV youngster (only born in 2006) off the hook now because it was taking him too long and, if I've now understood the situation, the next bond with them to hit its chargeable event limit is still a couple of years away (and many more for the one after that).

it's not really worth turning on payments from the tiny bond. So that accounts for all 4 of the amounts I had stashed with LV. And it's just a matter of waiting for the next "accident" (overflow on total payments) to happen, generate a warning letter and be turned off.