Low Deposit Guides: the Small Intake, Counted in Full

Small intakes, full-length receipts

A small intake deserves the same length of receipt as a large one, because the walls around it are identical and hit harder. The fee floor takes a flat pound from a small balance and leaves a larger percentage missing; the bonus doors sit at heights a small intake cannot reach; and the exit floor can strand a modest win below the withdrawal minimum. The audits in this series count all three walls at each tier, and the tier with the cheapest door is not always the tier with the cheapest receipt once the skims are itemised.

Three tills make the shortest shelf in the vault and the sharpest comparisons. The pound audit counts the bottom rung, where fixed costs dominate and every fee reads double. The five pound audit counts the tier where the first bonus doors start to open and the receipt starts to look like the standard drawer's. Between them, the three pound audit prices the odd tier that some tills print and others skip. The counting order never changes with the size of the intake: admit, skim, hold, exit, and the verdict goes to the tier whose exit stays open.

Reading the series from the bottom rung up

Count the shelf from the bottom rung. the bottom rung of the intake ladder audits the smallest till in the book, where fixed fees take the largest relative share and every skim reads double, and it shows why the cheapest door is rarely the cheapest receipt. The audit is short and the lesson is not: the walls around a small intake are the same walls, closer together.

The five pound audit is the shelf's working receipt: the small drawer counted at length prices the tier where the first bonus doors start to open and the fee skims begin to look like the standard drawer's. Between the two, the three pound audit covers the tier some tills print and others skip. Read bottom-up, the shelf prices the whole ladder of small intakes in one sitting, and the exit floor gets the last line on every page.