donut
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 05:12 PM |
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Premium Bonds
Has anyone here got premium bonds and keeps winning? My son won 2x£50 last month and the other son has just won £50! They win at least once every
other month and my mother in law seems to win about £200 a month!
Think i'll have to buy some!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 05:17 PM |
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ive had £50 worth since i was a kid,once got £50 back,nowt since
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Deckman001
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 05:19 PM |
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Similar to Conrod here, I have a couple of them but only won a couple of years agao after a thirty year wait !!
Jason
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phelpsa
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 05:37 PM |
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Donut if you keep going like that you'll be able to keep your air guitar
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Jonr
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 05:40 PM |
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Both the kids have some, they win £50 every other month. They have a fair amount though. It's set up so that the winnings automatically buy
more bonds. At the moment it works out MUCH better than a bank or building society.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 05:41 PM |
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I had two £1 premium bonds bought for me when I was 16, never won a bl**din' thing, and that was several years ago!
[Edited on 16/6/05 by Surrey Dave]
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donut
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 06:25 PM |
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Was that back in 1956 Dave?
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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need4speed
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| posted on 16/6/05 at 06:50 PM |
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Had some from when i was a kid to, only ever won £25 and never won anything on the lot I've had for about 20years. Could it be worth cashing
them in and getting new ones!!!!.
Dave.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 09:48 AM |
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was bought some at birth - never seen a bloody thing from them ...
and that has been (ahem) a few years.....
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 09:50 AM |
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Well, due to recent public interest in P Bonds, they're soon going to have 2 top prizes per month of £1M each, plus more lower-order prizes.
(spotted in BBC News this morning)
DJ
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 11:59 AM |
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I have some and recieved another £50 cheque yesterday , if only it had another 3 zeros on the end...without saying how many people own its hard to
gauge whether people are doing 'well' out of them or not, Im prepared to lose whatever interest I could have gained in a savings account
for the chance of one day winning a big prize. I hardly ever buy lottery tickets and have never bought a scratch card, I feel its like a benign way
of gambling 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 12:09 PM |
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Just had a look on the Nat Savings website - they reckon that the odds are 24000:1 to win ANY prize.
They don't say what the chances are for winning the jackpot.
David
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 12:33 PM |
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yes but you dont just buy 1 bond you buy in thousands, and its every month and you keep your money, you just potentially lose what interest you would
have gained in an account.
http://www.nationalsavings.co.uk/products/pb/index.jsp
[Edited on 17/6/05 by Jeffers_S13]
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donut
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 03:12 PM |
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My wife is the director of finance at a London council and her pentions bloke recons that providing you have alot of monet to invest £10,000-£20,000
or so then there is no better investment than premium bonds.
Can someone lend me £20,000 pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/6/05 at 03:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeffers_S13
yes but you dont just buy 1 bond you buy in thousands, and its every month and you keep your money, you just potentially lose what interest you would
have gained in an account.
It's still better than the Lotto - at least the odds are better, and you get to keep your stake money!
David
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