Premium bonds - weird coincidence

[MontyVeda]

That was my thought when I first put money in them but the return has been very poor. I’m over £100 worse off than if I’d drip fed the money into a savings account.

I might keep a couple of hundred max in there just as a hopeful gamble but I’ll seek proper growth elsewhere.

when i put mine into PBs the best i could find in a savings account was 1%, which was £10 on the grand i had. Got a single £25 'win' in the first year... not great but better than a savings account at the time. But saying that, I didn't invest in PBs to win anything... it's just somewhere i can't fritter my rainy day money away.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I do know that I had "a few " Premium Bonds when I was a kid
People bought them for me as Christening presents and the like

No idea what happened to them - have tried to find them but the system says it has no trace of them

I presume my parents reclaimed them at some point - probably told me and gave me the money but I don;t remember

I do sometimes wonder if they still exist and I have a Million Pounds sittign waiting for me somewhere!!

In reality - I used to occaisionally do the Nation Lottery - but never got much (see later!)

stopped doing it a while ago and started a monthly amount to the Omaze - so I expect it will be my turn to win the house any day now!!!


*** except this

but there were 30 of us so that drops it a bit!!!

 

[biggs682]

£175 extra into the household finances thank you

 

[ianrauk]

Hundred knicker por moi.

 

[Tenkaykev]

This will be the first time that I have waited for email notification instead of using the App. It takes a few days iirc.

 

[vickster]

Sweet FA for me
£250 for my mum

 

[Chislenko]

£400 for Mrs. C and by some quirk of fate £400 for me also.

Can't complain.

 

[potsy]

Nothing for me, as expected

But I have now got a new bathroom with the bonds I cashed in

 

[mistyoptic]

£275 between Mrs O and myself

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The usual zero for me. 😒

I’ve now transferred out 90% of my holding to a savings account at 4.1%.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Naff all last month - $75 this month

just worked out it has run at about 4% for the last 12 months

not too bad

and of course - there is a chance of winning the million!!!
(but I won't - but I might)

better value than the lottery - probably
I mean what are the chances of winning a million on the lottery

 

[PeteXXX]

£25 here in Hamtun. That makes it £75 for the year so far 🤪

 

[Paulus]

£100 for me this month.
£750 this year so far.

 

[Sterlo]

£125 this month (3 x £25 & 1 x £50), barmy after nothing since November.

 

[Jenkins]

£125 for me this month after a couple of months without any prizes to make it a 2.5% return so for this year.