Nationwide ISA Prize Draw - Enter By April 30 2020

badger09

mersey said:

Just as a matter of interest,did anybody actually win anything.

According to this https://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/savings/landing-page/isa-prize-draw winners have not yet been notified so still a chance

mersey

Thanks fingers crossed 🤞

margaretx9

Personally I would rather have higher savings rates and them not take 6 weeks to do an ISA transfer than divert resources to administering this silly prize draw. They have 10 million+ savings members - the chance of you winning is tiny!
The ISA prize draw was a month ago - how can they not have contacted 60 winners by now?

colsten

margaretx9 said:

The ISA prize draw was a month ago - how can they not have contacted 60 winners by now?

May be they have and just haven't updated their website yet. Or may be they are just behind because of the pandemic.

Zanderman

There is now an announcement about winners:
https://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/savings/landing-page/isa-prize-draw-winners

Our lucky prize draw winners

Our recent prize draw was for anyone with a Nationwide cash ISA who’d saved £100 or more between 6 March and 30 April 2020.

They had the chance of winning ten prizes of £20,000, ten of £10,000 and 40 prizes of £5,000.

"I was dancing round the room when I found out!"

Claire, member since 1980

Claire was one of our big winners, bagging one of the top prizes of £20,000. 

‘To be honest, I hadn’t really paid the prize draw much attention,’ said Claire. ‘I’ve never won anything in my life, not even a tenner on the lottery, so I didn’t think it’d ever happen to me.’ 

‘When I got the call, the lady asked me if I was sitting down. I had no idea what was coming, then she told me I’d won £20,000. I couldn’t believe it – I was dancing round the room when I found out!’ 

Claire’s using her winnings to make a few improvements to her home and hopefully book a family holiday abroad soon. She’s also going to treat her two boys, 11 and 14, to a trip to Disneyland Paris for New Year. 

'We're not going to tell them yet. It’ll be a surprise on Christmas Day, so we’ll have to keep it quiet until then!

Claire thinks the ISA prize draw might just be the easiest way ever to win money.

'All I had to do was transfer £100 or more into my ISA. It’s something I would have done anyway as I try to save a bit each month, so I didn’t even have to think about it. It was so simple. I've always liked Nationwide and thought they were really reliable… now I’m definitely their biggest fan!’

"I never expected to win"

Peter, member since 1999

Another of our members, Pete, won £5,000. He’s just trying to decide how to spend it.

‘My daughter’s off to uni in September, so I’d like to help towards that. I’ve also got my eye on a campervan, so just trying to work out how to do both!’

The prize draw was one of the reasons Pete opened the account to start with, plus he really likes the way we’re run.

‘'I’m a big advocate of member-owned organisations like Nationwide. I like to see profits benefitting the members themselves, like with this prize draw, and not just disappearing to shareholders. I never expected to win, so it just goes to show it’s always worth a punt.'

Kirsty, another of our winners, pocketed £10,000. She agreed that it was a great reward just for saving as she normally would.

‘It was no effort. I was just putting money away in my ISA anyway, and I couldn’t believe it when I won. I’ve always had such positive experiences with Nationwide, so this was just the cherry on the top.’

She said it was an amazing surprise, particularly during lockdown.

‘My husband’s a contractor so we’re not sure when he’s going back to work yet. The £10,000 just means that we’ve got a bit of a safety net to fall back on and can make sure we can look after ourselves and our little one. It doesn’t sound very exciting, but it’s reassuring to have the money just in case.’

I was not, as usual, one of them...