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Buying premium bonds
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CaptainWales
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Does Ns&i email any confirmation after purchasing additional bonds? I went to buy some this morning got so far as saying i want to buy some, did not have to input my card details and now says i cant buy anymore because ive reached the limit. Should i just assume its gone through? Nothing different on my account and no money taken from my card yet.
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If you didn't get as far as inputting your card details, then you won't have bought any. When you buy Premium Bonds with a debit card, you should get an email with the title 'Receipt for Debit Card Transaction' almost immediately, presuming that they have up-to-date contact details for you.0
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Hi.the limit is £50,000, are you there?0
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This happened to me last year. As you began the transaction, it is treating that amount as a pending value - not from your payment card, just on the allowable remaining premium bond value. I had to wait a day or so for their system to release this value before I could begin the purchase transaction again. Think of it like theatre tickets in a basket while you complete the purchase. No one else can buy those slots. NS&I unfortunately took days rather than just 15 or so minutes to invalidate the first attempt.0
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I cannot answer the 2nd point about the limit being reached unless as asked you are already at 50k then no you cannot buy, but with regards do ns&i notify you when you buy additional amounts for me it works as follows
I submit an electronic transfer from my bank and a few hours later / the next day I get a text saying they have received the monies
A couple of days later I get another text saying I have a secure message, this is then the bond numbers and telling me i need to hold for a full month before enetered into a draw.
So yes they keep me informed all teh way throughChallenges
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