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M3_Sussex

***xyz*** wrote: »

Has anyone had their cheques delivered yet? Mine normally come on the 16th of the month, but nothing so far......

Yes I know, I am impatient!

Yup, got mine last week.

***xyz***

Pah.

I am also in Sussex, and usually get them spot on the date.

I hate waiting!

isofa

***xyz*** wrote: »

Has anyone had their cheques delivered yet? Mine normally come on the 16th of the month, but nothing so far......

Yes I know, I am impatient!

Yep, got mine today

Can't believe the convo further up in this thread (nothing to do with you ***xyz***!), about how they work, it's been done to death on other threads here, wish people would search and read before posting, however...

Effectively you are "staking" interest you'd normally be earning if you put the money away in an account.

If you don't win, you are losing, due to the effect inflation has on the original lump sum.

e.g. put 10K away for a year in PBs, win nothing, that money is worth, in real terms (i.e. what it can buy you) 10K minus inflation.

An equivalent gamble (but with better odds) would be to invest your lump sum in a high interest account, then take out the interest each month and buy lottery tickets with it. But I hate the lottery lol

However many of us who "invest" in PBs, understand them fully and enjoy the "wins", and let's face it my bank account is never going to give me the chance to win a million or many other larger prizes! But they certainly aren't a major part of my investment portfolio.

robp

Blimey, just won £50.

First win ever.

£400 held.

nrsql

No big win again.
Warning - it's less fun if you know exactly how many bonds you have.
"That might be be" gives a few more days of hope.

spaggy

http://www.nsandi.com/products/pb/winnerlist.jsp

halloweenqueen_2

No biggie for me!

Jonbvn

Looks like work in the morning!

nrsql

Hoping to pick up all of the medium size prizes.
That'll be about £50,000.

mayb_2

I have noticed that Kent is in there a lot and think I should move. Apart from that someone with a total holding of £2 and another with just £5 just won £5000 each - now that can't be bad can it. So now we all remember why we keep hold of our PBs you just never know.