Premium Bond Winner ?

Notadamsmith

Archergirl wrote: »

Just looked it's still showing May

http://www.nsandi.com/savings-premium-bonds-have-i-won
1X 25 here.

goldfish61

2 x £25 for me this month:j

tell_it_how_it_is

ERNIE has overlooked me and my £10k for quite a few months now. My interest is rapidly diminishing, in more ways than one.

Newbie2saving

Just checked my email and I got an alert from ERNIE, my first ever PB win, £25, started to think I was never going to get a win!

Ifts

Do Premium Bonds favour the South East and are old bonds left out? We bust the myths of the savings lottery

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-2155379/Top-premium-bond-myths-busted.html#ixzz1x80LjRLd

Notadamsmith

http://www.nsandi.com/savings-premium-bonds-high-value-winners
July higher wins

topgearfan08

Just noticed a £4 holding £4 bond won £1000!!! Not bad, held since Dec 68

Makaer

I have had £100 in premium bonds since 21/06/2005 and this month won £25! Completely forgot I had any bonds at all until this came through

brewerdave

topgearfan08 wrote: »

Just noticed a £4 holding £4 bond won £1000!!! Not bad, held since Dec 68

...lots of kids were bought PBs as birthday or Xmas pressies back in the 50/60s - suspect that many of those small amounts have long since been forgotten and the current whereabouts of the holders will not be on record.
More orphan funds for HMG!!:rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

brewerdave wrote: »

...lots of kids were bought PBs as birthday or Xmas pressies back in the 50/60s - suspect that many of those small amounts have long since been forgotten and the current whereabouts of the holders will not be on record.
More orphan funds for HMG!!:rotfl:

My husband has two £1 bonds that have been registered to him since he was a child (he is 63). Didn't know anything about them until we both bought some bonds in the 1990s. Mine came with a letter saying 'your holder's number is...', he just got bonds. He wrote to them to ask why he had not got a letter with his number on and they wrote back to say that was becasue he already had a number and it was because he had had these 2 x £1 bonds for years.

You're right though, there must be loads of people who never update their address and so never get any prizes. I had a friend when I lived in Spain, shre has never updated her address. I told her there may be a prize or two waiting for her. She said she couldn't be bothered to hang on the phone while they changed the address. Don't understand it myself.