Premium Bond Winner ?

Reed_Richards

I wonder if the theory comes about because people move house and forget to give Ernie a forwarding address, so their premium bond winnings go unclaimed? 

PixelPound

Sleekit said:

1 x £50 on £400 holding 

Well done. This thread is dominated by those with max holdings, so it's great to hear from anyone with a sub £1K holding - are you withdrawing or adding it to your holding?

Primrose

If you,re a person who moves hiuse fairly regularly for whatever reason and only have a low holding it,s far better to arrange for any wins to be added to your holding with extra bonds.  Avoids the risk of any prizes going unclaimed if you forget to notify NS&I of a change of address.

Swipe

Primrose said:

If you,re a person who moves hiuse fairly regularly for whatever reason and only have a low holding it,s far better to arrange for any wins to be added to your holding with extra bonds.  Avoids the risk of any prizes going unclaimed if you forget to notify NS&I of a change of address.

If they'd just asked for everyone's NI number they'd have no problem finding the current address of people with unclaimed prizes.

eskbanker

Reed_Richards said:

I wonder if the theory comes about because people move house and forget to give Ernie a forwarding address, so their premium bond winnings go unclaimed? 

What theory?

Sleekit

nic_c said:

Sleekit said:

1 x £50 on £400 holding 

Well done. This thread is dominated by those with max holdings, so it's great to hear from anyone with a sub £1K holding - are you withdrawing or adding it to your holding?

Thanks! Actually, my holdings are £412 (£2 bought in 1952!)

I'd ticked the box to automatically withdraw if I won, so that's what happened. Although I didn't receive any emails telling me that I'd won, so I would never have known if I hadn't checked the app.

strawb_shortcake

I didn't have an email this month to say I'd won either

RedImp_2

Well I’ve had an E-mail today to say I’ve won.
I presume it’s telling me about October’s draw

greyteam1959

Strange goings on with the notifications.
Wife & I normally get winner notifications by email a few days after the draw one after the other.
This month I received my notification as normal.
The wife's came through a few minutes ago today.
Very odd.

eskbanker

RedImp_2 said:

Well I’ve had an E-mail today to say I’ve won.
I presume it’s telling me about October’s draw

greyteam1959 said:

Strange goings on with the notifications.
Wife & I normally get winner notifications by email a few days after the draw one after the other.
This month I received my notification as normal.
The wife's came through a few minutes ago today.
Very odd.

There's a second round of notifications mid-month, where ineligible 'winners' in the main draw are cancelled and the prizes reallocated to others.