Premium Bond Winner ?

Sg28

WH_Saint said:

4th straight blank on a full holding. Statistically that's quite some run of bad luck ! First £20K withdrawn this morning to fund an ISA.

Congrats to those doing better than me !

That is terrible luck! You're more likely to win the 50k prize in any given month than get for £0 in a row on 50k.

poppystar

£250 on FH. Happy that’s an improvement on past few months🙂

mebu60

Stargunner said:

mebu60 said:

WH_Saint said:

4th straight blank on a full holding. Statistically that's quite some run of bad luck ! First £20K withdrawn this morning to fund an ISA.

Congrats to those doing better than me !

Thank you. I've been doing ok so far this year on a max holding.

But today yielded a £5k! Plus a £50. Happy days.

Well done to you, you don't often see big prizes on here. 

£150 for OH on Max holding and £50 for me on £30k

Thank you, yes, it's still sinking in. Partner hasn't picked up the message yet but as we're in Rome next week I think my list of potential trattorias to eat in may get upgraded to include at least one ristorante.

The Rome trip itself is a direct result of the thread about the difficulties of overcoming the mental block of spending hard earned savings. We are properly going for it, city centre 4* hotel and skip-the-line tickets! 

I may look to upgrade my 9 year old phone when we're back. But don't want to get too carried away! 

Bravepants

mebu60 said:

WH_Saint said:

4th straight blank on a full holding. Statistically that's quite some run of bad luck ! First £20K withdrawn this morning to fund an ISA.

Congrats to those doing better than me !

Thank you. I've been doing ok so far this year on a max holding.

But today yielded a £5k! Plus a £50. Happy days.

Whoosh! Very well done indeed! Enjoy!

Bravepants

WH_Saint said:

4th straight blank on a full holding. Statistically that's quite some run of bad luck ! First £20K withdrawn this morning to fund an ISA.

Congrats to those doing better than me !

I took out £25k last month to do the same, replenish Emergency Fund and top up ISA. But I left £25k in, which I'm quite happy to leave for the "fun" of it. Last month with full holding I got £100, this month on half holding I got £250, go figure. My miissus on full holding got £25 and she's naturally disappointed, even though I did point out that she "won" £1350 in April, which she had forgotten about!

S_dosh

Another poor month here, £25 on FH.

People achieving 5%+ definitely should be pleased - I know I would be. In the last 12 months I've returned 3.7% on 50k. YTD is 2.4%.

ChasingtheWelshdream

Hi, going through some old paperwork we have found a premium bond receipt from 1972 (from when DH was born).

It isn’t for very much but we are curious how to find out if it has ever won anything.

His parents still live at the same address, so would any prizes have been sent in the post? In which case it hasn’t ever won.

Cressida100

ChasingtheWelshdream said:

Hi, going through some old paperwork we have found a premium bond receipt from 1972 (from when DH was born).

It isn’t for very much but we are curious how to find out if it has ever won anything.

His parents still live at the same address, so would any prizes have been sent in the post? In which case it hasn’t ever won.

I found on from around 1957 cost of £1. I checked with NS&I and it had never won anything. I actually cashed it in as I wanted to max out my bonds to £50K and I couldn't do that with the lone £1!

ChasingtheWelshdream

I think this may be for £1, I’ll have to dig it out again. I’ve just seen how to check its history so you never know. Although I’m sure his parents would have remembered any prizes.

Stargunner

mebu60 said:

Stargunner said:

mebu60 said:

WH_Saint said:

4th straight blank on a full holding. Statistically that's quite some run of bad luck ! First £20K withdrawn this morning to fund an ISA.

Congrats to those doing better than me !

Thank you. I've been doing ok so far this year on a max holding.

But today yielded a £5k! Plus a £50. Happy days.

Well done to you, you don't often see big prizes on here. 

£150 for OH on Max holding and £50 for me on £30k

Thank you, yes, it's still sinking in. Partner hasn't picked up the message yet but as we're in Rome next week I think my list of potential trattorias to eat in may get upgraded to include at least one ristorante.

The Rome trip itself is a direct result of the thread about the difficulties of overcoming the mental block of spending hard earned savings. We are properly going for it, city centre 4* hotel and skip-the-line tickets! 

I may look to upgrade my 9 year old phone when we're back. But don't want to get too carried away! 

Good for you, You only live once. so make sure that you enjoy it as best that you can and uou deserve to spoil yourselves after that win.