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It's Premium Bonds draw day.

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Trying to buy some at the moment, but I have £100 from 20 odd years ago so they need to find my account. What a bloody faff this is turning out to be!


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 10:59 am
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£25 for me and the same for Mrs Zip.


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 11:10 am
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Going to shift some cash to a savings account which pays around 1.5%

@retrorick,what one is that?


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 11:11 am
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Eff all. Again.


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 11:22 am
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Shifting the cash to a Chase savings account. Seems like a wise move to me now the interest rates have risen.


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 11:27 am
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Rien de tout😕


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 1:59 pm
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£0

I got 3x £25 last month so can't complain


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 2:17 pm
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Just £25 between the two of us this month. Poor compared to last time around, but I wasn't complaining in April, so swings and roundabouts.


 
Posted : 04/05/2022 6:50 pm
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Did Agent Million knock on your door today?


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 10:55 am
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£20k held for 6 months. Not a sausage...


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 11:07 am
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Given up checking now, it's just a spiral of despair and hopelessness.


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 11:08 am
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Isn’t the draw tomorrow?


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 11:12 am
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It's the Hope Tax.


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 11:15 am
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Argh you made me check.

Isn’t the draw tomorrow?

Yes.


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 11:17 am
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The main draw is tomorrow but the £1M prize winners are informed today.  The High Value winners are announced on the 1st:

https://www.nsandi.com/prize-checker/winners

Us plebs will be checking the app tomorrow hoping to win £25


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 11:19 am
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No big win for me 😭.
A few small wins would be nice, otherwise I'm shifting some money elsewhere for a guaranteed interest rate.


 
Posted : 01/06/2022 10:22 pm
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Gosh a £25 prize here

£50 in 2yrs


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 5:07 am
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2*£25 for me 🥳.


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 7:30 am
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2*£25

But I've got £30k in. I've seen that Zopa are back with a fixed term savings account. 2.3% for 1 year. 2.7% for 2.

Still not great when you consider inflation but looking better than the chance of 1.4% from premium bonds.


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 8:20 am
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£25 for me.
A savings account is looking more realistic.


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 9:08 am
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Ah, another fruitless month. 😢


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 9:09 am
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Another month, another big fat zero. I’m only holding on to PBs because I’ll be spending the money on the house soon so can’t commit to a fixed term savings account.


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 9:11 am
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2* £25

Hurrah


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 9:21 am
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2* £25

Snap!


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 9:36 am
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Zero, I’m hoping for something next month as I lumped in £10k but as with the lottery it’s always someone else.


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 10:03 am
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@doomanic following a recommendation on here I opened a chase account at 1.5 % with easy access.
There's a nice recommendation bonus which STW won't let me mention .


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 10:47 am
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The chase savings account is where some of my premium bonds would be heading to if it wasn't for the monthly excitement of the bonds draw.
I'm waiting for a few referrals as well but it seems like chase have a backlog with their process.


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 11:35 am
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Last month was rather poor. Winning ways have returned in June though, with 4x£25 for me, and 2x£25 for Mrs Lawman. Get in!


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 12:19 pm
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Yay, £50!


 
Posted : 02/06/2022 1:45 pm
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£75 for me and £100 for mrs zip. Best results ever.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 8:34 am
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Knackers. Zip this month. 😕
First time that's happened in a year, but at least I've got something out of it overall rather than it just being in a 0% account.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 8:52 am
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Woohoo, 2x£25.

Not before time mind you, had nowt for the last 18 months.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 9:29 am
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Sword all 😕


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 9:34 am
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£25 for me.... that's 8x £25 this year

😎


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 10:12 am
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£25 so not bad, that'll pay for my new bell.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 10:28 am
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£100 for me.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 11:15 am
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Put a decent amount in back in Feb after I found £200 of my old paper bonds. Won £25 in May and now £150 this month!


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 11:45 am
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Naff all. Again. I've just closed the account and will be putting what's left after I pay for my new garage door into the Chase savings account.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 11:54 am
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£100 between the pair of us this month. It keeps trickling in, but next month we'll be millionaires (Rodney)


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 1:24 pm
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2*25 for me. Think I'll move some cash to Chase even though.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 2:09 pm
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4x£25 for me. Best month this year. Been pretty sparse since they reduced the interest rates. Used to be something every month.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 2:13 pm
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since they reduced the interest rate

They've just (ie last month) put it up, now 1.4%
https://nsandi-corporate.com/news-research/news/nsi-increase-premium-bonds-prize-fund-rate#


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 6:02 pm
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I have had 10k in for 18 months and so far have only won once, at £25.

Think it’s time to move it !


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 6:08 pm
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£500 (five hundred) but I've got 30k+ in. Still think there might be better options. Zopa 1 year fixed accounts are paying 2-3% now.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 6:32 pm
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NADA here this month.

Going to move the bulk of what's left in there into a battery for the house. Seems like a better return.

Will look at options for my emergency cash after that.


 
Posted : 02/07/2022 7:00 pm
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